It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in a battle. People think that this was the battle of Banu Mustaliq. During this, a Muhajir struck an Ansari on his back, so the Ansari cried out: "O Ansar! Come here!" and the Muhajir also called the Muhajirin for help. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard these words and said: "What are these calls of ignorance for?" It was told to him that one of the Muhajirin had struck an Ansari on his back, so the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Leave such things, these are foul, i.e., seditious and mischievous matters." Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: When the Muhajirin migrated to Madinah, their number was much less than the Ansar, but later the number of Muhajirin increased. When the matter between the Muhajirin and Ansar reached the chief of the hypocrites, Abdullah bin Ubayy, he said: "Have the Muhajirin gone so far now? By Allah! If we return to Madinah, the honorable ones will surely expel the lowly ones from Madinah." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) heard this, so he came to the service of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! Give me permission, I will sever the neck of this hypocrite." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Umar! Leave him, lest people start saying that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) kills his own companions."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I went out with my uncle in a battle, and I heard Abdullah bin Ubayy bin Salul saying to his companions: Do not spend on the companions of this Messenger, and if we return to Madinah, the honorable ones will surely expel the lowly ones from it. I informed my uncle of this, and my uncle mentioned it to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for me, and when I came to him, I told him what had been said. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for Abdullah bin Ubayy bin Salul and his companions, so they came, but they swore that they had not said this. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) considered me a liar and Abdullah bin Ubayy truthful. This caused me great distress, more than I had ever experienced before. So I sat at home. My uncle said: What made you say such a thing? Now the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has considered you a liar and is displeased with you. Until Allah the Exalted revealed these verses: {إِذَا جَائَ کَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ … } … When the hypocrites come to you, … . Now the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for me, recited these verses to me, and said: Surely Allah the Exalted has declared you truthful.

It is narrated from Umm al-Mu'minin Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed the captives of Banu Mustaliq, Juwayriya bint al-Harith came into the share of Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qais (may Allah be pleased with him) or his cousin, and then she made a contract of manumission (mukataba) with him. She was a very beautiful woman; whoever saw her was captivated by her. So she came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to seek help from him regarding her contract of manumission. By Allah! When I (Aisha) saw her at the door of my chamber, I disliked her coming, and I knew that what I was seeing, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would also notice. So when she came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I am Juwayriya bint al-Harith bin Abi Dhirar, my father is the chief of his people, and I have fallen into a trial whose matter is not hidden from you. I have come into the share of Sayyiduna Thabit bin Qais (may Allah be pleased with him) or his cousin, and I have made a contract of manumission with them. Now I have come to you so that you may help me with my contract. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Tell me, would you like something better than that? She said: Yes, what is that, O Messenger of Allah? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I will pay the price of your contract and marry you. She said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, I have done so. Meanwhile, the news reached the people that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had married Sayyida Juwayriya (may Allah be pleased with her). The people said: Banu Mustaliq have become the in-laws of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Because of this, they freed the slaves and slave-girls who were in their possession. Due to the marriage of Sayyida Juwayriya (may Allah be pleased with her), a hundred families of Banu Mustaliq were set free. I do not know of any woman who proved to be a greater blessing for her people than her.

