It is narrated from Abdullah bin Safwan that he and another man came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), and Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) asked one of them: "O so-and-so! Have you heard what Hafsah related?" He said: "Yes, O Mother of the Believers!" Abdullah bin Safwan asked: "What is that?" She said: "I have nine distinctions that were not given to any woman besides me, except what Allah Almighty gave to Maryam bint Imran, and by Allah, I do not say this to boast over any of my companions: (1) The angel brought my image to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); (2) he (peace and blessings be upon him) married me when I was seven years old; (3) I was sent to his home at the age of nine; (4) he (peace and blessings be upon him) married me as a virgin, and no one other than him had any share in me; (5) revelation would come down upon him (peace and blessings be upon him) even while he (peace and blessings be upon him) and I were under a single blanket; (6) I was among the most beloved of people to him (peace and blessings be upon him); (7) verses of the Qur'an were revealed concerning me over which the Ummah was about to be ruined; (8) I saw Jibril (peace be upon him), while none of his (peace and blessings be upon him) other wives saw him; and (9) he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away in my house, and apart from the angel, no one was attending him (peace and blessings be upon him) at that time except me." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "Indeed, those who accuse chaste, unaware women" [Surah al-Nur: 23] , that this verse was revealed specifically about Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Ahnaf bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I have heard the sermons of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab, Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan and Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with them), and of the caliphs after them, one after another, up to this very day, yet I have not heard from the mouth of any human being speech more eloquent and more beautiful than the speech of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her)."