Some reports attributed to ʿĀʾishah have been read as implying that the Prophet’s body was not absent, or that the experience was spiritual. They have been used to argue for an exclusively dreamlike or nonbodily interpretation.
The response considers both the chronology of the report and its precise intended meaning: might it refer to a different experience, reflect information from an earlier period, or employ a narrower expression? Such possibilities prevent the inference from being treated as conclusive by itself.
A partial expression attributed to a Companion must be interpreted alongside the other relevant texts and reports, rather than made an isolated ruling about the whole event.