Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Noah will be called on the Day of Resurrection and he will say, 'Labbaik and
Sa`daik, O my Lord!' Allah will say, 'Did you convey the Message?' Noah will say, 'Yes.' His nation
will then be asked, 'Did he convey the Message to you?' They will say, 'No Warner came to us.' Then
Allah will say (to Noah), 'Who will bear witness in your favor?' He will say, 'Muhammad and his
followers. So they (i.e. Muslims) will testify that he conveyed the Message. And the Apostle
(Muhammad) will be a witness over yourselves, and that is what is meant by the Statement of Allah
"Thus We have made of you a just and the best nation that you may be witnesses over mankind and
the Apostle (Muhammad) will be a witness over yourselves."
(2.143)
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 65, Hadith 14
"Whoever would like to meet Allah tomorrow (i.e. on the Day of Judgment) as a Muslim, let him preserve these five (daily) prayer when the call for them is given, for they are part of the ways of guidance, and Allah prescribed the ways of guidance to your Prophet. By Allah, if each of you prays in his house, you will have abandoned the Sunnah of your Prophet, and if you abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet you will go astray. I remember when no one stayed behind from the prayer except a hypocrite who was known for his hypocrisy. I have a man coming supported by two others, until he joined the row (of worshippers). There is no man who purifies himself and does it well, and comes to the mosque and prays there, but for every step that he takes, Allah raises him in status one degree thereby, and takes away one of his sins."
Sunan Ibn Majah Book 4, Hadith 43
Once the Prophet (ﷺ) was offering the prayer in the shade of the Ka`ba. Abu Jahl and some Quraishi men
sent somebody to bring the Abdominal contents of a shecamel which had been slaughtered somewhere
in Mecca, and when he brought them, they put them over the Prophet (ﷺ) Then Fatima (i.e. the Prophet's
daughter) came and threw them away from him, and he said, "O Allah! Destroy (the pagans of)
Quraish; O Allah! Destroy Quraish; O Allah Destroy Quraish," naming especially Abu Jahl bin
Hisham, `Utba bin Rabi`a, Shaiba bin Rabi`a, Al Walid bin `Utba, Ubai bin Khalaf and `Uqba bin Abi
Mitt. (The narrator, `Abdullah added, "I saw them all killed and thrown in the Badr well).
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 56, Hadith 147
Ikrimah reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas, saying: I think the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: When one of you prays without a sutrah, a dog, an ass, a pig, a Jew, a Magian, and a woman cut off his prayer, but it will suffice if they pass in front of him at a distance of over a stone's throw.
Abu Dawud said: There is something about this tradition in my heart. I used to discuss it with Ibrahim and others. I did not find anyone who narrated it from Hisham and knew it. I did not know anyone who reported it from Hisham and knew it. I did not know anyone who related it from Hisham. I think the confusion is on the part of Ibn Abi Saminah that is, Muhammad b. Isma'il al-Basri, the freed slave of Banu Hisham. In this tradition the mention of words "a Magian" is rejected; the mention of the words "at a stone's throw" and "a pig" is rejected.
Abu Dawud said: I did not hear this tradition except from Muhammad b. Isma'il b. Samurrah and I think he was mistaken because he used to narrate to us from his memory.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 2, Hadith 314
When there was said about me what was said which I myself was unaware of, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got up
and addressed the people. He recited Tashah-hud, and after glorifying and praising Allah as He
deserved, he said, "To proceed: O people Give me your opinion regarding those people who made a
forged story against my wife. By Allah, I do not know anything bad about her. By Allah, they accused
her of being with a man about whom I have never known anything bad, and he never entered my
house unless I was present there, and whenever I went on a journey, he went with me." Sa`d bin
Mu`adh got up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) Allow me to chop their heads off".
Then a man from the Al-Khazraj (Sa`d bin 'Ubada) to whom the mother of (the poet) Hassan bin
Thabit was a relative, got up and said (to Sa`d bin Mu`adh), "You have told a lie! By Allah, if those
persons were from the Aus Tribe, you would not like to chop their heads off." It was probable that
some evil would take place between the Aus and the Khazraj in the mosque, and I was unaware of all
that. In the evening of that day, I went out for some of my needs (i.e. to relieve myself), and Um
Mistah was accompanying me.
On our return, Um Mistah stumbled and said, "Let Mistah. be ruined" I said to her, "O mother Why do
you abuse your Son" On that Um Mistah became silent for a while, and stumbling again, she said,
"Let Mistah be ruined" I said to her, "Why do you abuse your son?" She stumbled for the third time
and said, "Let Mistah be ruined" whereupon I rebuked her for that. She said, "By Allah, I do not abuse
him except because of you." I asked her, "Concerning what of my affairs?" So she disclosed the whole
story to me. I said, "Has this really happened?" She replied, "Yes, by Allah." I returned to my house,
astonished (and distressed) that I did not know for what purpose I had gone out.
