Hadith About Patience

I ‌served ​the ​Prophet ‌(ﷺ) for ten years, and he never said to me, "Uf" (a minor harsh word denoting impatience) and never blamed me by saying, "Why did you do so or why didn't you do so?"

Allah's ‌Messenger ​(ﷺ) ‌said, ‌"The invocation of anyone of you is granted (by Allah) if he does not show impatience (by saying, "I invoked Allah but my request has not been granted.")

Some ‌people ​from ​the ‌Ansar asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (to give them something) and he gave to everyone of them, who asked him, until all that he had was finished. When everything was finished and he had spent all that was in his hand, he said to them, '"(Know) that if I have any wealth, I will not withhold it from you (to keep for somebody else); And (know) that he who refrains from begging others (or doing prohibited deeds), Allah will make him contented and not in need of others; and he who remains patient, Allah will bestow patience upon him, and he who is satisfied with what he has, Allah will make him self-sufficient. And there is no gift better and vast (you may be given) than patience."

I ​asked ‌Allah's ​Messenger ​(ﷺ) about the plague. He said, "That was a means of torture which Allah used to send upon whom-so-ever He wished, but He made it a source of mercy for the believers, for anyone who is residing in a town in which this disease is present, and remains there and does not leave that town, but has patience and hopes for Allah's reward, and knows that nothing will befall him except what Allah has written for him, then he will get such reward as that of a martyr."

Anas ‌bin ‌Malik ​said ‌to a woman of his family, "Do you know such-and-such a woman?" She replied, "Yes." He said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by her while she was weeping over a grave, and he said to her, 'Be afraid of Allah and be patient.' The woman said (to the Prophet). 'Go away from me, for you do not know my calamity.'" Anas added, "The Prophet (ﷺ) left her and proceeded. A man passed by her and asked her, 'What has Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to you?' She replied, 'I did not recognize him.' The man said, 'He was Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)."' Anas added, "So that woman came to the gate of the Prophet (ﷺ) and she did not find a gate-keeper there, and she said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! By Allah. I did not recognize you!' The Prophet said, 'No doubt, patience is at the first stroke of a calamity.'"

`Amr ​bin ​Taghlib ​said, ​"Some property was given to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he gave it to some people and withheld it from some others. Then he came to know that they (the latter) were dissatisfied. So the Prophet said, 'I give to one man and leave (do not give) another, and the one to whom I do not give is dearer to me than the one to whom I give. I give to some people because of the impatience and discontent present in their hearts, and leave other people because of the content and goodness Allah has bestowed on them, and one of them is `Amr bin Taghlib." `Amr bin Taghlib said, "The sentence which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said in my favor is dearer to me than the possession of nice red camels."

Anas ​b. ​Sirin ‌reported:I ‌asked Ibn 'Umar to tell me about the practice of the Prophet (ﷺ) in regard to two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer: Should I make lengthy recitation in them? He said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe, the night prayer in pairs and then made the number odd by observing one rak'ah. I said: I am not asking you about it. He said: You are a bulky man, will you not show me the patience to narrate to you the hadith completely? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe the night prayer in pairs and then made the number odd by observing one rak'ah, and then he observed two rak'ahs before dawn quite close to the call for prayer (Khalaf said:" Did you see [yourself the Prophet observing] the two rak'ahs before the dawn?" and he made no mention of prayer

This ‌hadith ​has ​been ​transmitted thus by 'Umar b. Khattab (with a slight change of words):" I heard Hisham b. Hakim reciting Surah al-Furqan during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)." The rest is the same but with this addition:" I was about to catch hold of him in prayer, but I exercised patience till he pronounced salutation

Abdullah ​b. ‌Zaid ‌reported ​that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) conquered Hunain he distributed the booty, and he bestowed upon those whose hearts it was intended to win. It was conveyed to him (the Holy Prophet) that the Ansar cherished a desire that they should be given (that very portion) which the people (of Quraish) had got. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up and, after having praised Allah and lauded Him, addressed them thus:O people of Ansar, did I not find you erring and Allah guided you aright through me, and (in the state of) being destitute and Allah made you free from want through me, and in a state of disunity and Allah united you through me, and they (the Ansar) said: Allah and His Messenger are most benevolent. He (again) said: Why do you not answer me? They said: Allah and His Messenger are the most benevolent. He said, If you wish you should say so and so, and the event (should take) such and such course (and in this connection he made a mention) of so many things. 'Amr is under the impression that he has not been able to remember them. He (the Holy Prophet) further said: Don't you feel happy (over this state of affairs) that the people should go away with goats and camels, and you go to your places along with the Messenger of Allah? The Ansar are inner garments (more close to me) and (other) people are outer garments. Had there not been migration, I would have been a man from among the Ansar. If the people were to tread a valley or a narrow path, I would tread the valley (chosen) by the Ansar or narrow path (trodden) by them. And you would soon find after me preferences (over you in getting material benefits). So you should show patience till you meet me at the Haud (Kauthar)

