Assalam alaikum,
I read the hadith of Aisha about the slander against herself and found in it important lessons. I would post the hadith first and the lessons afterwards. kindly feel free to comment on any of the lessons or observations.

Sahih Buhari, Volume 3, Book 48, Number 829:
Narrated Aisha:

(the wife of the Prophet) "Whenever Allah's Apostle intended to go on a journey, he would draw lots amongst his wives and would take with him the one upon whom the lot fell. During a Ghazwa of his, he drew lots amongst us and the lot fell upon me, and I proceeded with him after Allah had decreed the use of the veil by women. I was carried in a Howdah (on the camel) and dismounted while still in it. When Allah's Apostle was through with his Ghazwa and returned home, and we approached the city of Medina, Allah's Apostle ordered us to proceed at night. When the order of setting off was given, I walked till I was past the army to answer the call of nature. After finishing I returned (to the camp) to depart (with the others) and suddenly realized that my necklace over my chest was missing. So, I returned to look for it and was delayed because of that. The people who used to carry me on the camel, came to my Howdah and put it on the back of the camel, thinking that I was in it, as, at that time, women were light in weight, and thin and lean, and did not use to eat much. So, those people did not feel the difference in the heaviness of the Howdah while lifting it, and they put it over the camel. At that time I was a young lady. They set the camel moving and proceeded on. I found my necklace after the army had gone, and came to their camp to find nobody. So, I went to the place where I used to stay, thinking that they would discover my absence and come back in my search. While in that state, I felt sleepy and slept.

Safwan bin Mu'attal As-Sulami Adh-Dhakwani was behind the army and reached my abode in the morning. When he saw a sleeping person, he came to me, and he used to see me before veiling. So, I got up when I heard him saying, "Inna lil-lah-wa inn a ilaihi rajiun (We are for Allah, and we will return to Him)." He made his camel knell down. He got down from his camel, and put his leg on the front legs of the camel and then I rode and sat over it. Safwan set out walking, leading the camel by the rope till we reached the army who had halted to take rest at midday. Then whoever was meant for destruction, fell into destruction, (some people accused me falsely) and the leader of the false accusers was 'Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul. After that we returned to Medina, and I became ill for one month while the people were spreading the forged statements of the false accusers. I was feeling during my ailment as if I were not receiving the usual kindness from the Prophet which I used to receive from him when I got sick. But he would come, greet and say, 'How is that (girl)?' I did not know anything of what was going on till I recovered from my ailment and went out with Um Mistah to the Manasi where we used to answer the call of nature, and we used not to go to answer the call of nature except from night to night and that was before we had lavatories near to our houses. And this habit of ours was similar to the habit of the old 'Arabs in the open country (or away from houses). So. I and Um Mistah bint Ruhm went out walking. Um Mistah stumbled because of her long dress and on that she said, 'Let Mistah be ruined.' I said, 'You are saying a bad word. Why are you abusing a man who took part in (the battle of) Badr?' She said, 'O Hanata (you there) didn't you hear what they said?' Then she told me the rumors of the false accusers.

My sickness was aggravated, and when I returned home, Allah's Apostle came to me, and after greeting he said, 'How is that (girl)?' I requested him to allow me to go to my parents. I wanted then to be sure of the news through them I Allah's Apostle allowed me, and I went to my parents and asked my mother, 'What are the people talking about?' She said, 'O my daughter! Don't worry much about this matter. By Allah, never is there a charming woman loved by her husband who has other wives, but the women would forge false news about her.' I said, 'Glorified be Allah! Are the people really taking of this matter?' That night I kept on weeping and could not sleep till morning. In the morning Allah's Apostle called Ali bin Abu Talib and Usama bin Zaid when he saw the Divine Inspiration delayed, to consul them about divorcing his wife (i.e. 'Aisha). Usama bin Zaid said what he knew of the good reputation of his wives and added, 'O Allah's Apostle! Keep you wife, for, by Allah, we know nothing about her but good.' 'Ali bin Abu Talib said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Allah has no imposed restrictions on you, and there are many women other than she, yet you may ask the woman-servant who will tell you the truth.' On that Allah's Apostle called Buraira and said, 'O Burair. Did you ever see anything which roused your suspicions about her?' Buraira said, 'No, by Allah Who has sent you with the Truth, I have never seen in her anything faulty except that she is a girl of immature age, who sometimes sleeps and leaves the dough for the goats to eat.' On that day Allah's Apostle ascended the pulpit and requested that somebody support him in punishing 'Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul. Allah's Apostle said, 'Who will support me to punish that person ('Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul) who has hurt me by slandering the reputation of my family? By Allah, I know nothing about my family but good, and they have accused a person about whom I know nothing except good, and he never entered my house except in my company.'

