Volume 8, Book 73, Number 152:
Narrated Aisha:
A man asked permission to see the Prophet. He said, “Let Him come in; What an evil man of the
tribe he is! (Or, What an evil brother of the tribe he is).”
But when he entered, the Prophet spoke to him gently in a polite manner. I said to him, “O Allah’s
Apostle! You have said what you have said, then you spoke to him in a very gentle and polite man –
ner? The Prophet said, “The worse people, in the sight of Allah are those whom the people leave (un –
disturbed) to save themselves from their dirty language.”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 123:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet did something and allowed his people to do it, but some people refrained from doing
it. When the Prophet learned of that, he delivered a sermon, and after having sent Praises to Allah, he
said, “What is wrong with such people as refrain from doing a thing that I do? By Allah, I know Allah
better than they, and I am more afraid of Him than they.”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 130:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet entered upon me while there was a curtain having pictures (of animals) in the house.
His face got red with anger, and then he got hold of the curtain and tore it into pieces. The Prophet
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said, “Such people as paint these pictures will receive the severest punishment on the Day of Resur –
rection .”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 102:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) “I do not remember my parents believing in any religion other than the
Religion (of Islam), and our being visited by Allah’s Apostle in the morning and in the evening. One
day, while we were sitting in the house of Abu Bakr (my father) at noon, someone said, ‘This is Allah’s
Apostle coming at an hour at which he never used to visit us.’ Abu Bakr said, ‘There must be some –
thing very urgent that has brought him at this hour.’ The Prophet said, ‘I have been allowed to go out
(of Mecca) to migrate.’ “
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 107:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Rifa’a Al-Qurazi divorced his wife irrevocably (i.e. that divorce was the final). Later on ‘Abdur-
Rahman bin Az-Zubair married her after him. She came to the Prophet and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I
was Rifa’a’s wife and he divorced me thrice, and then I was married to ‘Abdur-Rahman bin
AzZubair, who, by Allah has nothing with him except something like this fringe, O Allah’s Apostle,”
showing a fringe she had taken from her covering sheet. Abu Bakr was sitting with the Prophet
while Khalid Ibn Said bin Al-As was sitting at the gate of the room waiting for admission. Khalid
started calling Abu Bakr, “O Abu Bakr! Why don’t you reprove this lady from what she is openly say –
ing before Allah’s Apostle?” Allah’s Apostle did nothing except smiling, and then said (to the lady),
“Perhaps you want to go back to Rifa’a? No, (it is not possible), unless and until you enjoy the sexual
relation with him (‘Abdur Rahman), and he enjoys the sexual relation with you.”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 114:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
I never saw the Prophet laughing to an extent that one could see his palate, but he always used to
smile only.
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 98:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
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(the wife of the Prophet) that she was told that ‘Abdullah bin Az-Zubair (on hearing that she was
selling or giving something as a gift) said, “By Allah, if ‘Aisha does not give up this, I will declare her
incompetent to dispose of her wealth.” I said, “Did he (‘Abdullah bin Az-Zubair) say so?” They
(people) said, “Yes.” ‘Aisha said, “I vow to Allah that I will never speak to Ibn Az-Zubair.” When this
desertion lasted long, ‘Abdullah bin Az-Zubair sought intercession with her, but she said, “By Allah, I
will not accept the intercession of anyone for him, and will not commit a sin by breaking my vow.”
When this state of affairs was prolonged on Ibn Az-Zubair (he felt it hard on him), he said to Al-
Miswar bin Makhrama and ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Aswad bin ‘Abu Yaghuth, who were from the
tribe of Bani Zahra, “I beseech you, by Allah, to let me enter upon ‘Aisha, for it is unlawful for her to
vow to cut the relation with me.” So Al-Miswar and ‘Abdur-Rahman, wrapping their sheets around
themselves, asked ‘Aisha’s permission saying, “Peace and Allah’s Mercy and Blessings be upon you!
Shall we come in?” ‘Aisha said, “Come in.” They said, “All of us?” She said, “Yes, come in all of you,” not
knowing that Ibn Az-Zubair was also with them. So when they entered, Ibn Az-Zubair entered the
screened place and got hold of ‘Aisha and started requesting her to excuse him, and wept. Al-Miswar
and ‘Abdur Rahman also started requesting her to speak to him and to accept his repentance. They
said (to her), “The Prophet forbade what you know of deserting (not speaking to your Muslim
Brethren), for it is unlawful for any Muslim not to talk to his brother for more than three nights
(days).” So when they increased their reminding her (of the superiority of having good relation with
Kith and kin, and of excusing others’ sins), and brought her down to a critical situation, she started
reminding them, and wept, saying, “I have made a vow, and (the question of) vow is a difficult one.”
They (Al-Miswar and ‘Abdur-Rahman) persisted in their appeal till she spoke with ‘Abdullah bin Az-
Zubair and she manumitted forty slaves as an expiation for her vow. Later on, whenever she re –
membered her vow, she used to weep so much that her veil used to become wet with her tears.
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 101:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Allah’s Apostle said, ” I know whether you are angry or pleased.” I said, “How do you know that,
Allah’s Apostle?” He said, “When you are pleased, you say, “Yes, by the Lord of Muhammad,’ but when
you are angry, you say, ‘No, by the Lord of Abraham!’ ” I said, “Yes, I do not leave, except your name.”