حدثنا محمود بن غيلان، حدثنا أبو أسامة، عن هشام بن عروة، أخبرني أبي، عن عائشة، قالت لما ذكر من شأني الذي ذكر وما علمت به قام رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في خطيبا فتشهد وحمد الله وأثنى عليه بما هو أهله ثم قال ‏"‏ أما بعد أشيروا على في أناس أبنوا أهلي والله ما علمت على أهلي من سوء قط وأبنوا بمن والله ما علمت عليه من سوء قط ولا دخل بيتي قط إلا وأنا حاضر ولا غبت في سفر إلا غاب معي فقام سعد بن معاذ رضي الله عنه فقال ائذن لي يا رسول الله أن أضرب أعناقهم ‏.‏ وقام رجل من الخزرج وكانت أم حسان بن ثابت من رهط ذلك الرجل فقال كذبت أما والله أن لو كانوا من الأوس ما أحببت أن تضرب أعناقهم حتى كاد أن يكون بين الأوس والخزرج شر في المسجد وما علمت به فلما كان مساء ذلك اليوم خرجت لبعض حاجتي ومعي أم مسطح فعثرت فقالت تعس مسطح فقلت لها أى أم تسبين ابنك فسكتت ثم عثرت الثانية فقالت تعس مسطح فقلت لها أى أم تسبين ابنك فسكتت ثم عثرت الثالثة فقالت تعس مسطح فانتهرتها فقلت لها أى أم تسبين ابنك فقالت والله ما أسبه إلا فيك ‏.‏ فقلت في أى شيء قالت فبقرت إلى الحديث قلت وقد كان هذا قالت نعم ‏.‏ والله لقد رجعت إلى بيتي وكأن الذي خرجت له لم أخرج لا أجد منه قليلا ولا كثيرا ووعكت فقلت لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أرسلني إلى بيت أبي فأرسل معي الغلام فدخلت الدار فوجدت أم رومان في السفل وأبو بكر فوق البيت يقرأ فقالت أمي ما جاء بك يا بنية قالت فأخبرتها وذكرت لها الحديث فإذا هو لم يبلغ منها ما بلغ مني قالت يا بنية خففي عليك الشأن فإنه والله لقلما كانت امرأة حسناء عند رجل يحبها لها ضرائر إلا حسدنها وقيل فيها فإذا هي لم يبلغ منها ما بلغ مني قالت قلت وقد علم به أبي قالت نعم ‏.‏ قلت ورسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قالت نعم ‏.‏ واستعبرت وبكيت فسمع أبو بكر صوتي وهو فوق البيت يقرأ فنزل فقال لأمي ما شأنها قالت بلغها الذي ذكر من شأنها ‏.‏ ففاضت عيناه فقال أقسمت عليك يا بنية إلا رجعت إلى بيتك ‏.‏ فرجعت ولقد جاء رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بيتي فسأل عني خادمتي فقالت لا والله ما علمت عليها عيبا إلا أنها كانت ترقد حتى تدخل الشاة فتأكل خميرتها أو عجينتها وانتهرها بعض أصحابه فقال أصدقي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم حتى أسقطوا لها به فقالت سبحان الله والله ما علمت عليها إلا ما يعلم الصائغ على تبر الذهب الأحمر فبلغ الأمر ذلك الرجل الذي قيل له فقال سبحان الله والله ما كشفت كنف أنثى قط قالت عائشة فقتل شهيدا في سبيل الله قالت وأصبح أبواى عندي فلم يزالا عندي حتى دخل على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وقد صلى العصر ثم دخل وقد اكتنفني أبواى عن يميني وعن شمالي فتشهد النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فحمد الله وأثنى عليه بما هو أهله ثم قال ‏"‏ أما بعد يا عائشة إن كنت قارفت سوءا أو ظلمت فتوبي إلى الله فإن الله يقبل التوبة عن عباده ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قالت وقد جاءت امرأة من الأنصار وهي جالسة بالباب فقلت ألا تستحي من هذه المرأة أن تذكر شيئا ‏.‏ فوعظ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فالتفت إلى أبي فقلت أجبه ‏.‏ قال فماذا أقول فالتفت إلى أمي فقلت أجيبيه ‏.‏ قالت أقول ماذا قالت فلما لم يجيبا تشهدت فحمدت الله وأثنيت عليه بما هو أهله ثم قلت أما والله لئن قلت لكم إني لم أفعل والله يشهد إني لصادقة ما ذاك بنافعي عندكم لي لقد تكلمتم وأشربت قلوبكم ولئن قلت إني قد فعلت والله يعلم أني لم أفعل لتقولن إنها قد باءت به على نفسها وإني والله ما أجد لي ولكم مثلا قالت والتمست اسم يعقوب فلم أقدر عليه إلا أبا يوسف حين قال ‏:‏ ‏(‏فصبر جميل والله المستعان على ما تصفون ‏)‏ قالت وأنزل على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من ساعته فسكتنا فرفع عنه وإني لأتبين السرور في وجهه وهو يمسح جبينه ويقول ‏"‏ البشرى يا عائشة فقد أنزل الله براءتك ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قالت وكنت أشد ما كنت غضبا فقال لي أبواى قومي إليه ‏.‏ فقلت لا والله لا أقوم إليه ولا أحمده ولا أحمدكما ولكن أحمد الله الذي أنزل براءتي لقد سمعتموه فما أنكرتموه ولا غيرتموه وكانت عائشة تقول أما زينب بنت جحش فعصمها الله بدينها فلم تقل إلا خيرا وأما أختها حمنة فهلكت فيمن هلك وكان الذي يتكلم فيه مسطح وحسان بن ثابت والمنافق عبد الله بن أبى ابن سلول وهو الذي كان يسوسه ويجمعه وهو الذي تولى كبره منهم هو وحمنة قالت فحلف أبو بكر أن لا ينفع مسطحا بنافعة أبدا فأنزل الله تعالى هذه الآية ‏:‏ ‏(‏ولا يأتل أولو الفضل منكم والسعة ‏)‏ إلى آخر الآية يعني أبا بكر ‏:‏ ‏(‏أن يؤتوا أولي القربى والمساكين والمهاجرين في سبيل الله ‏)‏ يعني مسطحا إلى قوله ‏:‏ ‏(‏ألا تحبون أن يغفر الله لكم والله غفور رحيم ‏)‏ قال أبو بكر بلى والله يا ربنا إنا لنحب أن تغفر لنا وعاد له بما كان يصنع ‏.‏ قال أبو عيسى هذا حديث حسن صحيح غريب من حديث هشام بن عروة ‏.‏ وقد رواه يونس بن يزيد ومعمر وغير واحد عن الزهري عن عروة بن الزبير وسعيد بن المسيب وعلقمة بن وقاص الليثي وعبيد الله بن عبد الله عن عائشة هذا الحديث أطول من حديث هشام بن عروة وأتم ‏.‏