Abdullah ​reported:On ‌the ​day ‌of Hunain, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) showed preference (to some) people in the distribution of the spoils. He bestowed on Aqra' b. Habis one hundred camels, and bestowed an equal (number) upon 'Uyaina, and bestowed on people among the elites of Arabia, and preferred them (to others) on that day, in the distribution (of spoils). Upon this a person said: By Allah, neither justice has been done in this distribution (of spoils), nor has the pleasure of Allah been sought in it. I (the narrator ) said: By Allah, I will certainly inform the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about it. I came to him and informed him about what he had said. The colour of his (the Prophet's) face changed red like blood and he then said: "Who would do justice, if Allah and His Messenger do not do justice?" He further said: "May Allah have mercy upon Moses; he was tormented more than this, but he showed patience." I said: Never would I convey him (the Holy Prophet) after this (unpleasant) narration

Abdullah ​reported:The ‌Messenger ​of ​Allah (ﷺ) distributed spoils (of war). Upon this a person said: This is a distribution In which the pleasure of Allah has not been sought. I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and informed him in an undertone. He (the Holy Prophet) was deeply angry at this and his face became red till I wished that I had not made a mention of it to him. He (the Holy Prophet) then said: Moses was tormented more than this, but he showed patience

It ​is ‌narrated ‌by ​Abu Nadr that he learnt from a letter sent by a man from the Aslam tribe, who was a Companion of the Prophet (ﷺ) and whose name was 'Abdullah b. Abu Aufa, to 'Umar b. 'Ubaidullah when the latter marched upon Haruriyya (Khawarij) informing him that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in one of those days when lie was confronting the enemy waited until the sun had declined. Then he stood up (to address the people) and said:O ye men, do not wish for an encounter with the enemy. Pray to Allah to grant you security; (but) when you (have to) encounter them exercise patience, and you should know that Paradise is under the shadows of the swords. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up (again) and said: O Allah. Revealer of the Book, Disperser of the clouds, Defeater of the hordes, put our enemy to rout and help us against them

It ‌has ‌been ‌narrated ​on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that the messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:One who found in his Amir something which he disliked should hold his patience, for one who separated from the main body of the Muslims even to the extent of a handspan and then he died would die the death of one belonging to the days of Jahiliyya

