We entered upon Ayesha , and Hassan bin Thabit was with her, reciting poetry to her. He recited verses of his own, saying:"A chaste and dignified woman, never suspected of any wrong, who rises hungry, never feeding on the flesh of the heedless."Ayesha said to him, "But you are not like that."Masruq said, I asked her, "Why do you allow him to come in to you, when Allah Most High has said, 'And the one who took the greater part in it, for him is a great punishment'[Nur 24:11]?"She replied, "And what punishment is more severe than blindness?"She added, "He used to defend," or she said, "exchange poetry on behalf of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."
دخلنا على عائشة- رضي الله عنها- وعندها حسان بن ثابت ينشدها شعرا، يشبب بأيبات له وقال: حصان رزان ما تزن بريبة وتصبح هرني من لحوم الغوافل فقالت له عائشة: لكنك لست كذلك. قال مسروق: فقلت لها: لم تأذنين له أن يدخل عليك؟ وقد قال الله تعالى {والذي تولى كبره منهم له عذاب عظيم} [النور: ١١] فقالت: وأي عذاب أشد من العمي؟ قالت له: إنه كان ينافع أو: يهاجي- عن رسول الله ﷺ.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Military Expeditions (4146), and Muslim narrated it in the Merits of the Companions (2488:155), both from Bishr bin Khalid, who reported to us from Muhammad bin Jafar, from Shubah, from Sulayman, from Abu Duha, from Masruq, who said, and then he related it.His saying "hisan" means chaste. His saying "razan" means possessed of dignity. His saying "tuzann" means accused. His saying "ghartha" means hungry, in that she does not slander people and thus feed on their flesh.