Surah Al-Noor (97)
“…Patience is beautiful. I seek the help of Allah against what you assert.” (12: 18)
With those words Aisha turned her back on the Prophet ﷺ and
lay down
The verses that were revealed on this occasion pertained to
the exoneration of ‘Aishah and are to be found in Surah Al-Noor, verses eleven through twenty. They state clearly that the people who invented the lie about a chaste woman (whose only sin was negligence) had sinned and so had those who repeated it and believed it.
The verses specifically ordain punishment for slanderers and stipulate a code of conduct for Muslims to safeguard the chastity of their women. It is made a part of one’s faith to avoid suspicion, and to refuse to believe in, and or circulate slander. To repeat unfounded gossip is to defile oneself and society, to bring in discord, and to harm believing women, and in the following verses, Allah lays down strict punishment for slanderers:
“Those who brought forward the lie are a body among
yourselves. Do not consider it bad for you. On the contrary, it is good for you. Every man will be given the sin he earned, and those who were primarily responsible will receive great
punishment. When the believers heard the rumour, why did they not assume the best about their own people and say, ‘This allegation is an obvious lie?’ Why did they not bring four witnesses to prove the accusation was true? Since they did not produce any witnesses, they stand as liars before Allah. And were it not for the Grace and Mercy of Allah on you in this world and in the Hereafter, you would have been seized by a tremendous punishment for what you uttered. You said something that you had no knowledge of and considered it but a small thing, but to Allah it was a very great matter. And when you heard the slanderous lie, why did you not say, ‘We should not talk about this. Glory be to Allah! This is a most serious allegation!’ Allah admonishes you to never behave in such a way again if you are indeed believers. And Allah makes his signs, lessons and revelations clear for you, He is All-Knowing, All-Wise.” (24: 11-18)
His heart thus burdened with grief, the Prophet ﷺ went to
his Companions and recited before them the verses revealed concerning ‘Aishah’s acquittal. In compliance with the divine injunction in the verses, he ordered punishment for the
slanderers, eighty lashes to each of the two males and one female from among the Muslims who had repeated the lies. Hassan bin Thabit, Mistah bin Athatha and Hamnah bint
Jahsh, in bearing the punishment, escaped punishment in the Hereafter and were forgiven.
However, Abdullah bin Ubayy, the leader of the liars and his accomplices, got off unscathed, unrepentant. They face a far more terrible punishment in the Hereafter.
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