Sa'id ​b. ​Jubair ​reported:I ‌said to Ibn Abbas that Nauf al-Bikali was of the opinion that Moses (peace be upon him), the Apostle of Bani Isra'il, was not the same who accompanied Khadir, whereupon he said: The enemy of Allah tells a lie. I heard Ubayy b. Ka'b say: Moses (peace be upon him) stood up to give sermon to the people of Isra'il. He was asked as to who amongst the people has the best knowledge, whereupon he said: I have the best knowledge. Thereupon Allah was annoyed with him that he did not attribute (the best knowledge) to Him. He revealed to him: A servant amongst My servants is at the junction of two rivers who has more knowledge than yours. Moses said: How can I meet him? It was said to him: Carry a fish in the large basket and the place where you find it missing there you will find him. Thereupon Moses proceeded forth along with a young man (Yusha'). Joshua b. Nun and Moses (peace be upon him) put the fish in the basket and there went along with him the young man (Yusha') until they came to a certain rock and Moses and his companion went to sleep and the fish stirred in that basket and fell into the ocean and Allah stopped the current of water like a vault until the way was made for the fish. Moses and his young companion were astonished and they walked for the rest of the day and the night and the friend of Moses forgot to inform him of this incident. When it was morning, Moses (peace be upon him) said to the young man: Bring for us the breakfast for we are dead tired because of this journey, and they did not feel exhausted until they had passed that place where they had been commanded (to stay). He said: Don't you know that when we reached the Sakhra (rock) I forgot the fish and nothing made me forget it but Satan that I could not remember it? How strange is it that the fish found a way in the river? Moses said: That was what we had been aiming at. Then both of them retraced their steps until they reached Sakhra; there they saw a man covered with a cloth. Moses greeted him. Khadir said to him: Where is as-Salam in our country.? He said: I am Moses, whereupon he (Khadir) said: You mean the Moses of Bani Isra'il? He said: Yes. He (Khadir) said: You have a knowledge out of the knowledge of Allah which in fact Allah imparted to you and about that I know nothing and I have knowledge out of Allah's knowledge which He imparted to me and about that you do not know. Moses (peace be upon him) said to him: May I follow you so that you may teach me that with which you have been taught righteousness. He said: You will not be able to bear with me; how you will be able to bear that about which you do not know? Moses said: Thou wilt find me patient, nor shalt I disobey you in aught. Khadir said to him: If you were to follow me, then do not ask me about anything until I myself speak to you about it. He said: Yes. So Khadir and Moses set forth on the bank of the river that there came before them a boat. Both of them talked to them (the owners of the boat) so that they might carry both of them. They had recognised Khadir and they carried them free. Khadir thereupon took hold of a plank in the boat and broke it away. Moses said: These people have carried us without any charge and you attempt to break their boat so that the people sailing in the boat may drown. This is (something) grievous that you have done. He said: Did I not say that you would not bear with me? He said: Blame me not for what I forgot and be not hard upon what I did. Then both of them got down from the boat and began to walk along the coastline that they saw a boy who had been playing with other boys. Khadir pulled up his head and killed him. Moses said: Have you killed an innocent person who is in no way guilty of slaying another? You have done something horrible. Thereupon he said: Did I not say to you that you will not be able to bear with me? He (Moses) said: This (act) is more grievous than the first one. He (Moses) further said. If I ask you about anything after this, keep not company with me, then you would no doubt find (a plausible) excuse for this. Then they both walked on until they reached the inhabitants of a village. They asked its inhabitants for food but they refused to entertain them as their guests. They found in it a wall which had been bent on one side and was about to fall. Khadir set it right with his own hand. Moses, said to him: It is the people to whom we came but they showed us no hospitality and they did not serve us food. If you wish you can get wages for it. He (Khadir) said: This is the parting of ways between me and you. Now I wish to reveal to you the significance of that for which you could not bear with me. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said. May Allah have mercy upon Moses! I wish if Moses could show patience and a (fuller) story of both of them could have been told. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said that the first thing which Moses said was out of forgetfulness. Then there came a sparrow until it perched on the wall of the boat and took water from the ocean. Thereupon, Khadir said: My knowledge and your knowledge in comparison with the knowledge of Allah is even less than the water taken by the sparrow in its beak in comparison to the water of the ocean, and Sa'id b. Jubair used to recite (verses 79 and 80 of Sura Kahf) in this way: There was before them a king who used to seize every boat by force which was in order, the boy was an unbeliever

