Hadith No: 1

Narrated `Aisha: ...

`Urwa also added, "None was mentioned as members of the slanderous group besides (`Abdullah) except Hassan bin Thabit and Mistah bin Uthatha and Hamna bint Jahsh along with others about whom I have no knowledge, but they were a group as Allah said. It is said that the one who carried most of the slander was `Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul."

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Reference: Saheeh al-Bukhari Book 64 Tradition No. 4141

Hadith No: 2
Ahmad ibn Hanbal - Musnad al-Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Baqi Musnad al-Ansar - Hadith of Lady Aisha (ra)
Volume: (6) - Page Number: (194 > 198)
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25095 - Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, saying: Ma'mar narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, who said: Sadiq ibn al-Musayyib, Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, Alqamah ibn Waqas, and Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utbah ibn Mas'ud informed me about the hadith of Aisha, the wife of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) .... And Urwah also said that none among the people of slander (Ifk) were named except: Hassan ibn Thabit, MusTahi ibn Uthathah, and Humna bint Juhash, along with some others whose identities are unknown to me, except that they were a group, as Allah, the Exalted, said, and although that was a serious matter, it was said to be happening at the hands of Abdullah ibn Ubayy ibn Salul.

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Reference: Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal Book 6

Hadith No: 3
Ibn Kathir - Tafsir Ibn Kathir - Tafsir al-Quran al-Azim - Tafsir of Surah an-Nur (24): 11
Interpretation of His statement, Almighty and Glorious be He: {Indeed, those who came forward with the slander are a group among you}
Volume: (6) - Page Number: (22)
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- .... Aisha said:‏ And she was the one who would compete with me in the favor of the Prophet's (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) wives, and Allah safeguarded her with piety. And her sister, Hamnah bint Jahsh, began to fight for her, and she perished among those who perished. Ibn Shuhab said: This is what has reached us regarding these few people. Al-Bukhari and Muslim narrated this in their Sahihs from the hadith of Abu al-Fadl al-Zuhri, from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her).

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Reference: Tafseer al-Quran al-Azeem Book 6

Hadith No: 4
Al-Dhahabi - Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' - The Companions, may Allah be pleased with them - Zaynab, Mother of the Believers
Volume: (2) - Page Number: (215)
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- .... And it is narrated from Ummara, from Aisha, who said: "May Allah have mercy on Zaynab! She attained in this world a dignity that no other dignity can match. Indeed, Allah married her, and the Quran spoke of it. And the Messenger of Allah said to us: 'The one of you who will be the quickest to join me will be the one with the longest hands.'" So he gave her glad tidings of her quick reunion with him, while she was his wife in Paradise." I said, "And her sister was Hamna bint Jahsh, who confronted Aisha in the story of ifk (slander)." Thus, she began to defend her sister Zaynab. As for Zaynab, Allah protected her with her piety, and Hamna was the wife of Abdur Rahman ibn Awf, and she had a migration.

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Reference: Seyar A'laam al-Nobalaa Book 2

Hadith No: 5
Al-Shawkani - Nail al-Awtar Sharh Muntqa al-Akhbar - Book of Lian - Chapter on the Punishment for Slander
Volume: (6) - Page Number: (337) - Footnote Number: (1)
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- .... And from al-Zuhri: up to His statement, the Almighty, in Surah An-Nur: {And Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful} (An-Nur 24:22) His statement: He commanded two men and a woman, the two men were Hassan ibn Thabit and Mistah, and the woman was Humna bint Jash.

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Reference: Nayl al-Awtaar Sharh Muntaqa al-Akhbaar Book 6

Hadith No: 6

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

When my vindication came down, the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) mounted the pulpit and mentioned that, and recited the Qur'an. Then when he came down from the pulpit he ordered regarding the two men and the woman, and they were given the prescribed punishment.

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Reference: Sunan Abi Dawood Book 40 Tradition No. 124

Hadith No: 7
Al-Haythami - Majma' al-Zawa'id wa Manba' al-Fawa'id
Book of Mononyms - Chapter on Humna bint Jash (ra)
Volume: (9) - Page Number: (262)
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15424 - Narrated from Abu Ahmad ibn Jash who said: "I saw with my own eyes Humna bint Jash on the Day of Uhud, giving water to the thirsty and tending to the wounded." Al-Tabarani narrated it, and its chain is good.

