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Did Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, ever say to the Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him: "Fear Allah, and say nothing but the truth"?

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The aforementioned hadith which narrates a conversation between the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, wherein she rejected Umar and spoke harshly to him, then accepted her father to arbitrate between them, and her father slapped her: this is a Munkar (rejected) hadith.

Indeed, one version of it contains an omission, as Abd al-Warith ibn Said did not hear directly from Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her; there is a 121-year gap between their deaths.

The correct understanding of the hadith is that it is narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Zubayr al-Hanzali, who is weak and his narrations are rejected (munkar al-hadith).

As for the authentic hadith narrated by Numan ibn Bashir, it states that Abu Bakr sought permission to enter upon the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he heard Aisha raising her voice at him. So he entered and reprimanded her, but the Prophet intervened between them. Then, after Abu Bakr departed, the Prophet began to appease Aisha. When Abu Bakr returned later and found them laughing, he requested to be included in their reconciliation as he had been included in their dispute. This hadith was authenticated by Al-Albani.

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