حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ بُکَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ وَعَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ وَقَّاصٍ وَعُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ حَدِيثِ عَائِشَةَ حِينَ قَالَ لَهَا أَهْلُ الْإِفْکِ مَا قَالُوا وَکُلٌّ حَدَّثَنِي طَائِفَةً مِنْ الْحَدِيثِ قَالَتْ فَاضْطَجَعْتُ عَلَی فِرَاشِي وَأَنَا حِينَئِذٍ أَعْلَمُ أَنِّي بَرِيئَةٌ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَرِّئُنِي وَلَکِنِّي وَاللَّهِ مَا کُنْتُ أَظُنُّ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُنْزِلُ فِي شَأْنِي وَحْيًا يُتْلَی وَلَشَأْنِي فِي نَفْسِي کَانَ أَحْقَرَ مِنْ أَنْ يَتَکَلَّمَ اللَّهُ فِيَّ بِأَمْرٍ يُتْلَی وَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ جَائُوا بِالْإِفْکِ عُصْبَةٌ مِنْکُمْ الْعَشْرَ الْآيَاتِ کُلَّهَا
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 7545
Narrated `Aisha: (when the slanderers said what they said about her): I went to my bed knowing at that time that I was innocent and that Allah would reveal my innocence, but by Allah, I never thought that Allah would reveal in my favor a revelation which would be recited, for I considered myself too unimportant to be talked about by Allah in the Divine Revelation that was to be recited. So Allah revealed the ten Verses (of Surat-an-Nur). 'Those who brought a false charge........' (24.11-20)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020