The Ruling on Accusing Aisha, the Mother of the Believers (may Allah be pleased with her)
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Question:
As for the first question of this evening, the questioner says: Your Eminence, we need clarification regarding the places where this sect accuses Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) of evil and lewdness. Does one who accuses the Mother of the Believers of adultery become a disbeliever and exit the religion of Islam?
Answer:
O my brothers, do not repeat this matter; leave it alone. Praise be to Allah, for it is not present. What came in the Qur'an is sufficient. In the story of the slander, Allah called it slander, and slander is lying. This is lying, so it is not permissible for us to pay attention to it ever. Rather, we must turn our gaze away from it, because it is invalid, and we must not repeat mentioning it to people or to the common folk. May Allah protect us. May Allah protect us. May Allah perfect His Prophet and his bed, and purify the matter of the believers from that, in the conclusion of the revelation in the Qur'an, until the Day of Resurrection. Whoever does not recover from this sin is a disbeliever, because he is a denier of Allah, His Messenger, and the consensus of the Muslims. We ask Allah for safety. He accused the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger would never accuse a woman of being a traitor.[An-Nur 24:26] Allah has settled this matter, so no one has any say after that, except one who apostatizes from Islam and disbelieves in Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
As for the first question of this evening, the questioner says: Your Eminence, we need clarification regarding the places where this sect accuses Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) of evil and lewdness. Does one who accuses the Mother of the Believers of adultery become a disbeliever and exit the religion of Islam?
Answer:
O my brothers, do not repeat this matter; leave it alone. Praise be to Allah, for it is not present. What came in the Qur'an is sufficient. In the story of the slander, Allah called it slander, and slander is lying. This is lying, so it is not permissible for us to pay attention to it ever. Rather, we must turn our gaze away from it, because it is invalid, and we must not repeat mentioning it to people or to the common folk. May Allah protect us. May Allah protect us. May Allah perfect His Prophet and his bed, and purify the matter of the believers from that, in the conclusion of the revelation in the Qur'an, until the Day of Resurrection. Whoever does not recover from this sin is a disbeliever, because he is a denier of Allah, His Messenger, and the consensus of the Muslims. We ask Allah for safety. He accused the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger would never accuse a woman of being a traitor.
Evil words are for evil men, and evil men are [subjected] to evil words. And good words are for good men, and good men are [an object] of good words. Those [good people] are declared innocent of what the slanderers say. For them is forgiveness and noble provision.
الْخَبِيثَاتُ لِلْخَبِيثِينَ وَالْخَبِيثُونَ لِلْخَبِيثَاتِ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَالطَّيِّبُونَ لِلطَّيِّبَاتِ أُولَٰئِكَ مُبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 3 من 25|دروس التفسير في الحرم المكي|تفسير سورة النساء|022-024|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (39:33)
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