Sad bin Mu'adh got up and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! by Allah, I will relieve you from him. If that man is from the tribe of the Aus, then we will chop his head off, and if he is from our brothers, the Khazraj, then order us, and we will fulfill your order.' On that Sad bin 'Ubada, the chief of the Khazraj and before this incident, he had been a pious man, got up, motivated by his zeal for his tribe and said, 'By Allah, you have told a lie; you cannot kill him, and you will never be able to kill him.' On that Usaid bin Al-Hadir got up and said (to Sad bin 'Ubada), 'By Allah! you are a liar. By Allah, we will kill him; and you are a hypocrite, defending the hypocrites.' On this the two tribes of Aus and Khazraj got excited and were about to fight each other, while Allah's Apostle was standing on the pulpit. He got down and quietened them till they became silent and he kept quiet. On that day I kept on weeping so much so that neither did my tears stop, nor could I sleep.

In the morning my parents were with me and I had wept for two nights and a day, till I thought my liver would burst from weeping. While they were sitting with me and I was weeping, an Ansari woman asked my permission to enter, and I allowed her to come in. She sat down and started weeping with me. While we were in this state, Allah's Apostle came and sat down and he had never sat with me since the day they forged the accusation. No revelation regarding my case came to him for a month. He recited Tashah-hud (i.e. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is His Apostle) and then said, 'O 'Aisha! I have been informed such-and-such about you; if you are innocent, then Allah will soon reveal your innocence, and if you have committed a sin, then repent to Allah and ask Him to forgive you, for when a person confesses his sin and asks Allah for forgiveness, Allah accepts his repentance.' When Allah's Apostle finished his speech my tears ceased completely and there remained not even a single drop of it. I requested my father to reply to Allah's Apostle on my behalf. My father said, By Allah, I do not know what to say to Allah's Apostle.' I said to my mother, 'Talk to Allah's Apostle on my behalf.' She said, 'By Allah, I do not know what to say to Allah's Apostle.

I was a young girl and did not have much knowledge of the Quran. I said. 'I know, by Allah, that you have listened to what people are saying and that has been planted in your minds and you have taken it as a truth. Now, if I told you that I am innocent and Allah knows that I am innocent, you would not believe me and if I confessed to you falsely that I am guilty, and Allah knows that I am innocent you would believe me. By Allah, I don't compare my situation with you except to the situation of Joseph's father (i.e. Jacob) who said, 'So (for me) patience is most fitting against that which you assert and it is Allah (Alone) whose help can be sought.' Then I turned to the other side of my bed hoping that Allah would prove my innocence. By Allah I never thought that Allah would reveal Divine Inspiration in my case, as I considered myself too inferior to be talked of in the Holy Qur'an. I had hoped that Allah's Apostle might have a dream in which Allah would prove my innocence. By Allah, Allah's Apostle had not got up and nobody had left the house before the Divine Inspiration came to Allah's Apostle. So, there overtook him the same state which used to overtake him, (when he used to have, on being inspired divinely). He was sweating so much so that the drops of the sweat were dropping like pearls though it was a (cold) wintry day. When that state of Allah's Apostle was over, he was smiling and the first word he said, 'Aisha! Thank Allah, for Allah has declared your innocence.' My mother told me to go to Allah's Apostle . I replied, 'By Allah I will not go to him and will not thank but Allah.' So Allah revealed: "Verily! They who spread the slander are a gang among you . . ." (24.11)

When Allah gave the declaration of my Innocence, Abu Bakr, who used to provide for Mistah bin Uthatha for he was his relative, said, 'By Allah, I will never provide Mistah with anything because of what he said about Aisha.' But Allah later revealed: --

"And let not those who are good and wealthy among you swear not to help their kinsmen, those in need and those who left their homes in Allah's Cause. Let them forgive and overlook. Do you not wish that Allah should forgive you? Verily! Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful." (24.22) After that Abu Bakr said, 'Yes ! By Allah! I like that Allah should forgive me,' and resumed helping Mistah whom he used to help before.

Allah's Apostle also asked Zainab bint Jahsh (i.e. the Prophet's wife about me saying, 'What do you know and what did you see?' She replied, 'O Allah's Apostle! I refrain to claim hearing or seeing what I have not heard or seen. By Allah, I know nothing except goodness about Aisha." Aisha further added "Zainab was competing with me (in her beauty and the Prophet's love), yet Allah protected her (from being malicious), for she had piety."

Now, the above hadith clearly has important lessons. I would like to state the most obvious to me as follows:
1. The Quran is the truth
Had the Quran been formulated by the prophet (as many people assume), he(peace be on him) would have manufactured a verse/verses to suit himself when needed. In this case, he could easily have claimed that it was revealed to him that Aisha and the rumoured accomplice were guilty. He could then go ahead to 'reveal' a judgement regarding them. All these would then be promptly implemented. This would have been the most natural course of action, because as we can see from the hadith, the prophet, being human, was unsure of the loyalty of Aisha in this instance. Events, by Allah's will had put her in a cloudy position, and the prophet could not help but stop being his usual caring self during her illness. But alhamdulillah, after some time had passed, the revelation came, and truth triumphed over falsehood in sha Allah. And the Quran had already stated:

53:3 Nor does he speak of (his own) desire.
53:4 It is only an Inspiration that is inspired.

