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Sahih Bukhari: Hadith 3983

64. Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)

صحيح البخاري

10/34 Chapter:

The superiority of the 'Isha' prayer in congregation

باب فَضْلِ الْعِشَاءِ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ

3983
Sahih Bukhari
Sahih
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ كَانَتْ تَقْرَأُ ‏{‏إِذْ تَلِقُونَهُ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ‏}‏ وَتَقُولُ الْوَلْقُ الْكَذِبُ‏.‏ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ وَكَانَتْ أَعْلَمَ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا بِذَلِكَ لأَنَّهُ نَزَلَ فِيهَا‏.‏
Narrated Ibn Abi Malaika:
`Aisha used to recite this Verse:-- 'Ida taliqunahu bi-alsinatikum' (24:15) "(As you tell lie with your tongues.)" and used to say "Al-Walaq" means "telling of a lie. "She knew this Verse more than anybody else as it was revealed about her.
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 4144
In-book : Book 64, Hadith 188
USC-MSA web (English) : Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith 465  (deprecated)