specifically the cut pieces of gold, and such jewellery is unanimously permitted for women.

The critic in question then said:
‘It is inconceivable that ʿĀʾishah—may Allah be pleased with her—would wear that added-on gold while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was with her every single day, in her own house, yet he would not forbid her.’

I reply: This is a manifest fallacy—perhaps an unintended one—for the earlier report nowhere states that ʿĀʾishah wore it with his knowledge ﷺ. It merely recounts that al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad saw her wearing it; therefore her wearing it must have been after his passing ﷺ, for al-Qāsim never met him.

The critic then continued:
‘Or could it be that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited it and the ruling never reached her? That is absolutely impossible.’

I respond: Such an impossibility exists only in speculation—and that is not our concern—because the facts show otherwise. How many practical sunnahs and prophetic statements remained unknown to leading Companions—may Allah be pleased with them all! Had their chains of transmission not been sound, we would have dismissed them just as that gentleman has done.