Narrated `Aisha:
(when the slanderers said what they said about her): I went to my bed knowing at that time that I was innocent and that Allah would reveal my innocence, but by Allah, I never thought that Allah would reveal in my favor a revelation which would be recited, for I considered myself too unimportant to be talked about by Allah in the Divine Revelation that was to be recited. So Allah revealed the ten Verses (of Surat-an-Nur). 'Those who brought a false charge........' (24.11-20)
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 7545 |
In-book reference | : Book 97, Hadith 170 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 9, Book 93, Hadith 635 |
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