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Reference: Majma al-Zawaaed wa Mamba' al-Fawaaed Book 9

Hadith No: 8
Al-Haythami - Majma' al-Zawa'id wa Manba' al-Fawa'id
Book of Manaqib - Chapter on Hamnah bint Jahsh (ra)
Volume: (9) - Page Number: (262)
15425 - And from Muhammad ibn Ishaq who said: Hamnah bint Jahsh (ra) migrated from the women of Banu Asad, among other women mentioned. This was narrated by al-Tabarani, and its narrators are trustworthy.

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Reference: Majma al-Zawaaed wa Mamba' al-Fawaaed Book 9

Hadith No: 9
Ibn Hazm - Al-Mahalli bil-Athar
Book of Hudud - Issue on Whether Hudud Are Abolished by Repentance or Not
Volume: (12) - Page Number: (22)
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- .... And also, after the revelation of this verse, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) flogged: Mstah ibn Uthathah, Hanzan ibn Thabit, and Hamnah bint Jahl.

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Reference: Al-Mahalli bi al-Aathaar Book 12

Hadith No: 10
Al-Tahawi - Sharh Mashkil al-Athar
Chapter on Clarifying the Problematic Narrations Reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) that Decide Between Disputing Scholars ...
Volume: (7) - Page Number: (409)
2963 - As Ibrahim ibn Abi Dawud has Narrated to us, saying: Iyaash ibn al-Walid al-Ruqam narrated to us, from Abd al-Ala ibn Abd al-Ala al-Sami, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, who said: Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr narrated to me, from Umrah, the daughter of Abdur-Rahman, from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: When the Quran was revealed to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), he went out and sat on the pulpit, and recited to the people what Allah had revealed: {Indeed, those who came with the slander are a group among you. Do not think it bad for you; rather, it is good for you} (Surah an-Nur 24:11) and continued to {a great punishment} (Surah an-Nur 24:11). Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) descended and ordered two men and a woman to be punished with eighty lashes each, and they were those who had taken upon themselves the greater part of that and spoke of the indecency: Ḥasan, Mustrīh, and Ḥamnā. Abu Ja'far said: And there were also others among the scholars who held this view, in addition to what we have mentioned, including Urwah ibn al-Zubair.

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Reference: Sharh Mashkal Al-Asaar Book 7

Hadith No: 11
Ibn Abi Asim - al-Ahad wa al-Mathani
Al-Rijal - Mention of those who mentioned Muawiyah ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Ahmad (r)
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (432)
608 - Abdullah ibn Shabib narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Jabbar ibn Sa'id al-Masahqi narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Hani narrated to us, from Abdul-Rahman ibn al-Harith from Asim ibn Ubaydullah, who said: I heard Muawiyah ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Ahmad (r) say: "I saw Hamnah on the day of Uhud giving drink to the thirsty and treating the wounded."

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Reference: Al-Aahaad wa al-Mathaani Book 1

Hadith No: 12
Al-Bayhaqi - Sunan al-Kubra - Book of Hudud
The Gathering of Chapters on False Accusation - Chapter on the Punishment for Accusing Chaste Women
Volume: (8) - Page Number: (436)
17131 - Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz and Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Qadi narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub narrated to us, saying: Ahmad ibn Abd al-Jabbar narrated to us, saying: Yunus ibn Bakir narrated to me from Ibn Ishaq, who said: Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Amr ibn Hazm narrated to me from Umrah bint Abd al-Rahman ibn As'ad ibn Zurarah from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) recited the story with which my innocence was declared to the people, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) then came down and ordered two men and a woman from among those who had been involved in the immoral act against Aisha to be flogged, and they were punished. He said that those who had accused her were: Abdullah ibn Ubayy, Mistah ibn Uthathah, and Hassan ibn Thabit, and Hammah bint Jajash, the sister of Zainab bint Jajash. They accused her of wrongdoing with Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal al-Sulami. Muhammad ibn Abi Adi narrated this in the same way from Muhammad ibn Ishaq.
17132 - Abu Ali al-Ruzbari narrated to us that Abu Bakr ibn Dasah said: Abu Dawud narrated to us: al-Nufayli narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Salamah narrated to us from Muhammad ibn Ishaq with this hadith, mentioning Aisha not, and he said: He ordered two men and a woman from among those who spoke of the immoral act to be punished, and they were given their punishment: Hassan ibn Thabit and Mistah ibn Uthathah. Abu Dawud said that al-Nufayli added that they were saying the woman was Hammah bint Jajash.