It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), that while relating the incident of Ifk (the slander), she said: By Allah! It never occurred to me that revelation would be sent down concerning me. I considered my matter too insignificant for Allah, the Exalted, to speak about it Himself, and then for that speech to be recited. Yes, I did hope that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would see a dream about me, through which Allah would declare my innocence. By Allah! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had not moved from his seat, nor had any of the household gone outside, when Allah, the Exalted, sent down revelation upon His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Due to the heaviness of the revelation, sweat began to pour from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and even on a cold day, when revelation would descend, sweat would drip from his forehead like pearls, due to the weight of the revelation that was being sent down upon him. When the state of revelation ended for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he was smiling. The first thing he said after the revelation was: O Aisha! Rejoice, for Allah has declared your innocence. Upon hearing this, my mother said: Aisha! Stand up and thank the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). But I said: I will not stand up to thank him; I will praise my Allah, Who has sent down my exoneration. Then Allah, the Exalted, revealed this verse: {إِنَّ الَّذِینَ جَائُ وْا بِالْإِفْکِ عُصْبَۃٌ مِنْکُمْ} [النور: ۱۱] These were a total of ten verses. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) used to spend on Mistah because he was poor and also a relative. He too had spoken about the slander concerning Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), so Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah! I will not spend on him anymore; he has gone this far. But Allah, the Exalted, revealed this verse: {وَلَا یَاْتَلِ اُولُوا الْفَضْلِ مِنْکُمْ وَالسَّعَۃِ اَنْ یُّؤْتُوْٓا اُولِی الْقُرْبٰی وَالْمَسٰکِیْنَ وَالْمُہٰجِرِیْنَ فِیْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰہِ وَلْیَعْفُوْا وَلْیَصْفَحُوْا اَلَا تُحِبُّوْنَ اَنْ یَّغْفِرَ اللّٰہُ لَکُمْ وَاللّٰہُ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِیْمٌ۔} … And let not those among you who possess virtue and wealth swear not to give to their relatives, the needy, and those who have emigrated in the way of Allah; and let them pardon and overlook. Do you not love that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful. Upon hearing this verse, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah! I love that Allah should forgive me. So he resumed the expenditure he used to give to Mistah and said: Now I will never stop it. Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Sayyida Zainab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her) about my matter,“What do you know about this? Or what do you think? Or what has reached you?”She said: O Messenger of Allah! I wish to protect my ears and eyes from this! By Allah, to my knowledge, there is only good in Aisha. Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: It was Sayyida Zainab alone among the Mothers of the Believers who used to compete with me, but Allah, the Exalted, protected her through piety from getting involved in this matter. And her sister, Sayyida Hamna bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her), supported her sister out of partisanship and became one of those who were ruined. Ibn Shihab says: This is all we know about this group.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Ruman (may Allah be pleased with her), the mother of Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: I and Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) were sitting when an Ansari woman came and began to say about her son, "May Allah destroy him, may He ruin him." I asked her: "What is the matter?" She said: "My son is also among those who are talking." Umm Ruman (may Allah be pleased with her) asked: "What talk?" She said: "Such and such talk." Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) inquired: "Has Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) also heard this?" The woman said: "Yes." She then asked: "Has the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) also come to know of it?" She said: "Yes!" Upon hearing this, she fell down and fainted, she developed a severe fever, and her body began to tremble. I covered her with clothes. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came and asked: "What has happened to her?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah! She has a severe fever and her body is trembling." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perhaps this condition is because of the talk that is being spread?" She said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" Upon hearing these words, Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) raised her head and said: "If I say something in my defense, you will not accept my excuse, and if I swear an oath, even then you will not believe me. My example and yours is like that of Yaqub (peace be upon him) and his sons, when after hearing the words of his sons, he said: {فَصَبْرٌ جَمِیلٌ وَاللّٰہُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلٰی مَا تَصِفُونَ} ... So patience is most fitting, and it is Allah (alone) whose help can be sought against that which you assert." (Surah Yusuf: 18) So when her exoneration was revealed from Allah, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to her and informed her of the revelation of her exoneration. Sayyidah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "I praise Allah, not you," or she said: "There is no praise except for Allah."

(Second chain of narration) It is narrated from Sayyida Umm Ruman (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: I was with Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) when an Ansari woman came to us. The rest of the hadith is similar to the previous narration, except that in this one it is mentioned: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out and said: Allah Almighty has revealed the exoneration of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) returned inside accompanied by Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: Aisha! Indeed, Allah Almighty has revealed your exoneration. She said: Praise be to Allah, not to you. Upon hearing this from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to her: Do you say such a thing to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? She said: Yes. Umm Ruman (may Allah be pleased with her) says that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) used to support one of the people who had accused and slandered Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her). After this incident, he swore that he would no longer treat him as before. Allah Almighty then revealed this verse: {وَلَا یَأْتَلِ أُولُوا الْفَضْلِ مِنْکُمْ وَالسَّعَۃِ … } Those among you who are blessed with grace and wealth should not swear that they will not give to their relatives, the needy, and those who have emigrated in the way of Allah. They should forgive and overlook. Do you not wish that Allah should forgive your faults? Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Why not? Thus, he resumed his good treatment towards him.

It is narrated from Abu Ishaq that a man (in jest) said to Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him):“You people were the companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and it was you who deserted the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and fled.”Sayyiduna Bara’ (may Allah be pleased with him) said:“I bear witness regarding the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he did not flee that day. And I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the day of the Trench, that he (peace and blessings be upon him) was lifting earth along with the people.”The words of another narration are as follows:“Until the earth covered the skin of his (peace and blessings be upon him) stomach, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was reciting the words of Ibn Rawahah: ‘O Allah! If it were not for You, we would not have been guided, nor would we have given charity, nor would we have prayed. So send down tranquility upon us, and make our feet firm if we meet (the enemy). Indeed, the others have transgressed against us, and if they intend tribulation, we will refuse (to submit).’”He (peace and blessings be upon him) was reciting these words in a raised voice.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out on a cold morning and saw that the Muhajirun and Ansar were digging the trench. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Allah! The real goodness is the goodness of the Hereafter, so forgive the Ansar and the Muhajirun. In response, the Companions said: We are those who have pledged allegiance to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) that we will continue to strive in jihad as long as we live.

(Second chain) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out and saw that the Muhajirun were digging the trench on a very cold morning; they had no servants (rather, they used to do their work themselves). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "True goodness is the goodness of the Hereafter. O Allah! Forgive the Ansar and the Muhajirun." In response, the noble Companions said: "We are those who have pledged allegiance to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) that as long as we live, we will continue to strive (in jihad), and we will not flee from the battlefield, and we will not flee, and we will not flee."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the occasion of the Trench, we were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The noble Companions were digging the trench and we were carrying the soil on our shoulders and transferring it. Seeing this scene, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Allah! There is no life except the life of the Hereafter, so forgive the Muhajireen and the Ansar.