Ubayy ‌b. ‌Ka'b ‌narrated ‌to us that he had heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Moses had been delivering sermons to his people. And he made this remark: No person upon the earth has better knowledge than I or nothing better than mine. Thereupon Allah revealed to him: I know one who is better than you (in knowledge) or there is a person on the earth having more knowledge than you. Thereupon he said: My Lord, direct me to him. It was said to him: Keep a salted fish as a provision for journey. The place where that fish would be lost (there you will find that man). So he set forth and a young slave along with him until they came to a place Sakhra. but he did not find any clue. So he proceeded on and left that young man there. The fish began to stir in water and the water assumed the form of an ark over the fish. The young man said: I should meet Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) and inform him, but he was made to forget and when they had gone beyond that place, he (Moses) said to the young man: Bring breakfast. We have been exhausted because of the journey, and he (Moses) was not exhausted until he had crossed that (particular) place (where he had) to meet Khadir, and the youth was reminded and said: Did you not see that as we reached Sakhra I forgot the fish and it is satan alone who has made me forgetful of it'? It is strange that he has been able to find way in the ocean too. He said: This is what we sought for us. They returned retracing their steps, and he (his companion) pointed to him the location (where) the fish (had been lost). Moses began to search him there. He suddenly saw Khadir wrapped in a cloth and lying on his back. He said to him: As-Salamu-'Alaikum. He removed the cloth from his face and said: Wa 'Alaikum-us-Salam! Who are you? He said: I am Moses. He said: Who Moses? He said: Moses Of Bani Isra'il. He said: What brought you here? He said: I have come so that you may teach me what you have been taught of righteousness. He said: You shall have to bear with me, and how can you have patience about a thing of which you have no comprehensive knowledge? You will not have patience when you see me doing a thing I have been ordered to do. He said: If Allah pleases, you will find me patient, nor shall I disobey you in aught. Khadir said: If you follow me, don't ask me about anything until I explain it to you. So they went on until they embarked upon a boat. He (Khadir) made a hole in that. Thereupon he (Moses) said: You have done this so that you may drown the persons sitting in the boat. You have done something grievous. Thereupon he said: Did I not tell you that you will not be able to bear with me? Thereupon he (Moses) said: Blame me not for what I forgot and be not hard upon me for what I did. (Khadir gave him another chance.) So they went on until they reached a place where boys were playing. He went to one of them and caught hold'of one (apparently) at random and killed him. Moses (peace be upon him) felt agitated and said: You have killed an innocent person not guilty of slaying another. You have done something aboininable. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: May Allah have mercy upon us and Moses. Had he shown patience he would have seen wonderful things, but fear of blame, with respect to his companion, seized him and he said: If I ask anything after this, keep not company with me. You will then have a valid excuse in my case, and had he (Moses) shown patience he would have seen many wonderful things. He (the narrator) said: Whenever he (the Holy Prophet) made mention of any Prophet, he always said: May there be mercy of Allah upon us and upon my brother so and so. They, however, proceeded on until they came to the inhabitants of a village who were very miserly. They went to the meeting places and asked for hospitality but they refused to show any hospitality to them. They both found in that village a wall which was about to fall. He (Khadir) set it right. Thereupon he (Moses) said: If you so liked. you could get wages for it. Thereupon he said: This is the partince, of ways between me and you, and, taking hold of his cloth, he said: Now I will explain to you the real significance (of all these acts) for which you could not show patience. As for the boat, it belonged to the poor people working on the river and I intended to damage it for there was ahead of them (a king) who seized boats by force. (When he came) to catch hold of it he found it a damaged boat, so he spared it (and later on) it was set right with wood. So far as the boy is concerned, he has been, by very nature, an unbeliever, whereas his parents loved him very much. Had he grown up he would have involved them in wrongdoing and unbelief, so we wished that their Lord should give them in its place one better in purity and close to mercy. And as for the wall it belonged to two orphan boys in the city and there was beneath it a (treasure) belongin to them,... up to the last verse

