[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ asked Aisha about what the people of falsehood said. Allah then declared her innocence. Al-Zuhri said that a group of people narrated her story to me, and some remembered it better than others. I confirmed her innocence and I heard every single one of their narrations about Aisha. Some of their narrations confirmed each other. They claimed that Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , said that when he wanted to travel, he would cast lots between his wives, and the wife whose name appeared on the arrow would travel with him. She said, "He cast lots between us for his expeditions, and my name was drawn once after the revelation of the hijab (veil)." The narration continued at length.  

النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حِينَ قَالَ لَهَا أَهْلُ الْإِفْكِ مَا قَالُوا فَبَرَّأَهَا اللهُ مِنْهُ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَكُلُّهُمْ حَدَّثَنِي طَائِفَةً مِنْ حَدِيثِهَا وَبَعْضُهُمْ أَوْعَى لَهُ مِنْ بَعْضٍ وَأَثْبَتُ لَهُ اقْتِصَاصًا وَقَدْ وَعَيْتُ عَنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمُ الْحَدِيثَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ وَبَعْضُ حَدِيثِهِمْ يُصَدِّقُ بَعْضًا زَعَمُوا أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ؓ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا أَقْرَعَ بَيْنَ أَزْوَاجِهِ فَأَيَّتُهُنَّ خَرَجَ سَهْمُهَا خَرَجَ بِهَا مَعَهُ قَالَتْ فَأَقْرَعَ بَيْنَنَا فِي غَزَاةٍ غَزَاهَا فَخَرَجَ سَهْمِي فَخَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ بَعْدَ مَا أُنْزِلَ الْحِجَابُ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