She says: “One night I noticed that he was not in his bed.
Uneasy thoughts so disturbed my mind as to fancy that he was
visiting another of his wives. So I got up to find Out where he
had gone. Suddenly I found him prostrating in the mosque,
praying: ‘O God! Forgive me.’ ”
(Musnad of Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, vol. 6, p. 147)
Elsewhere she says: “One night I noticed the Prophet was
not in his bed. I said to myself he must have gone to one of his
other wives. I listened and then searched for him to find him in
genuflection before God.”
(Musnad of Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, vol. 6, p. 151)
She further says: “On another night he was not in bed, and I
got up to locate him, and in that darkness I felt my way here
and there when suddenly my hand touched the sole of his feet.
He had prostrated himself praying.”
(Musnad of Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, vol. 6, pp. 58 and 201)
Elsewhere she says: “One night when he was scheduled to be
in my house, he took off his cloak and put it aside. Then he
removed his shoes and placed Them near his bed Then he
pulled one side of his garment over his face and lay down,
remaining in that position for some time, so that I thought he
had gone to sleep. Then he got up, put on his cloak and shoes
quietly, opened the door, went out and quietly closed the door. I
rose at once, got dressed, put on my veil and cloak and hurriedly
left the house to follow him, and found him in the al-Baqi‘
cemetery. He stood there for a long time. Then he lifted his
arms three times and left for home. I, too, returned. He made
haste and so did I. He increased his pace and so did I. Then he
began to run and so did I. At last I got home before him, and
managed to throw myself on the bed and lie down. I was
panting when he entered and he asked me: ‘Why are you
panting so hard ‘A’ishah?’ I said: ‘It’s nothing.’ He said: ‘Will you
tell me yourself, or will Omniscient God inform me of it?’ I told
him what had taken place. Then he said: ‘That dark figure I
saw was you then?’ I said ‘Yes’, and then he slapped me so hard
on the back that it pained me. He said: ‘Did you think that God
and His prophet are unjust to you?’ ”
(Musnad of Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, vol. 6, p. 221)
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