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Reference: Al-Sunan al-Kubra Book 8

Hadith No: 13
Al-Suyuti - al-Durr al-Manthur fi al-Tafsir bil-Ma'thur - Surah an-Nur
Volume: (6) - Page Number: (150)
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- .... And al-Tabarani narrated from Ibn Abbas: {Indeed, those who came with the falsehood are a group among you (An-Nur 24:11)} meaning that those who brought the lie against Aisha, the Mother of the Believers, were four from among you ....

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Reference: Al-Durr al-Manthoor fi Tafseer al-Mathoor Book 6

Hadith No: 14
Al-Suyuti - al-Durr al-Manthur fi al-Tafsir bil-Ma'thur - Surah an-Nur
Volume: (6) - Page Number: (151)
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- .... {And Allah knows, while you do not know (an-Nur 24:19)} what you have entered into and what is in it of severe punishment, and you do not know the intensity of Allah's anger against those who did this: {And if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy (an-Nur 24:21)} meaning: if it were not for what Allah has graciously bestowed upon you and His mercy referring to: Mistah and Hammah, and Hasan.

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Reference: Al-Durr al-Manthoor fi Tafseer al-Mathoor Book 6

Hadith No: 15
Al-Suyuti - al-Durr al-Mantthur fi al-Tafsir bil-Ma'thur - Surah an-Nur
Volume: (6) - Page Number: (152)
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- .... And Ibn Abi Hatim and al-Tabarani narrated from Sa'id ibn Jubayr: {Indeed, those who came with the slander (an-Nur 24:11)} the falsehood {were a group among you (an-Nur 24:11)} meaning: Abdullah ibn Ubayy, the hypocrite, and Hassan ibn Thabit, and Mistah ibn Uthathah, and Humna bint Jahsh....

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Reference: Al-Durr al-Manthoor fi Tafseer al-Mathoor Book 6

Hadith No: 16
Ibn Abd al-Barr - Al-Isti'ab fi Ma'rifat al-Ashab - The Book of Women and Their Kin
Chapter on the letter Hā' - 3302: Humna bint Juhash ibn Riyab al-Asadiyya
Volume: (4) - Page Number: (1813)
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3302 - .... Humna bint Juhash ibn Riyab al-Asadiyya of Banu Asad ibn Khuzaima, sister of Zaynab bint Juhash, was married to Mus'ab ibn Umayr and he was killed on her behalf on the day of Uhud. Then Talha ibn Ubayd Allah married her, and she bore him Muhammad and 'Imran, the sons of Talha ibn Ubayd Allah and Humna was among those who participated in the slander (ifk) against Aisha and was flogged for it along with those who were flogged, according to those who validate their flogging.

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Reference: Al-isteaab fi ma'refat al-ashaab Book 4

