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3388. Narrated Masrūq: I asked 'Aishah's mother Umm Rūmān, about the accusation forged against 'Aishah. She said, "While I was sitting with 'Aishah, an Anṣārī woman came to us and said, 'Let Allāh condemn such and such person.' I asked her, 'Why do you say so?' She replied, 'For he has spread the (slanderous) story.' 'Aishah said, 'What story?' The woman then told her the story. 'Aishah asked, 'Have Abū Bakr and Allāh's Messenger ﷺ heard about it?' She said, 'Yes.' 'Aishah fell down unconscious (on hearing that), and when she came to her senses, she got fever and shaking of the body. The Prophet ﷺ came and asked, 'What is wrong with her?' I said, 'She has got fever because of a story which has been rumoured.' 'Aishah got up and said: By Allāh! Even if I took an oath, you would not believe me, and if I put forward an excuse, you would not excuse me. My example and your example is just like that example of Ya'qūb (Jacob) and his sons. 'It is Allāh (Alone) Whose Help can be sought against that (lie) which you describe.'" (V.12:18) "The Prophet ﷺ left and then Allāh revealed the Verses (concerning the matter), and on that 'Aishah said, 'Thanks to Allāh (only) and not to anybody else.'"