Hibban ‌b. ​Musa ​narrated ​to us. (He said): Abdullah b. Mubarak informed us. (He said): Yunus b. Yazid al-Ayli informed us. Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Hanzali, Muhammad b. Rafi', and Abd b. Humayd also narrated. (Ibn Rafi' used the expression "haddesena"; the others said: Abd al-Razzaq informed us. He said): Ma'mar informed us. The context is the hadith of Ma'mar from the narration of Abd and Ibn Rafi'. Yunus and Ma'mar both said from Zuhri. (Zuhri said): Sa'id b. Musayyib, Urwa b. Zubayr, Alkama b. Waqqas, and Ubaydullah b. Abdillah b. Utba b. Mas'ud narrated from Aisha, the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that when the slanderers said what they said to her, and Allah cleared her of their accusations, all the narrators reported to me a part of her hadith. Some of them had memorized her hadith better than others, and its narration was more reliable. I memorized the hadith she narrated to me from each of them. The hadiths corroborate each other. According to what she said, Aisha, the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wanted to go on an expedition, he would draw lots among his wives. Whoever the lot fell upon, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would go on the expedition with her. She said: She drew lots among us for a battle she was going to undertake, and the lot fell upon me. I also went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). This happened after the verse about veiling was revealed. I was mounted on the camel inside my palanquin, and dismounted from it at our destination. Finally, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finished his campaign and returned, and we were approaching Medina, he announced a night march. When he announced the march, I immediately got up and walked, even overtaking the army. When I relieved myself, I went to my belongings. I touched my chest and saw that my necklace, made of saffron beads, had broken. I immediately turned back and searched for my necklace. Searching for it kept me from going. The group that had loaded my saddle had loaded my palanquin and gone. They loaded it onto the camel I was riding. They thought I was inside it too. He said: At that time, women were light-skinned. They hadn't become fat, their bodies weren't covered in flesh. They were only eating a tiny bit of food. The congregation loaded the palanquins onto the camel and lifted them without questioning the weight. I was a young, tender girl. They drove the camel away. I found my necklace after the army had left. Then I arrived at the place where they were, only to find no one calling out to me or answering. I went back to where I was, thinking the congregation would look for me and return. While sitting there, I felt sleepy and fell asleep. Safwan ibn Mu'attal al-Sulam later rested behind the army of Zakwan. At the end of the night, he set out on the road, spent the night where I was, and saw a shadow of a sleeping person. He immediately came to me and recognized me; indeed, he had seen me before the obligation of wearing a veil was imposed upon me. When he recognized me, I woke up with his istirja (prayer for protection). And I immediately covered my face with my veil. By Allah, he didn't speak a word to me. I heard nothing from him except his istirja. He made his camel kneel down; he stepped on its front leg, and I mounted the camel. And he led me on my camel and we set off. Finally, we caught up with the army after they had encamped when the midday heat became intense. By then, what was destined for me was done. Abdullah ibn Ubayy ibn Salul had taken on the majority of this task. Subsequently, we arrived in Medina. When we arrived in Medina, I was ill for a month. The people were spreading the slanderers' words. I didn't feel anything from this. But during my illness, the fact that I didn't see the same kindness from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that I had seen before when I was ill made me suspicious. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would only enter, give greetings, and then say: [He would say something]. This also made me suspicious. But I didn't feel any malice. Finally, after I recovered, I went outside. Umm Mistah also went with me towards Manasi. This place was our latrine. We only went out at night. This incident happened before we built toilets near our houses. Our custom regarding latrines was the custom of the early Arabs. We felt inconvenienced building toilets next to our houses. Umm Mistah and I walked. This woman is the daughter of Abu Ruhm b. Muttalib b. Abdi Menaf. Her mother is the daughter of Sahr b. Amir, the aunt of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq. Umm Mistah's son is Mistah b. Usasa b. Abbad b. Muttalifa. Then, after I and Bint Abu Ruhm relieved ourselves, we headed towards my house. Then Umm Mistah stepped on her veil and said: "May Mistah be cursed!" I said to her: "What a terrible thing you said! Are you cursing a man who was at Badr?" She said: "Woman, didn't you hear what he said?" I asked: "What did he say?" Upon this, he informed me of what the slanderers had said. And my illness worsened manifold. When I returned home, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered and greeted me. Then he asked, "Will you allow me to go to my parents?" I said, "At that moment, I wanted to understand the news from them properly." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me permission. So I went to my parents and said to my mother, "O my mother! What are people saying?" My mother said, "O my daughter, be calm! By Allah, there are very few beautiful women who are married to a man who loves them, even if they have partners, yet they do not speak ill of them." I said, "Subhanallah! Did people really say that?" Then I cried that night. I spent the night crying without my eyes stopping and without sleep. Then I spent the night crying again. When the revelation ceased, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called Ali ibn Abi Talib and Usama ibn Zayd to consult with him about separating from his family. Usama ibn Zayd, indicating that he knew of his family's innocence and showing his affection for them, said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah! They are your family. We know nothing but good." As for Ali ibn Abi Talib, he said: "Allah will not put you in distress; there are many other women besides her. If you ask the slave girl, she will tell you the truth." Thereupon, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called Barira and asked: "Barira! Have you seen anything about Aisha that would cause you to have doubts?" Berira said to him: "I swear by Allah, who sent you with the