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According to narrations that appear under the exegesis of certain verses of [[Qur'an 24]], it is related that in the year [[5]]/626- | According to narrations that appear under the exegesis of certain verses of [[Qur'an 24]], it is related that in the year [[5]]/626-7, on the return from the [[Battle of Banu l-Mustaliq]] when the caravan had halted for rest, Aisha distanced herself from the caravan to relieve herself. When she found her necklace to be missing, she went looking for it. The caravan, unaware that she was missing, left carrying her palanquin with them, assuming she was inside it. Upon returning to the place the caravan was pitched and finding it vacant, she stayed there until a man named Safwan b. Mu'attal came to her and gave her his camel, and escorted her to her caravan. This incident caused some companions of the Prophet (s), who according to Islamic texts were [[hypocrites]], to defame Aisha. They accused Aisha of unchaste behavior, and consequently, the aforementioned verses of the Qur'an announced slander of chaste women to be a grave sin.<ref>Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 2, p. 297-302; Bukhārī, ''Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī'', vol. 5, p. 223-227.</ref> | ||
Sunnis believe that the [[revelation]] of these verses exhibits a virtue for Aisha. Thus, they quoted Aisha herself and her close companions as saying that she was superior to other wives of the Prophet (s); for example, the quote that the most favored woman for the Messenger of God was Aisha.<ref>Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 8, p. 68.</ref> However, some Shiite scholars, while admitting that the verses were revealed about Aisha, deny that they constitute a virtue for her because they only acquit Aisha of adultery.<ref>See: Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 15, p. 97-105.</ref> | Sunnis believe that the [[revelation]] of these verses exhibits a virtue for Aisha. Thus, they quoted Aisha herself and her close companions as saying that she was superior to other wives of the Prophet (s); for example, the quote that the most favored woman for the Messenger of God was Aisha.<ref>Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 8, p. 68.</ref> However, some Shiite scholars, while admitting that the verses were revealed about Aisha, deny that they constitute a virtue for her because they only acquit Aisha of adultery.<ref>See: Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 15, p. 97-105.</ref> | ||