When the things that were said about me were said, and I knew nothing of it, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up to address the people. He gave the testimony of faith, praised Allah and extolled Him as He deserves, then said, "To proceed. Advise me concerning some people who have slandered my wife. By Allah, I have never known anything but good of my wife, and they have slandered her with a man of whom, by Allah, I have never known anything but good. He never entered my house unless I was present, nor was I ever absent on a journey but that he was absent with me."He then continued the story.In it he said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered my house and questioned my servant girl. She said, 'By Allah, I know no fault in her except that she would fall asleep until the sheep would come in and eat her dough,'" or she said, "her leaven." Hisham was uncertain which.One of his companions rebuked her sharply and said, "Tell the Messenger of Allah ﷺ the truth," until they pressed her hard about it.She replied, "Glory be to Allah. By Allah, I know nothing about her except what a goldsmith knows about a piece of pure red gold."Word of the matter reached the man about whom it was said, and he said, "Glory be to Allah. By Allah, I have never uncovered the garment of any woman."Ayesha said, "And he was later killed as a martyr in the path of Allah."The narration also includes this addition, that those who spoke of it were Mistah, Hamnah, and Hassan. As for the hypocrite Abdullah bin Ubayy, he was the one who would stir it up and gather it together, and he was the one who took on the greatest share of it, along with Hamnah.
حدثنا أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة ومحمد بن العلاء قالا حدثنا أبو أسامة عن هشام بن عروة عن أبيه
لما ذكر من شأني الذي ذكر وما علمت به قام رسول الله ﷺ خطيبا فتشهد فحمد الله وأثنى عليه بما هو أهله ثم قال أما بعد أشيروا علي في أناس أبنوا أهلي وايم الله ما علمت على أهلي من سوء قط وأبنوهم بمن والله ما علمت عليه من سوء قط ولا دخل بيتي قط إلا وأنا حاضر ولا غبت في سفر إلا غاب معي وساق الحديث بقصته وفيه ولقد دخل رسول الله ﷺ بيتي فسأل جاريتي فقالت والله ما علمت عليها عيبا إلا أنها كانت ترقد حتى تدخل الشاة فتأكل عجينها أو قالت خميرها شك هشام فانتهرها بعض أصحابه فقال اصدقي رسول الله ﷺ حتى أسقطوا لها به فقالت سبحان الله والله ما علمت عليها إلا ما يعلم الصائغ على تبر الذهب الأحمر وقد بلغ الأمر ذلك الرجل الذي قيل له فقال سبحان الله والله ما كشفت عن كنف أنثى قط قالت عائشة وقتل شهيدا في سبيل الله وفيه أيضا من الزيادة وكان الذين تكلموا به مسطح وحمنة وحسان وأما المنافق عبد الله بن أبي فهو الذي كان يستوشيه ويجمعه وهو الذي تولى كبره وحمنة