Sahih Muslim Book - 49, Hadith - 7022

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِى شَيْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ لَمَّا ذُكِرَ مِنْ شَأْنِى الَّذِى ذُكِرَ وَمَا عَلِمْتُ بِهِ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- خَطِيبًا فَتَشَهَّدَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ « أَمَّا بَعْدُ أَشِيرُوا عَلَىَّ فِى أُنَاسٍ أَبَنُوا أَهْلِى وَايْمُ اللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ عَلَى أَهْلِى مِنْ سُوءٍ قَطُّ وَأَبَنُوهُمْ بِمَنْ وَاللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ سُوءٍ قَطُّ وَلاَ دَخَلَ بَيْتِى قَطُّ إِلاَّ وَأَنَا حَاضِرٌ وَلاَ غِبْتُ فِى سَفَرٍ إِلاَّ غَابَ مَعِى ». وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ بِقِصَّتِهِ وَفِيهِ وَلَقَدْ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- بَيْتِى فَسَأَلَ جَارِيَتِى فَقَالَتْ وَاللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ عَلَيْهَا عَيْبًا إِلاَّ أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَرْقُدُ حَتَّى تَدْخُلَ الشَّاةُ فَتَأْكُلَ عَجِينَهَا أَوْ قَالَتْ خَمِيرَهَا - شَكَّ هِشَامٌ - فَانْتَهَرَهَا بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ اصْدُقِى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- حَتَّى أَسْقَطُوا لَهَا بِهِ فَقَالَتْ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ عَلَيْهَا إِلاَّ مَا يَعْلَمُ الصَّائِغُ عَلَى تِبْرِ الذَّهَبِ الأَحْمَرِ. وَقَدْ بَلَغَ الأَمْرُ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِى قِيلَ لَهُ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ مَا كَشَفْتُ عَنْ كَنَفِ أُنْثَى قَطُّ. قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَقُتِلَ شَهِيدًا فِى سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ. وَفِيهِ أَيْضًا مِنَ الزِّيَادَةَ وَكَانَ الَّذِينَ تَكَلَّمُوا بِهِ مِسْطَحٌ وَحَمْنَةُ وَحَسَّانُ وَأَمَّا الْمُنَافِقُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُبَىٍّ فَهُوَ الَّذِى كَانَ يَسْتَوْشِيهِ وَيَجْمَعُهُ وَهُوَ الَّذِى تَوَلَّى كِبْرَهُ وَحِمْنَةُ.

It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "When the rumors spread about me, I did not know about it. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) stood up to deliver a Khutbah. He recited the Tashah-hud and he praised Allah as He deserves to be praised, then he said: 'Advise me with regard to some people who have made false charges against my wife, for by Allah I do not know anything bad about my wife at all. And they have made false charges concerning a man about whom, by Allah, I do not know anything bad at all, and who never entered my house except when I was present, and I was never absent on a journey but he was absent with me..." And he quoted the Hadith, in which it says: "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) entered my house and asked my slave woman, and she said: 'By Allah, I do not know of any fault in her except that she falls asleep and the sheep comes in and eats her dough – or her yeast"' - Hisham was not sure. "Some of his Companions scolded her and said: 'Tell the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) the truth,' and they referred bluntly to this matter. She said: 'Subhan-Allah, by Allah I do not know anything about her but what the goldsmith knows about a piece of pure gold.'" "News of that reached the man concerning whom these things were being said, and he said: 'Subhan-Allah, by Allah I have never unveiled any woman."' 'Aishah said: "He was killed as a martyr in the cause of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He." It is also narrated that those who spoke of it were Mistah, Hamnah and Hassan. As for the hypocrite 'Abdullah bin Ubayy, he is the one who collected false rumors and spread them further. And he is the one who took the lead in that, along with Hamnah.