2. The prophet was a human.
He had no knowledge of the unseen. He had to await revelation, and only then did he convey the message. He used to eat, sleep, and walk around in the market like everyone else. Had he knowledge of the unseen, the matter would have been made clear immediately, but he had to wait for a whole month thereabout, that must have been trying. As the Quran stated:

7:188 Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I possess no power of benefit or hurt to myself except as Allah wills. If I had the knowledge of the Ghaib (unseen), I should have secured for myself an abundance of wealth, and no evil should have touched me. I am but a warner, and a bringer of glad tidings unto people who believe."

3. Allah tests the best of people.
This is also an important lesson learnt from the hadith. Allah tests the best of people with severe trials. This event tested several individuals, and in the end those who remain steadfast are exalted. The messenger, Aisha, the esteemed family of Abu Bakr, Zainab, Safwan bin Mu'attal, and several other people were tested with this event. Those who sincerely feared Allah in the open and in secret were vindicated at last. And the Quran stated:

4:135 O you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah, even though it be against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, be he rich or poor, Allah is a Better Protector to both (than you). So follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest you may avoid justice, and if you distort your witness or refuse to give it, verily, Allah is Ever Well-Acquainted with what you do.

I also observed the humility of our mother Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, when she stated that she was not expecting a revelation in the Quran concerning herself. On the other hand, I respected her pride; she refused to thank the prophet for a matter that Allah settled. Even here, her feisty temperament, her eloquence, and her quickness of wit are consistently evident. This her proud stance was in no later event reported to be condemned by the prophet, it was a pride fed by sincere piety, and a confident self esteem. The pride to be condemned is that due to arrogance, the type that causes one to look down on others who are not as gifted or privileged. May God deliver us from that.

The hadith warns us in essence against the slandering of pious women, or anyone for that matter. Suspicion is not a noble character to display towards others, and only Allah sees the heart and knows the truth. To this day, there are those who smear the integrity of Aisha so passionately you would think they were close-by watching her directly during her life time several centuries ago, though they have no knowledge of the unseen. May Allah keep us from that.

I am sure there are several other lessons, temporal or spiritual, to be learnt from this hadith. Feel free to add what you learnt.
salam alaikum.

^Brilliant bro. Jazakumllahu Khayra.

Subhanallah. Wonderful.

Jazakallah khair

Lessons learnt:
1) Pride and allegiance to one's lineage, tribe or nationality to such an extent that it makes us blind to the atrocities committed by our kinsmen, families or compatriots.
2) Believing, spreading and acting on rumours and hearsays, i.e there is so much falsehood on the internet about politicians, religious scholars, celebrities e.t.c nowadays, it is best to not damage people's dignity and honour by acting on unverified statements

May Allah make us better Muslims

amin, thumma amin.

Allahu Akbar

The verses that reported this called it the Story of Ifk of the Slander of Aisha, its one of my best.

Must I declare b4 I comment?

Ok oooo

jazakum lahu hairan. I WISH EVERY MUSLIMS HAPPY NEW YEAR. May this hijra 1436 bring us abundant blessing & make us witness more as a devoted Muslim. also barka jumah.

onihaxy:
Must I declare b4 I comment?

Yes!

Infact you've already done sire

OP...Jazakumullahu Kaeran

I will remain a Muslim till I die.....and Muhammed my prophet till eternity.

Rilwayne001:


Yes!

Infact you've already done sire

Lol. Ok ooooo

Allahu Akbar..
Nice post, Allah bless you OP..

Jazakumlahu kairan...brother may Almighty Allah increase u in wisdom. Amin

Alhamdulillah.. Nice one OP

Subuhanalahi
What a well written article!!!

Jazak. Khairan

Islam is sweat!
Am happy to be a muslim.
@op jazakumullahu khairan. What a nice post.
This is what shia people misquoted.

Jazakum llahu khairan 4 dis post, may Allah continue 2 enrich us in our knowledge, nd Allah shall improve us in d deen

Jazakumullahu Khayram for this enlightening post

Another beautiful lesson here, is that of forgiveness.

Abu bakr (ra) had a poor relative called Mistah (ra). Mistah was in the battle of badr. Abu bakr used to help Mistah, materially.

However, when this event occured, Mistah was one of the slanderers, he was one of those involved in spreading the slander against Abu bakr's daughter.

Abu bakr was hurt by this and swore never to help his relative again. In response to this, Allah revealed the ayah:

Those who have been graced with bounty and plenty should not swear that they will [no longer] give to kinsmen, the poor, those who emigrated in God’s way: let them pardon and forgive. Do you not wish that God should forgive you? God is most forgiving and merciful. (Surah 24:22)

This presents a beautiful lesson to those of us, who have been hurt by action of relations. Pardon and forgive. Do not withhold your help from them.

Masha Allah. JZKHRN

ALLAHU AKBAR

LIFE & TIME are the world's best teachers . LIFE teaches us to make good use of TIME & TIME teaches us value of LIFE .As we enter new year today. May Allah(swt) make our future better than our past,our graves better than our homes,and our death better than our Life.Ameen. Happy new Islamic year. Jazakumulahukairan to the OP.