حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ بَيَانٍ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ دَخَلَ أَبُو بَکْرٍ عَلَی امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ أَحْمَسَ يُقَالُ لَهَا زَيْنَبُ فَرَآهَا لَا تَکَلَّمُ فَقَالَ مَا لَهَا لَا تَکَلَّمُ قَالُوا حَجَّتْ مُصْمِتَةً قَالَ لَهَا تَکَلَّمِي فَإِنَّ هَذَا لَا يَحِلُّ هَذَا مِنْ عَمَلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَتَکَلَّمَتْ فَقَالَتْ مَنْ أَنْتَ قَالَ امْرُؤٌ مِنْ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ قَالَتْ أَيُّ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ قَالَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ قَالَتْ مِنْ أَيِّ قُرَيْشٍ أَنْتَ قَالَ إِنَّکِ لَسَئُولٌ أَنَا أَبُو بَکْرٍ قَالَتْ مَا بَقَاؤُنَا عَلَی هَذَا الْأَمْرِ الصَّالِحِ الَّذِي جَائَ اللَّهُ بِهِ بَعْدَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ قَالَ بَقَاؤُکُمْ عَلَيْهِ مَا اسْتَقَامَتْ بِکُمْ أَئِمَّتُکُمْ قَالَتْ وَمَا الْأَئِمَّةُ قَالَ أَمَا کَانَ لِقَوْمِکِ رُئُوسٌ وَأَشْرَافٌ يَأْمُرُونَهُمْ فَيُطِيعُونَهُمْ قَالَتْ بَلَی قَالَ فَهُمْ أُولَئِکِ عَلَی النَّاسِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 3835
Narrated `Aisha: A black lady slave of some of the 'Arabs embraced Islam and she had a hut in the mosque. She used to visit us and talk to us, and when she finished her talk, she used to say: "The day of the scarf was one of our Lord's wonders: Verily! He has delivered me from the land of Kufr." When she said the above verse many times, I (i.e. `Aisha) asked her, "What was the day of the scarf?" She replied, "Once the daughter of some of my masters went out and she was wearing a leather scarf (round her neck) and the leather scarf fell from her and a kite descended and picked it up, mistaking it for a piece of meat. They (i.e. my masters) accused me of stealing it and they tortured me to such an extent that they even looked for it in my private parts. So, while they all were around me, and I was in my great distress, suddenly the kite came over our heads and threw the scarf, and they took it. I said to them 'This is what you accused me of stealing, though I was innocent."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020