Then I became sick (fever) and said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) "Send me to my father's house." So he sent a
slave with me, and when I entered the house, I found Um Rum-an (my mother) downstairs while (my
father) Abu Bakr was reciting something upstairs. My mother asked, "What has brought you, O (my)
daughter?" I informed her and mentioned to her the whole story, but she did not feel it as I did. She
said, "O my daughter! Take it easy, for there is never a charming lady loved by her husband who has
other wives but that they feel jealous of her and speak badly of her." But she did not feel the news as I
did. I asked (her), "Does my father know about it?" She said, "yes" I asked, Does Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
know about it too?" She said, "Yes, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) does too." So the tears filled my eyes and I wept.
Abu Bakr, who was reading upstairs heard my voice and came down and asked my mother, "What is
the matter with her? " She said, "She has heard what has been said about her (as regards the story of
Al-lfk)." On that Abu- Bakr wept and said, "I beseech you by Allah, O my daughter, to go back to
your home".
I went back to my home and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had come to my house and asked my maid-servant about
me (my character). The maid-servant said, "By Allah, I do not know of any defect in her character
except that she sleeps and let the sheep enter (her house) and eat her dough." On that, some of the
Prophet's companions spoke harshly to her and said, "Tell the truth to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)." Finally they
told her of the affair (of the slander). She said, "Subhan Allah! By Allah, I know nothing against her
except what goldsmith knows about a piece of pure gold." Then this news reached the man who was
accused, and he said, "Subhan Allah! By Allah, I have never uncovered the private parts of any
woman." Later that man was martyred in Allah's Cause.
Next morning my parents came to pay me a visit and they stayed with me till Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to
me after he had offered the `Asr prayer. He came to me while my parents were sitting around me on
my right and my left. He praised and glorified Allah and said, "Now then O `Aisha! If you have
committed a bad deed or you have wronged (yourself), then repent to Allah as Allah accepts the
repentance from his slaves." An Al-Ansari woman had come and was sitting near the gate. I said (to
the Prophet). "Isn't it improper that you speak in such a way in the presence of this lady? Allah's
Apostle then gave a piece of advice and I turned to my father and requested him to answer him (on my
behalf). My father said, "What should I say?" Then I turned to my mother and asked her to answer
him. She said, "What should I say?" When my parents did not give a reply to the Prophet, I said, "I
testify that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and that Muhammad is His Apostle!"
And after praising and glorifying Allah as He deserves, I said, "Now then, by Allah, if I were to tell
you that I have not done (this evil action) and Allah is a witness that I am telling the truth, that would
not be of any use to me on your part because you (people) have spoken about it and your hearts have
absorbed it; and if I were to tell you that I have done this sin and Allah knows that I have not done it,
then you will say, 'She has confessed herself guilty." By Allah, 'I do not see a suitable example for me
and you but the example of (I tried to remember Jacob's name but couldn't) Joseph's father when he
said; So (for me) "Patience is most fitting against that which you assert. It is Allah (alone) whose help
can be sought.'
At that very hour the Divine Inspiration came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and we remained silent. Then the
Inspiration was over and I noticed the signs of happiness on his face while he was removing (the
sweat) from his forehead and saying, "Have the good tidings O ' "Aisha! Allah has revealed your
innocence." At that time I was extremely angry. My parents said to me. "Get up and go to him." I said,
"By Allah, I will not do it and will not thank him nor thank either of you, but I will thank Allah Who
has revealed my innocence. You have heard this story but neither did not deny it nor change it (to
defend me)," (Aisha used to say:) "But as regards Zainab bint Jahsh, (the Prophet's wife), Allah
protected her because of her piety, so she did not say anything except good (about me), but her sister,
Hamna, was ruined among those who were ruined. Those who used to speak evil about me were
Mistah, Hassan bin Thabit, and the hypocrite, `Abdullah bin Ubai, who used to spread that news and
tempt others to speak of it, and it was he and Hamna who had the greater share therein. Abu Bakr took
an oath that he would never do any favor to Mistah at all. Then Allah revealed the Divine Verse:
"Let not those among you who are good and wealthy (i.e. Abu Bakr) swear not to give (any sort of
help) to their kinsmen, and those in need, (i.e. Mistah) ...Do you not love that Allah should forgive
you? And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (24.22)
On that, Abu Bakr said, "Yes, by Allah, O our Lord! We wish that You should forgive us." So Abu
Bakr again started giving to Mistah the expenditure which he used to give him before.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 65, Hadith 279