87 – Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥajjāj al-Ḍabbī related to us; he said: Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated, from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, from ʿĀʾishah. She said:

A woman used to come to me and would constantly recite this verse:

[al-ṭawīl]

The Day of the Sash is one of our Lord’s wondrous signs—
for He delivered me from a land of unbelief.

ʿĀʾishah asked her, “What is this line of poetry I keep hearing from you?” She replied, “I once attended a bride of ours who was being displayed. She entered her bathing chamber wearing a sash; when she set the sash aside, a kite, attracted by its bright red colour, swooped down and carried it off. When the sash was found missing, they accused me of taking it. They searched me—indeed, they searched even my private parts. So I called upon Allah to vindicate me in my innocence. Then the kite returned with the sash and dropped it right in front of them.”