 Narrated 'Aishah:                     "What was said about me had been said, and I myself was unaware of it, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got up and addressed the people. He recited the Tashahhud and after praising and expressing gratitude to 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 at all. 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 [may Allah be pleased with him] got up and said: 'O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)! Allow me to chop their heads off!' Then a man from Al-Khazraj, to whom the mother of Hassan bin Thabit was a relative, got up and said (to Sa'd): 'You have told a lie! By Allah, if those persons were from Al-Aws, you would not like to chop their heads.' It was probable that some evil would take place between Aws and Khazraj in the Masjid while I was unaware of that. In the evening of that day, I went out for some of my needs, and Umm Mistah was accompanying me. On our return, Umm Mistah stumbled and said: 'Let Mistah be ruined!' I said to her, 'O mother! Why do you abuse your son?' On that Umm Mistah became silent for a while, and stumbling again, she said: 'Let Mistah be ruined!' I said to her: 'O mother! Why do you abuse your son?' She stumbled for the third time and said: 'Let Mistah be ruined!' I said to her: 'O mother! Why do you abuse your son?' Upon 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, so astonished, that I did not know for what purpose I had gone out. Then I became sick and said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) 'Send me to my father's house.' So he sent a servant with me, and when I entered the house, I found Umm Ruman downstairs, while Abu Bakr was reciting something upstairs. My mother asked: 'What has brought you, O daughter?' She said: "I informed her and mentioned the whole story to her, but she did not feel as I did about it. She said: 'O my daughter! Do not worry much about this matter, 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 same about it as I did. I asked her: 'Does my father know about it?' She said 'Yes.' I asked: 'Does the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) know about it too?' She said 'Yes, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) also knows about it.' Tears filled my eyes and I wept. Abu Bakr, who was reading upstairs, heard my voice, and came down asking my mother: 'What is the matter with her?' She said: 'She has heard what has been said about her.' 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 the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had come to my house asking my maid-servant about me. The maid-servant said: 'By Allah! I do not know of any fault or defect in her character except that she sleeps and lets the sheep enter and eat her dough.' On that, some of the Prophet's Companions spoke harshly to her and said: 'Tell the truth to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).' Finally, they told her of the slander and she said: 'Subhan Allah! By Allah, I know nothing against her except what a 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. Then the next morning, my parents came to pay me a visit and they stayed with me until the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to me, after he performed the 'Asr prayer. He came to me and while my parents were sitting around me on my right and my left. The Prophet (ﷺ) said the Tashahhud, praised and glorified Allah and said: 'Now then, O 'Aishah! If you have committed a bad deed, or you have wronged (yourself), then repent to Allah, as Allah accepts the repentance from His worshipers.' An Ansari woman had come and was sitting near the gate. I said to the Prophet (ﷺ): 'Isn't it improper that you speak in such a way in the presence of this lady?' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then gave a piece of advice and I turned to my father and requested him to reply to him. 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 reply to the Prophet (ﷺ), I said the Tashahhud, praised and glorified Allah as His due, and I said: 'Then, by Allah! If I were to tell you that I have not done (this) and Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, is 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 (as truth); 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 her guilt.' By Allah! I do not see a suitable example for me and you except the example of - and I could not remember Ya'qbus name - Yusuf's father when he said: So patience is most fitting. And it is Allah Whose help can be sought against that which you describe (12:18). She said: "It was at that time that Revelation came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and we remained silent. Then the Revelation was over, and I noticed the signs of happiness on his face while he was wiping (the sweat) from his forehead, and saying: 'Have the good tidings O 'Aishah! 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 either of you, but I will thank Allah, Who has revealed my innocence. You have heard (this story) but neither of you have denied it, nor have you changed it (to defend me).'" 'Aishah used to say: "But as regards to Zainab bint Jahsh, Allah protected her because of her piety. She did not say anything except good (about me). But her sister, Hamnah 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 Ubayy [bin Salul] and [it is he who] used to spread that news and tempt others to speak of it, and it was he and Hamnah who had the greater share therein. Abu Bakr took an oath that he would never do any favor for Mistah at all. Then Allah, Most High, revealed this Ayah: 'Let not those among you who are blessed with graces and wealth' [until the end of the Ayah] referring to Abu Bakr: 'to give their kinsmen, the poor, and those who left their homes for Allah's Cause.' - meaning Mistah - up to His saying: 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 forgive us.' So he returned to what he had been doing."