Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri
❖ Question:
Are those who accuse Sayyidah ʿĀ’ishah رضي الله عنها of adultery considered disbelievers (kuffār)?
✿ Answer:
Yes, whoever accuses Sayyidah ʿĀ’ishah رضي الله عنها of adultery is a disbeliever (kāfir). Her innocence and chastity have been affirmed in:
- The Noble Qur’an
- Authentic Aḥādīth
- Narrations from the Companions (Ṣaḥābah)
❀ Scholarly Consensus:
❖ The scholars from the Abbasid era held a consensus:
من سب سيدتنا عائشة رضي الله عنها فلا حظ له فى الإسلام
“Whoever reviles our Lady ʿĀ’ishah رضي الله عنها has no share in Islam.”
📚 al-Muntaẓam fī Tārīkh al-Mulūk wa al-Umam by Ibn al-Jawzī: 15/281 – Authentic chain
❀ Classical Scholarly Opinions:
❖ Imām Abū Isḥāq al-Shīrāzī رحمه الله (d. 476H) said:
“There is a consensus among Muslims that the verse of slander (Qadhf) applies universally, even though it was revealed specifically regarding ʿĀ’ishah رضي الله عنها.”
📚 al-Tabsirah fī Uṣūl al-Fiqh, p. 146
❖ Imām al-Qurṭubī رحمه الله (d. 671H) explained:
In reference to the verse:
﴿يَعِظُكُمُ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَعُودُوا لِمِثْلِهِ أَبَدًا﴾
📖 Surah al-Nūr: 17
“Allah warns you never to repeat something like this ever again.”
He said:
This refers specifically to ʿĀ’ishah رضي الله عنها, because such slander affects the honor of the Prophet ﷺ and his pure household, and thus it is an act of disbelief (kufr).
📚 Tafsīr al-Qurṭubī: 12/205
❖ Qāḍī Abū Yaʿlā al-Ḥanbalī رحمه الله (d. 458H) said:
“Whoever accuses ʿĀ’ishah رضي الله عنها of what Allah has absolved her from is a kāfir – without any difference of opinion.”
📚 al-Ṣārim al-Maslūl by Ibn Taymiyyah, p. 566
❖ Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله (d. 728H) stated:
“Multiple scholars have transmitted the consensus (ijmāʿ) on this matter, and many Imāms have explicitly ruled this way.”
📚 al-Ṣārim al-Maslūl ʿalā Shātim al-Rasūl, p. 566
✅ Conclusion:
✔ Accusing Sayyidah ʿĀ’ishah رضي الله عنها of adultery is a direct denial of clear Qur’anic revelation,
✔ It constitutes an act of disbelief (kufr) by unanimous agreement of scholars.
✔ Anyone who commits this grave slander has no share in Islam.
