Aisha’s Derivation of Islamic Rulings

Aisha’s Derivation of Islamic Rulings Companions did not do so. Preach only once a week. If that is not enough for you, then preach twice, or at most three times. Do not make people grow weary of the Book of God. Also, do not approach people while they are sitting together, interrupt their conversation, and begin preaching to them. Speak only when they wish to listen and ask you to do so.” (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 25820) This account of Aisha al-Siddiqah reveals the true spirit of religion. According to this spirit, prayer is a sincere expression of the feelings of the heart, whereas a prayer deliberately composed in rhymed prose may involve affectation and insincerity. Similarly, preaching is a word of counsel, and sincere counsel always takes into account the condition and receptivity of the listener. Likewise, the temperament of a believer is to listen carefully to others and, when speaking, to take people’s disposition into consideration. 7. A man once asked Aisha al-Siddiqah: “O Mother of the Believers, some people recite the whole Quran two or three times in a single night.” Aisha replied: “They have recited, yet they have not truly recited.” The Messenger of God would stand in prayer throughout the night, yet he would not go beyond Chapters alBaqarah, al-Imran, and al-Nisa. Whenever he came to a verse containing glad tidings, he would pray to