Why did Ayesha Attend the Home of Her Parents?

Why did Ayesha Attend the Home of Her Parents?

Ibn al Hashimi states:

Aisha’s Feelings (رضّى الله عنها) are Hurt

The accusations against Aisha (رضّى الله عنها) hurt her deeply and she soon fell so sick that she asked the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) if she could return to her parent’s house until the matter was cleared up.

This is false, she did not return to the home of her parents until the matter had been cleared up she went to ascertain their knowledge about what was being circulated. She stated:

‘Will you allow me to go to my parents?’ as I wanted to be sure about the news through them. Allah’s Apostle allowed me (and I went to my parents) and asked my mother, ‘O mother! What are the people talking about?’

Now Ibn al Hashimi’s dishonesty aside, we would like to know:

• Why did she seek permission to visit the home of her parents?
• What was the matter that Ayesha was seeking to look into?
• What further clarity was Ayesha seeking to gauge by visiting her parents?
• Whilst Ibn al Hashimi suggests that the Sahaba never thought ill of Ayesha it was all a hypocrite conspiracy, the mother of Ayesha places the finger of blame on matters much closer to home, not from believers, but from the mother of the believers! She states:there is no charming lady who is loved by her husband who has other wives as well, but that those wives would find fault with her.” Who were these jealous wives spreading false rumor about Ayesha? Would they also fall within the category of hypocrites? During the entirety of this sorry episode we hear nothing from any other wife defending Ayesha, why not? Were they not under any duty to rush to aid of their counterpart? Moreover Urwa informs us in Sahih Bukhari Volume 3, Book 47, Number 755:The wives of Allah’s Apostle were in two groups. One group consisted of ‘Aisha, Hafsa, Safiyya and Sauda; and the other group consisted of Um Salama and the other wives of Allah’s Apostle. With this in mind how is it that not one of them came out to defend her from this shameless slander? If Zainab binte Jahsh who disliked Ayesha, is cited as vouching for Ayesha’s innocence, the testimony comes not from the mouth of Zainab but from what Ayesha. Who were these wives that were giving publicity to this event? Neither Ayesha, nor her parents disclose their names, why not?
• It may well be probable that tensions can exist in a polygamous marriage, between women that may have led to them keeping away but there would have been no reason for other female Sahabia not coming to console Ayesha. Yet the testimony of Ayesha is that “an Ansari woman asked permission to see me. I admitted her and she sat and started weeping with me”. Why do we not learn of any other women of the Muhajrin and Ansar coming to console and support Ayesha during her hour of need? Why is that? Did they not care about what had been said about her? They were after all the wives of the Sahaba, all of whom (as Ibn al Hashimi suggests) were certain of Ayesha’s innocence?
• The Ansari woman that did attend, did not say a single word of support, she came in and proceeded to weep with Ayesha, had she just attended for the purpose of crying?
• Why was the identity of this woman kept a secret?