There was a black slave-girl who belonged to an Arab tribe. They freed her, and she remained living among them.She said, "A young girl of theirs came out wearing a red leather sash. She put it down, or it fell from her, and a kite passed over it as it lay there. The kite, mistaking it for a piece of meat, snatched it up. They searched for the sash but could not find it, so they accused me of taking it. They began to search me, and they even searched my private parts."She continued, "By Allah, I was standing there with them when the kite flew over and dropped the sash. It fell right among them. I said, 'This is the very thing you accused me of taking. You claimed I had it, but I was innocent of it, and here it is.'"She then came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and embraced Islam.Ayesha said, "She had a small tent or hut in the mosque. She used to come to me and chat with me, and she never sat with me without saying:The day of the sash is among the wonders of our Lord, Truly He delivered me from the land of unbelief."Ayesha said, "I asked her, 'What is the matter with you? You never sit down with me without reciting this.'" So she told me this story.
أن وليدة كانت سوداء لحي من العرب، فأعتقوها فكانت معهم، قالت: فخرجت صبية لهم، عليها وشاح أحمر من سيور، قالت: فوضعته، أو وقع منها، فمرت به حدياة وهو ملقى، فحسبته لحما فخطفته، قالت: فالتمسوه فلم يجدوه، قالت: فأتهموني به، قالت: فطفقوا يفتشون، حتى فتشوا قبلها، قالت: والله إني لقائمة معهم، إذ مرت الحدياة فألقته، قالت: فوقع بينهم، قالت: فقلت هذا الذي اتهمتموني به، زعمتم وأنا منه بريئة، وهو ذا هو، قالت: فجاءت إلى رسول الله ﷺ فأسلمت، قالت عائشة: فكان لها خباء في المسجد أو حفش، قالت: فكانت تأتيني فتحدث عندي، قالت: فلا تجلس عندي مجلسا، إلا قالت: ويوم الوشاح من تعاجيب ربنا ألا إنه من بلدة الكفر أنجاني قالت عائشة: فقلت لها: ما شأنك لا تقعدين معي مقعدا إلا قلت هذا؟ قالت: فحدثتني بهذا الحديث.
Bukhari (439) narrated it from Ubayd bin Ismail, who said, "Abu Usama narrated to us, from Hisham, from his father, from Ayesha," and he mentioned something similar.His word "hudayya" with the ha vowelled with damma and the dal with fatha, is the diminutive of "hidaa," which is the well-known bird whose killing is permitted both inside and outside the sanctuary. "Al-hifsh," with the first letter vowelled with kasra, a sukun on the fa, followed by a shin, means the small house. "Taaajeeb" means marvels, its singular being "ujuba," and Ibn Sayyid mentioned that "taaajeeb" has no singular from its own root.This hadith shows that it is permissible for a woman to sleep in the masjid when there is no fear of temptation, and to have a tent pitched for her there.