truth, I have not seen anything in him that I could fault him for. However, he is a young man, a mere youth. He sleeps on the dough he kneads for his family, and sheep come and eat it." Upon this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) rose and ascended the pulpit, seeking an apology from Abdullah ibn Ubayy ibn Salul. Aisha said: "While the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was on the pulpit, he said: 'O community of Muslims! Who will accept my apology from a man who has caused the utmost harm to my family? By Allah, I know nothing but good about my family. He only entered their presence with me.'" Upon this, Sa'd ibn Mu'adh al-Ansari stood up and said: "I will accept your apology from him, O Messenger of Allah!" If he is from the Aws tribe, we will cut off his neck. If he is from our brothers Khazraj, you give the order, and we will obey your command," he said. Then Sa'd ibn Ubadah rose. This man was the chief of the Khazraj tribe and a good man. However, his zeal had made him ignorant. He said to Sa'd ibn Mu'adh: "You have erred! I swear by Allah that you cannot kill him, nor are you capable of killing him!" Then Usayd ibn Hudayr rose. This man was Sa'd ibn Mu'adh's cousin. He said to Sa'd ibn Ubadah: "You have erred! I swear by Allah that we will certainly kill him. You are truly a hypocrite. You are fighting on behalf of the hypocrites." And the two tribes (i.e., Aws and Khazraj) rose up. They even intended to fight. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was standing on the pulpit. He continued to soothe them, until they fell silent. He too fell silent. Aisha said: "I cried that day. My tears did not stop, and I could not sleep. Then I cried again the next night. My tears did not stop, and I could not sleep. My mother and father thought that my crying would tear my heart apart. While they were sitting beside me and I was crying, a woman from the Ansar asked permission to enter. I gave her permission. The woman sat down and began to cry. While we were in this state, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered and greeted us. Then he sat down. He had not sat beside me since what had been said about me had been said. He had waited a month, and nothing had been revealed to him about me. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sat down, he recited the tashahhud." Then he said: "O Aisha, the situation is that such and such accusations have come to me from you. If you are innocent, Allah will acquit you. If you have committed a sin, seek forgiveness from Allah! Repent to Him! For if a servant confesses a sin and then repents, Allah accepts his repentance." Aisha said: "When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finished speaking, my tears stopped. I didn't even feel a single drop anymore. I said to my father: 'Answer on my behalf about what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said!' My father said: 'By Allah, I don't know what to say to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).' (Then) I said to my mother: 'Answer on my behalf about what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said!'" I said, and he replied, "By Allah, I do not know what to say to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." Thereupon, although I was young and did not know much of the Qur'an, I said, "By Allah, I understand well that you have heard what has been said. It has even taken root in your fortresses, and you have believed it. If I were to say to you that I am innocent—and Allah knows that I am innocent—you would not believe me. If I were to confess to you something—and Allah knows that I am innocent—you would affirm me. By Allah, I cannot find an example for you to give. However, as Joseph's father said, my matter is one of beautiful patience. Allah is the One to whom help is sought regarding what you have said." He said, "Then I turned over and lay down on my bed. And by Allah, I knew at that moment that I was innocent and that Allah would acquit me. But by Allah, I did not think that the revelation (of the Qur'an) would be sent down concerning me." My state of mind and expectations were not such that Allah (Glorified and Exalted) would send down a verse about me. Rather, I expected that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would have a dream in his sleep, and that through that dream, Allah would acquit me. By Allah, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had not left his assembly; no one from the household had gone outside when Allah (Glorified and Exalted) sent down revelation to His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The intensity that had overwhelmed him at the moment of revelation returned. From the weight of the words revealed to him, pearls of sweat poured from his forehead on that cold day. When the state of revelation ended, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled. His first words were: "O Aisha! Allah has acquitted you." Upon this, my mother said to me: "Get up and go to him." I said: "By Allah, I cannot go to him. I cannot praise anyone other than Allah! It is He who has sent down my innocence." Then Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) revealed ten verses, starting from Surah An-Nur, verse 11. These verses were revealed by Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) concerning my innocence. Abu Bakr—who used to provide for Mistah due to their kinship and poverty—said: "By Allah, after what he said about Aisha, I will never give him anything again!" Thereupon, Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) revealed the verse, "Let not those who are of high status and wealth swear that they will not help their relatives..." up to the noble verse, "Do you not wish that Allah should forgive you?" Ibn Musa said: "Abdullah b. Mubarak said, "This is the most hopeful verse in the Book of Allah." Bakr said, "By Allah, I wish Allah would forgive me," and he resumed giving Mistah the sustenance he had previously given him, saying, "I will never stop giving it to him." He said, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked his wife, Zaynab bint Jahsh, about my matter, saying, 'Did you know (or) what did you see?' She replied, 'O Messenger of Allah! I protect my ears and my eyes. By Allah, I know nothing but good.' He said, 'Yet, she was the one among the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who challenged me. Allah protected her with piety and righteousness.' Her sister, Hanina bint Jahsh, began to contend with her, and she perished among those who perished." He said, "This is what came to us from the matter of this community!" And in the hadith, he used the expression, "His zeal angered him..."

