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Sahih al-Bukhari 6679 (Book 83, Hadith 56) #6423
The Innocence of Aisha and Abu Bakr's Response

SUMMARY: This hadith is about how Allah revealed the innocence of Aisha and how Abu Bakr As-Siddiq responded to it.

Narrated Az-Zuhri: I heard 'Urwa bin Az-Zubair, Sa'id bin Al-Musaiyab, 'Alqama bin Waqqas and 'Ubaidullah bin 'Abdullah bin 'Uqba relating from 'Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ the narration of the people (ie the liars) who spread the slander against her and they said what they said, and how Allah revealed her innocence. Each of them related to me a portion of that narration. (They said that 'Aisha said), ''Then Allah revealed the ten Verses starting with:--'Verily! Those who spread the slander'. (24:11-21) All these verses were in proof of my innocence. Abu Bakr As-Siddiq who used to provide for Mistah some financial aid because of his relation to him, said, "By Allah, I will never give anything (in charity) to Mistah, after what he has said about 'Aisha" Then Allah revealed:-- 'And let not those among you who are good and are wealthy swear not to give (any sort of help) to their kins men'. (24:22) On that, Abu Bakr said, "Yes, by Allah, I like that Allah should forgive me". and then resumed giving Mistah the aid he used to give him and said, "By Allah! I will never withhold it from him".
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ، عَنْ صَالِحٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ النُّمَيْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الأَيْلِيُّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَسَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَعَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ وَقَّاصٍ، وَعُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ حَدِيثِ، عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حِينَ قَالَ لَهَا أَهْلُ الإِفْكِ مَا قَالُوا، فَبَرَّأَهَا اللَّهُ مِمَّا قَالُوا ـ كُلٌّ حَدَّثَنِي طَائِفَةً مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ ـ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ‏{‏إِنَّ الَّذِينَ جَاءُوا بِالإِفْكِ‏}‏ الْعَشْرَ الآيَاتِ كُلَّهَا فِي بَرَاءَتِي‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ ـ وَكَانَ يُنْفِقُ عَلَى مِسْطَحٍ لِقَرَابَتِهِ مِنْهُ ـ وَاللَّهِ لاَ أُنْفِقُ عَلَى مِسْطَحٍ شَيْئًا أَبَدًا، بَعْدَ الَّذِي قَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ‏.‏ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ‏{‏وَلاَ يَأْتَلِ أُولُو الْفَضْلِ مِنْكُمْ وَالسَّعَةِ أَنْ يُؤْتُوا أُولِي الْقُرْبَى‏}‏ الآيَةَ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَلَى وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأُحِبُّ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لِي‏.‏ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى مِسْطَحٍ النَّفَقَةَ الَّتِي كَانَ يُنْفِقُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَنْزِعُهَا عَنْهُ أَبَدًا‏.‏
TOPICS
innocence  *  slander  *  verses  *  aid  *  forgiveness  *  israf  *  buhtan  *  ayat  *  nafaqah  *  afw

QUICK LESSONS:
Be forgiving towards those who have wronged you even if they don't deserve it; Trust in God's judgement over your own judgement; Do good deeds with sincerity; Give charity even if someone has wronged you before; Have faith that justice will prevail eventually .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the slander that was spread against Aisha, one of the wives of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. It tells us how Allah revealed her innocence through verses in the Quran. When Abu Bakr As-Siddiq heard this he said he would never give any financial aid to Mistah who had spread these lies about her. However, when Allah revealed another verse saying not to swear not to give help to their kinsmen he changed his mind and resumed giving Mistah financial aid while asking for forgiveness from Allah for his initial reaction. This hadith teaches us that we should always be forgiving towards those who have wronged us even if they don't deserve it as this is what Allah expects from us as believers in Him. We should also remember that no matter what people say or do against us, only God knows our true intentions and will judge accordingly on the Day of Judgment so we should always strive to do good deeds in order to please Him alone.

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