Did Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, say to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "You are the one who claims to be the Messenger of Allah"?
The aforementioned Hadith is weak; it is not authentic due to two defects: the ‘an‘anah of Muhammad ibn Ishaq, and the weakness of Salamah ibn al-Fadl al-Abrash and his frequent errors. It was weakened by Al-Busiri, Al-Iraqi, Al-Mu’allimi Al-Yamani, and Al-Albani. Al-Ghazali cited it, and Ibn Al-Jawzi disapproved of it. Even if the Hadith were authentic, the word "za‘ama" (claimed/alleged) used in it could be interpreted as not exclusively implying doubt, but rather meaning "said" or "informed," based on what is stated in Sahih Muslim, where the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, affirmed the one who said, "You claimed that Allah sent you."
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