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3415. 'Aishah said: "Shall I not tell you about the Prophet ﷺ and I?" We said: "Yes." She said: "When it was my night, he came in, placed his shoes by his feet, lay down his Ridâ' (upper garment), and spread his Izâr (lower garment) on his bed. As soon as he thought that I had gone to sleep, he put his shoes on slowly and picked up his Ridâ' slowly. Then he opened the door slowly, went out and shut it slowly. I put my garment over my head, covered myself and put on my Izâr (lower garment), and I set out after him until he came to Al-Baqî', raised his hands three times and stood there for a long time. Then he left and I left, he hurried and I hurried, he ran and I ran, and I got there before him and entered (the house). I had only just laid down when he came in and said: 'O Āishah, why are you out of breath?' (one of the reporters) Sulaiman said: I thought he (Ibn Wahb) said: 'short of breath.' He said: 'Either you tell me or the All-Aware, All-Knowing will tell me.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you;' and I told him the story. He said: 'You were the black shape I saw in front of me?' I said: 'Yes.'" She said: "He gave me a shove in the chest that hurt me and said: 'You thought that Allāh and His Messenger would be unfair to you.'" She said: "Whatever people conceal, Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, knows it." He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Jibril came to me when you saw (me leave) but he did not enter upon you because you have taken off your garments. So he called me but he concealed himself from you, and I answered him but I concealed it from you. I thought that you had gone to sleep and I did not want to wake you and I was afraid that you would feel lonely. He told me to go to Al-Baqî' and pray for forgiveness for them.'" Hajjâj bin Muḥammad contradicted him (Ibn Wahb), he said: "From Ibn Juraij, from Ibn Abî Mulaikah, from Muḥammad bin Qais:" (Saḥīḥ)