Sa'id ​b. ‌Musayyib, ‌'Urwa ‌b. Zubair, 'Alqama b. Waqqas and 'Ubaidullah b. Abdullah b. 'Utba b. Mas'ud--all of them reported the story of the false allegation against 'A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ). And they (the slanderers) said what they had to say, but Allah exonerated her of this charge and all of them reported a part of the hadith and some of them who had better memories reported more and with better retention, and I tried to retain this hadith (listening) from every one of them that they reported to me and some of them attested the other. (The sumaried substance of the false allegation is this):'A'isha said: Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) intended to set out on a journey he cast lots amongst his wives and he took one with him in whose favour the lot was cast. It so happened that he cast lots amongst us while setting out on a battle and it was cast in my favour, so I set out along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). This relates to the period when the revelation concerning the commands of veil had been made. I was carried in a haudaj and I was brought down where we had to stay. In short, when we set out for return journey from the expedition and our caravan was near Medina, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded one night to march forward. I also got up when the command for the march was given and moved on until I went out of the encampments of the army and after relieving myself I came to my place. I touched my chest and found that my necklace which had been made of the stones of zafar had been broken. I retraced my steps and tried to search my necklace and this detained me there. The group of people who saddled my ride and placed my haudaj carrying me upon the camels marched on. They were under the impression that I was in it. The women in those days were light of weight and they did not wear much flesh, as they ate less food; so they did not perceive the weight of my haudaj as they placed it upon the camel as I was a young girl at that time. So they drove the camel and Eet out and I found my necklace after the army had marched. I came to my place and there was none to call and none to respond (the call). I waited at my place under the impression that when the people would riot find me they would come back. So I kept sitting at my place. I was overpowered by sleep and slept. Safwan b. Mu'attal Sulami Dhakwini, who had lagged behind the army because of taking rest came to my place walking in the latter part of the night and he saw the body of a person who was asleep. He came to me and recognised me as he had seen rue before it was enjoined to observe purda. I got ap by his voice as he recited Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un [we are for Allah and to Him we have to return. ] and I covered my head with my headdress. By Allah, he did not speak to me a word and I did not hear a word from him except Inna lillahi. He made his camel kneel down and I amounted the camel as he pressed tLe camel's foreleg and he moved on leaning the camel by the nose string on which I was riding until we came to the army where it had encamped for rest because of extreme heat. Woe be upon those who harboured doubts about me and the most notorious among them was 'Abdullah b. Ubayy, the great hypocrite. We came to Medina and I fell sick for a month. The people had been deliberating over the statements of those who had brought these calumnies against me. I was absolutely unaware of anything concerning that. This, however, caused doubt in my mind that I did not see Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him.) treating me with such kindness with which he treated me as I fell ill before this. The Prophet (ﷺ) would coome and greet me with Assalam-o-'Alaikum and only ask me how I was. This caused doubt in my mind, but I was unaware of the evil. I wept outside despite my failing health and there went along with me Umm Mistah and she said the daughter of Abu Rhm b. Muttalib b. 'Abd Manaf and his mother was the daughter of Sakhr b. 'Amir, the sister of the mother of Abu Bakr Sidiq and his son was Mistah b. Uthatha b. 'Abbad b. Muttalib. I and the daughter of Abu Rahm set towards the direction of my house. Something got into the head dress of Umm Mistah and she said: Woe be upon Mistah. And I said. Woe be upon what you say. Do you curse people who had participated in Badr? She said: Innocent woman, have you not heard what he said? I said: What did he say? She conveyed to me the statement of those who had brought false allegations against me. So my illness was aggravated. I went to my house and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to me and he greeted me and then said: How is that woman? I said: Do you permit me to go to the (house) of my parents? She (further) said: I had at that time made up my mind to confirm this news from them. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) permitted me. So I came to (the house of) my parents and said to my mother: Mother, do you know what the people are talking about? She said: My daughter, you should not worry. By Allah, if there is a handsome woman who is loved by her husband and he has co-wives also they talk many a thing about her. I said: Hallowed be Allah, what are the people talking about? I wept during the whole night until it was morning and I did not have a wink of sleep and I wept even in the morning. As the revelation was delayed (in regard to this matter), so Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) called 'Ali ibn Abi 'Talib and Usama b. Zaid in order to seek their advice in regard to the separation of his wife. Usama b. Zaid told Allah's Messenger (may peace be apen him) about the innocence of his wives and what he knew about his love for them. He said: Allah's Messenger, they are your wives and we know nothing else about them but goodness. And as for 'Ali b. Abu Talib, he said: Allah has not put any unnecessary burden upon you (in regard to your wives). There are a number of women besides her and if you ask that maidservant (Barira) she will tell you the truth. So, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) called Bailra and said: Barira, did you see anything in 'A'isha which can cause doubt about her? Barira said: By Him Who sent thee with the truth, I have seen nothing objectionable in her but only this much that she is a young girl and she goes to sleep while kneading the flour and the lamb eats that. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) mounted the pulpit and sought vindication against 'Abdullah b. Ubayy b. Salul, and he further said: Who would exonerate me from imputations of that person who has troubled (me) in regard to my family? By Allah, I find nothing in my wife but goodness and the person whom the people have mentioned in this connection is, according to my knowledge, a thoroughly pious person, and he did never get into my house but along with me. Sa'd b. Mu'adh stood up and said: Allah's Messenger, I defend your honour against him. If he belong to the tribe of Aus we would strike his neck and if he belongs to the tribe of our brother Khazraj and you order us we would comply with your order. Then Sa'd b. 'Ubada stood up. He was chief of the Khazraj tribe. He was otherwise a pioas man but he had some what tribal partisanship in him and he said to Sa'd b. Mu'adh: By the everlasting existence of Allah. you are not stating the fact, you will not be able to kill him and you will not have the power to do so. Thereupon, Usaid b. Hudair stood up, and he was the first cousin of Sa'd b. Mu'adh and said to Sa'd b. 