What innovators say about 'Aa'ishah, may Allaah be pleased with her, is absolute falsehood
Fatwa No: 222292

Question

Did Prophet pbuh told Aisha rj to be shaitan (Allah forgive me) where one innovator is pointing that from Aisha's house one satan is going to come and that shaitan is Aisha rj . Please clarify me in this regard?

Answer

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testifythat there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad,sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger.

Our dear questioner, the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam,did not say about ‘Aa’ishah what you have mentioned. This is a form of telling lies about the Prophet, sallallaahu‘alayhi wa sallam. Rather, the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, stated that she is the most beloved of people to him and he is good and never loves except good things. It was narrated that ‘Amr ibn Al-‘Aas asked the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam: "O Messenger of Allaah, who among the people is most beloved to you?’ He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam, said, '‘Aa’ishah.’ I asked, ‘Who among men?’ He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam, said, ‘Her father.’ I asked, ‘Then who?’ He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam, said, ‘‘Umar,’ then he mentioned a number of men." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, also said to her: "Would you not be pleased to be my wife in this life and in the Hereafter?" She said: “Yes, By Allaah.” He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “You are my wife in this life and the Hereafter." [Al-Haakim and Ibn Hibbaan in his Saheeh - Al-Haakim graded it Saheeh (sound) and Ath-Thahabi agreed with him]

He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, told her that Jibreel (Gabriell) pays her his greeting: "O ‘Aa’ishah, this is Jibreel greeting you." [Al-Bukhari]

He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, prohibited that someone harms him by speaking ill of ‘Aa’ishah. Once he said to one of his wives when she spoke ill of ‘Aa’ishah due to the jealousy that occurs among women: "Do not harm me by harming ‘Aa’ishah, for by Allaah, the Divine Inspiration never came to me while I was under the cover of any woman amongst you except her." [Al-Bukhari and At-Tirmithi]

Thus, whoever speaks ill of ‘Aa’ishah has harmed the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. Allaah, The Almighty, exonerated her from what the hypocrites accused her of in a chapter of the Noble Quran that will be recited until the Day of Resurrection. Accordingly, whoever speaks ill of her is one of the human devils and hypocrites.

It is incumbent upon the Muslim individual to avoid listening to the people of innovation and evil desires so that their innovation may not have bad effects on his heart, especially if he does not have enough knowledge to refute their false words. Here is the Imaam Ayyoob As-Sakhtiyaani, the teacher of Imaam Maalik, in spite of his great knowledge and ability to refute the words of the innovators, he refused to listen to a word from an innovator. Sallaam ibn Abi Mutee‘ narrated that a man from the people of innovation once said to Ayyoob As-Sakhtiyaani: "O Abu Bakr, may I ask you about a word?" He said: "He turned away from him with a sign of his finger meaning, "Not even half a word." [Ad-Daarimi and others]

Kindly, refer to Fatwa 43062 about the virtue of ‘Aa’ishah and Fatwa ">1372 about the ruling on hating and slandering the Companions .

Allaah Knows best.

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