Umm Al Mu’mineen ‘Ayeshah Swiddīqah Radhiyallāhu Anha Entry In Jannah
Assalamualaikum,
Hope you are well by the infinite mercy of Allah.
My question is, some brothers claim that those whom the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not declare to be in Paradise cannot be called certain in Paradise.
In this case, can we call Umm al-Muminin Hazrat Ayesha (ra) a sure paradise? Since it is a matter of the unseen. If there was any hadith about her being in Paradise, I would have benefited a lot. Zajakallah ….
Assalāmualaykum Warahmatullāhi Wabarakātuhu
Hāmidan Wamuswalliyan
Al Jawāb Bi’ounillāh Wa’Alayhi at Tuklān
‘Ayeshah Swiddīqah Radhiyallāhu ‘anhā was amongst the consoles of our beloved Nabi Sallallāhu alayhi Wasallam. She occupied a prestigious position amongst the co-wives and is the mother of all the believers.
Umm Al Mumineen ‘Ayeshah Radhiyallāhu anhā was blessed to have been made mentioned with great esteemed by Allāh Almighty. (Surāh An-nūr Āyah 11)
Narrated from Arib Ibn Hamīd Rahimahullāh who said: ‘On the day of the camel, Ammar Ibn Yāsir Radhiyallāhu anhu saw a congregation, so he asked: ‘What is this?’So it was said to him: ‘A man who curses ‘Āyeshah Radhiyallāhu anhā and reviles her.’ So he -‘Ammar’ went to him and said: ‘Shut up ! You are rebuked and you are refuted ! Do you revile the Habībah (the beloved one) of the Prophet (Sallallāhu ‘alayhi Wasallam)? Indeed she is his wife in Paradise.’
Source: No. 1647, Fadhā’il As-Swahābah by Imām Ahmad Rahimahullāh, authenticated by Shāykh Al-Muhaddith Wasiyullāh Al-‘Abbas Al-Hindi Rahimahullāh [who said it is Sahih by way of other supporting narrations like the following in Al-Bukhari]
Swahīh Al-Bukhāri Book 87 Hadīth 220
Narrated Abu Maryam ‘Abdullāh bin Ziyād Al-Asadi:
When Talha, Az-Zubair and ‘Ayeshah Radhiyallāhu anhum moved to Basra, ‘Aliy Radhiyallāhu anhu sent ‘Ammar bin Yāsir and Hasan bin ‘Ali Radhiyallāhu anhum who came to us at Kufa and ascended the pulpit.
Al-Hasan bin ‘Aliy Radhiyallāhu anhumā was at the top of the pulpit and ‘Ammar was below Al-Hasan Radhiyallāhu anhumā. We all gathered before him. I heard ‘Ammar saying, “Ayeshah Radhiyallāhu anhā has moved to Al-Busra. By Allāh! She is the wife of your Prophet Sallallāhu alayhi Wasallam in this world and in the Hereafter. But Allāh has put you to test whether you obey Him (Allāh) or her (‘Ayeshah).“
Ibn ‘Abbās Radhiyallāhu anhumā asked permission to visit ‘Āyeshah Radhiyallāhu anhā before her death, and at that time she was in a state of agony (the Arabic word used is Maghlouba).
She then said: “I am afraid that he [came here to] praise me“.
It was said to her: “He is the cousin of Allāh’s Apostle and one of the prominent Muslims” Then she said: “Allow him to enter.”
[When he entered] he said: “How are you?“
She replied: “I am Alright if I fear (Allāh) (the Arabic is Bikhāyrin Itaqāyt)“
Ibn ‘Abbās Radhiyallāhu anhumā said, “Then you are Alright by the Will of Allāh, you are the wife of Allāh’s Apostle and he did not marry any virgin except you and proof of your innocence was revealed from the Heaven” Later on Ibn Az-Zubair Radhiyallāhu anhumā entered after him and ‘Āyeshah Radhiyallāhu anhā said to him, “Ibn ‘Abbas Radhiyallāhu anhumā came to me and praised me greatly, but I wish that I was a thing forgotten and out of sight.“
In the narration in Musnad Al-Imām Ahmad Rahimahullāh, authenticated by Shāykh Ahmad Shakir Rahimahullāh, it states: He said: Ibn ‘Abbās Radhiyallāhu anhumā asked permission to visit her as she was dying. [She did not wish to allow him at first, so] she was told: O Mother, Verily, Ibn ‘Abbās Radhiyallāhu anhumā is one of your righteous sons, and came to greet you and (give you farewell?). So she said: Then allow him if you wish.
Ibn ‘Abbās Radhiyallāhu anhumā was allowed to enter. He said: Glad-tidings my mother, the only thing between you and meeting Muhammad Prayers and Peace of Allāh upon him, and the loved ones [in another narration it adds ‘and for that tiredness and aching to go away’] is for your soul to leave your body. You were his most beloved wife, and verily he did not love except that which is pleasant and righteous … he mentions many other of her virtues, and adds that her innocence had been proclaimed in the Quran, so you would not find a Masjid were Allāh is being mentioned except that these verses would be recited day and night.
She said: Leave me alone O Ibn Abbas, By [Allāh] who my soul is in His Hands, I wish I was something forgotten.
‘Āyeshah Radhiyallāhu anhā will enter Jannah as stated through various sources in many instances.
Almighty Allāh knows best.
Mufti Mohammad Ashhad Bin Saeed Al Mahmūdy.
Dāruliftaa Mahmoodiyyah Mauritius.
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