12. Why then, did not the believers, men and women, when you heard it (the slander), think good of their own people and say: "This (charge) is an obvious lie[1]?"
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(V.24:12) See Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol.6, Hadith No.274 The story of the slander against ‘Aishah رضي الله عنها, the wife of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.