The ruling on one who accuses Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and slanders her

The Shaykh : Yes. If a person says that what Allah cleared her of is not correct, and that she committed, may Allah protect us from it, the heinous act in this matter, then he is a disbeliever without doubt, because he is denying the Qur'an. But if he leaves that aside, we hold that he is a disbeliever, even if he slanders one of the Mothers of the Believers, he is a disbeliever, because slandering the wives of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) means slandering the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The hypocrites did not care about Aisha; their concern was to defile the bed of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).