Fever comes only by Allah’s permission, and Allah alone grants success.

1859 — ʿAwf ibn Mālik ibn al-Ṭufayl reports that ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated: ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr once spoke about a sale—or a charitable gift—that ʿĀʾishah had given him, saying, “By Allah, ʿĀʾishah must stop this or I will place her under interdiction!”

When ʿĀʾishah heard of it she asked, “Did he really say that?” They replied, “Yes.” She said, “Then, before Allah, I make a vow that I will never speak to Ibn al-Zubayr again.”

After the estrangement had dragged on, Ibn al-Zubayr sought someone to intercede with her, but she replied, “No, by Allah, I will never intercede for him, nor will I break my vow.”

When the matter weighed heavily upon him, he approached al-Miswar ibn Makhramah and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Aswad ibn ʿAbd Yaghūth and said, “I adjure you by Allah, take me in to ʿĀʾishah, for it is not lawful for her to vow to cut me off.”

So al-Miswar and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān brought him and asked permission to enter upon ʿĀʾishah. They greeted her: “Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. May we enter?” She answered, “Enter.” They asked, “All of us?” She said, “Yes, all of you,” not realizing that Ibn al-Zubayr was with them.

Once inside, Ibn al-Zubayr slipped behind the screen, embraced ʿĀʾishah, and began pleading with her in tears. Al-Miswar and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān also implored her to speak to him and accept his apology, saying, “The Prophet ﷺ forbade the very estrangement you know of, and it is not permissible for a Muslim to shun his brother for more than three nights.”

When they persisted with their reminders and earnest appeals, she wept and repeated, “I have taken a vow, and a vow is binding.” They continued until she finally spoke to Ibn—