أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِکٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ حَتَّی إِذَا کُنَّا بِالْبَيْدَائِ أَوْ ذَاتِ الْجَيْشِ انْقَطَعَ عِقْدٌ لِي فَأَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَی الْتِمَاسِهِ وَأَقَامَ النَّاسُ مَعَهُ وَلَيْسُوا عَلَی مَائٍ وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُمْ مَائٌ فَأَتَی النَّاسُ أَبَا بَکْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا أَلَا تَرَی مَا صَنَعَتْ عَائِشَةُ أَقَامَتْ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَبِالنَّاسِ وَلَيْسُوا عَلَی مَائٍ وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُمْ مَائٌ فَجَائَ أَبُو بَکْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَاضِعٌ رَأْسَهُ عَلَی فَخِذِي قَدْ نَامَ فَقَالَ حَبَسْتِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالنَّاسَ وَلَيْسُوا عَلَی مَائٍ وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُمْ مَائٌ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَعَاتَبَنِي أَبُو بَکْرٍ وَقَالَ مَا شَائَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ وَجَعَلَ يَطْعُنُ بِيَدِهِ فِي خَاصِرَتِي فَمَا مَنَعَنِي مِنْ التَّحَرُّکِ إِلَّا مَکَانُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَی فَخِذِي فَنَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّی أَصْبَحَ عَلَی غَيْرِ مَائٍ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ آيَةَ التَّيَمُّمِ فَقَالَ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ مَا هِيَ بِأَوَّلِ بَرَکَتِکُمْ يَا آلَ أَبِي بَکْرٍ قَالَتْ فَبَعَثْنَا الْبَعِيرَ الَّذِي کُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَوَجَدْنَا الْعِقْدَ تَحْتَهُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 313
It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “We went out with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم on one of his journeys, and when we were in Al-Baida’ or Dhat Al-Jaish, a necklace of mine broke and fell. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم stayed there looking for it and the people stayed with him. There was no water near them, and they did not have water with them. The people came to Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, and said: ‘Do you see what ‘Aishah has done? She has made the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and the people stop and they are not near any water and they do not have water with them.’ Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, came while the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم was resting his head on my thigh and had gone to sleep. He said: ‘You have detained the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and the people, and they are not near any water and they do not have any water with them.” ‘Aishah said: “Abu Bakr rebuked me and said whatever Allah willed he would say. He started poking me on my hip, and the only thing that prevented me from moving was the fact that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم was resting on my thigh. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم slept until morning when he woke up without any water. Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime revealed the verse of Tayammum. Usaid bin Hudair said: ‘This is not the first time we have been blessed because of you, family of Abu Bakr!” She said: “Then we made the camel that I had been riding stand up, and we found the necklace beneath it.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020