'Ubada: By the everlasting existence of Allah, you are not stating the fact. We would kill him. You are a hypocrite and so you argue in defence of the hypocrites, and thus both the tribes Aus and Khazraj were flared up, until they were about to fall upon one another and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) kept standing upon the pulpit and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) tried to subside their anger until they became silent and thus there was silence. 'A'isha further reported: I spent the whole day in weeping and even the night and could not have a wink of sleep even next night. My parents thought that this constant weeping of mine would break my heart. I wept and they sat beside me. In the meanwhile a woman of the Ansar came to see me. I permitted her to see me and she also began to weep. And we were in this very state that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came and he greeted me and then sat down. He had never sat with me since a month when this rumour was afloat, and there was no revelation (to clarity) my case. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) recited Tashahhud (there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Apostle) and then said: Coming to the point, 'A'isha, this is what has reached me about you and if you are innocent, Allah would Himself vindicate your honour, and if accidentally there has been a lapse on your part seek forgiveness of Allah; He will pardon thee for when a servant makes a confession of his fault and turns (to Him) penitently, Allah also turns to him (mercifully) accepting his repentance. When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) talked, my tears dried up and not even a single drop of tear was perceived by me (rolling out of my eyes). I said to my father: You give a reply to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) on my behalf. He said: By Allah, I do not know what I should say to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I then said to my mother: Give a reply to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) on my behalf, but she said: By Allah, I do not know what I should say to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I was a small girl at that time and I had not read much of the Qur'an (but I said): By Allah, I perceive that you have heard about this and it has settled down in your mind and you have taken it to be true, so if I say to you that I am quite innocent, and Allah knows that I am innocent, you would never believe me to be true, and if I confess to (the alleged) lapse before you, whereas Allah knows that I am completely innocent (and I have not committed this sin at all), in that case You will take me to be true and, by Allah, I, therefore, find no other alternative for me and for you except that what the father of Yousuf said:, (My course is) comely patience. And Allah it is Whose help is to be sought for in that (predicament) which ye describe" (xii 18). After this I turned my face to the other side and lay down on my bed. By Allah, I was fully aware of this fact that I was innocent but I did not expect that Allah would descend Wahy Matlu (Qur'anic Wahy) in my case as I did not think myself so much important that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, would speak in this matter in words to be recited. I only hoped that Allah would in vision give an indication of my innocence to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) during his sleep. And, by Allah, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had not moved an inch from where he had been sitting and none from the members of my family had gone that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, descended revelation upon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) there and then and he felt the burden which he used to feel at the time of receiving revelation. He began to perspire because of the burden of words of Allah as they descended upon him even during the winter season and there fell the drops of his sweat like silvery beads. When this state of receiving revelation was over, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) smiled and the first words which he spoke to me were that he said: 'A'isha, there is glad tidings for you. Verily, Allah has vindicated your honour, and my mother who had been standing by me said: Get up (and thank him, i. e. the Holy Prophet). I said: By Allah, I shall not thank him and laud him but Allah Who has descended revelation vindicating my honour. She ('A'isha) said: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, revealed:" 'Verily, those who spread the slander are a gang among you" (and) ten (subsequent) verses in regard to my innocence. She further said: Abu Bakr used to give to Mistah (some stipend) as a token of kinship with him and for his poverty and he (Abu Bakr) said: By Allah, now I would not spend anything for him. 'A'isha said: It was upon this that Allah the Exalted and Glorious revealed this verse:" And let not those who possess dignity and ease among you swear to give to the near of the kin" up to" Yearn ye not that Allah may forgive you?" Hibban b. Musa' said that 'Abdullah b. Mubarak used to say: It is a verse contained in the Book which most (eminently) brightens the hope. Abu Bakr said: By Allah, I wish that Allah should pardon me. I shall never stop this stipend. So he continued to give him the stipend which he had withdrawn. 'A'isha said that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked Zainab, daughter of Jahsh, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), about me what she knew or what she had seen in me, and she said: Allah's Messenger, I shall not say anything without hearing (with my ears) and seeing with my eyes. By Allah, I find nothing in her but goodness. (And she stated this in spite of the fact) that she was the only lady who amongst the wives of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) used to vie with me but Allah saved her in bringing false allegation against me because of her God-consciousness. Her sister Hamna bint Jahsh, however, opposed her and she was undone along with others

Abu ‌Musa ‌reported ​that ​Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:There is none to show more patience at listening to the most irksome things than Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. 'Partnership is associated to Him (polytheism), and (fatherhood) of a child is attributed to Him, but in spite of this He protects them (people) and provides them sustenance.' This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Musa with a slight variation of wording

Abu ‌Musa ​reported ‌that ‌Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:There is none to show more patience at listening to the most irksome things than Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. 'Partnership is associated to Him (polytheism), and (fatherhood) of a child is attributed to Him, but in spite of this He protects them (people) and provides them sustenance.' This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Musa with a slight variation of wording

Mustaurid ​al-Qurashi ‌reported:I ​heard ‌Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The Last Hour would come (when) the Romans would form a majority amongst people. 'Amr said to him (Mustaurid Qurashi): See what you are saying? He said: I say what I heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Thereupon he said: If you say that, it is a fact for they have four qualities. They have the patience to undergo a trial and immediately restore themselves to sanity after trouble and attack again after flight. They (have the quality) of being good to the destitute and the orphans, to the weak and, fifthly, the good quality in them is that they put resistance against the oppression of kings