Hadith No: 17
Ibn al-Athir - Asad al-Ghabah fi Ma'rifat al-Sahabah
Book of Women - Letter Ha - 6857: Hamnah bint Jash
Volume: (7) - Page Number: (71)
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6857 - Hamnah bint Jash‏‏ Her lineage has already been mentioned in relation to her brothers: Abdullah and Ubayd. Abu Nu'aym said: Hamnah bint Jash ibn Riyab was known by the kunya Umm Habibah. Ibn Mundhir said: Hamnah bint Jash, and it was said that her name was Habibah. Abu Umar commented: Hamnah bint Jash and her sister Umm Habibah bint Jash both experienced continuous menstruation (istihadah). Umm Habibah was the sister of Zaynab bint Jash, one of the Mothers of the Believers, and the wife of the Prophet (peace be upon him). Hamnah was the wife of Mus'ab ibn Umair, who was killed on the day of Uhud, and she then married Talhah ibn Ubaydullah. She bore him two sons, Muhammad and 'Imran, both sons of Talhah. Their mother was Umaimah bint Abd al-Muttalib, the aunt of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), and she was among those who spoke ill of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) in the incident of slander (ifk), doing so out of concern for her sister Zaynab. However, Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) did not say anything against her. Some said that she was flogged along with those who were flogged in this matter. Others said that no one was flogged. She was one of the Emigrants (Muhajirun) and witnessed the battle of Uhud, where she would give water to the thirsty, carry the wounded, and tend to them. She narrated from the Prophet (peace be upon him), and her son 'Imran ibn Talhah narrated from her.

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Reference: Osad al-Ghabah fi Ma'refah al-Shahabah Book 7

Hadith No: 18
Ibn al-Jawzi - Zad al-Ma'ad fi Hadi Khayr al-Ibad
Chapter on the arrangement of his dealings with the disbelievers and hypocrites from the time of his mission until the time he met Allah, the Mighty and Majestic be He
Chapter on the summary of his campaigns and expeditions - Chapter on the Battle of al-Muraysi' - the Battle of al-Muraysi'
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (236)
[The text is lengthy, so only the relevant excerpt is provided here]
- .... And it is said that the punishment for false accusation is a right of a human being that is only fulfilled with his demand, even if it is said to be a right of Allah. However, the one accused must be summoned, and Aisha did not demand it from Ibn Abi. Rather, it is said that his punishment was left for a greater benefit than its establishment, just as his killing was overlooked despite the apparentness of his hypocrisy and his speaking in ways that warranted his death on multiple occasions. This was to avoid alienating his people and not to drive them away from Islam, for he was obeyed among them, a leader over them. Thus, the stirring of conflict in his punishment was not to be feared, and he may have been left for all these reasons. So, Mistah ibn Uthathah and Hasan ibn Thabit and Hammah bint Jash were flogged, and these were among the believing, truthful ones, purifying and atoning for them. And Abdullah ibn Ubay was left, so he is not among those deserving of that.

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Reference: Zaad al Maad Fi Hoda Khair al Ebaad Book 3

Hadith No: 19
Ibn al-Jawzi - Zad al-Masir fi Ilm al-Tafsir - Surah an-Nur
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (282)
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- .... Allah Almighty said: {Indeed, those who came forth with the slander are a group among you} (an-Nur 24:11). All the commentators unanimously agree that this verse and the ones related to it that follow were revealed regarding the story of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and the hadith of the slander. It is agreed that these verses, up to ten in total, were revealed in the narrative of Aisha. We mentioned the hadith of the slander in the book al-Hada'iq and in the book al-Mughni fi al-Tafsir, but we did not elaborate on it because our aim is to keep this book concise for memorization. As for "slander," it means falsehood, and "a group" refers to a community. The meaning of His words: {among you} (an-Nur 24:11) is that they are from the believers.
1026 - Urwah narrated from Aisha that she said, "They are four": Hassan ibn Thabit, Abdullah ibn Ubayy ibn Salul, Mistah ibn Uthathah, and Humaitha bint Jahsh. Muqatil also enumerated them this way....

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Reference: Zaad al-Maseer fi Ilm al-Tafseer Book 3

Hadith No: 20
Ibn al-Jawzi - Zaad al-Maseer fi Ilm al-Tafseer - Surah an-Nur
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (285)
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1031 - Abu Salih narrated from Ibn Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) flogged: Abdullah ibn Ubayy, and Mstah ibn Uthathah, and Hasan ibn Thabit, and Hamnah bint Jahsh. As for the three, they repented, but Abdullah died a hypocrite, and some scholars deny the accuracy of this, saying he did not strike anyone....

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Reference: Zaad al-Maseer fi Ilm al-Tafseer Book 3