It is narrated from al-Aswad that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not marry me until Jibril (peace be upon him) brought him my image and said: "This is your wife." When he (peace and blessings be upon him) married me, I was a girl wearing a "hawf" (a waist-wrap of leather thongs). Then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) married me, Allah placed modesty (as a quality) in me, although I was young. Sufyan said that al-Zuhri said: "Hawf" means the leather thongs that are tied around the middle (the waist). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: My companions (the other pure wives) asked me to speak to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) so that he would instruct the people to send their gifts to him (peace and blessings be upon him) wherever he (peace and blessings be upon him) happened to be, because the people waited for the day of the turn of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) to send their gifts, and we too love good just as Aishah loves it. So I said: O Messenger of Allah! My companions have asked me to speak to you so that you instruct the people to send gifts to you wherever you happen to be, because the people wait for the day of the turn of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) to send their gifts, and we too love good just as Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) loves it. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent and gave me no reply. Then my companions asked me, and I told them that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had not said anything to me. They said: "By Allah! Do not leave it like this; this is not the time to let it go." She said: Then, when his (peace and blessings be upon him) turn came round to me, I spoke to him again, and I repeated my words two or three times just as the first time. On each of these occasions the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Umm Salamah! Do not hurt me concerning Aishah, for by Allah, revelation has never come down upon me while I was in the house of any of my wives other than Aishah." She said: So I said: "I seek refuge with Allah from causing you hurt concerning Aishah." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), and I said something, whereupon he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Are you not pleased to be my wife in this world and the Hereafter?" I said: "Of course, by Allah!" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then you are my wife in this world and the Hereafter." Abu al-Anbas (Sa'id bin Kathir) is a trustworthy (thiqah) narrator of Madinah, and this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

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)."

Hisham bin Urwah narrated from his father that he said: "I have not seen anyone more knowledgeable than the Mother of the Believers Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) in the lawful and the unlawful, in general knowledge, in poetry and in medicine."

It is narrated from Imam al-Zuhri that he said: "If the knowledge of all the people, and then the knowledge of all the pure wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), were gathered together, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) would certainly be the most extensive of them all in knowledge."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Musa bin Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "I have not seen anyone more eloquent in speech than Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her)."

It is narrated from Masruq that he was asked: Was Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) skilled in the rules of inheritance (fara'id)? He said: Yes, by the One in whose Hand is my soul, I have seen the senior Companions of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) asking her about matters of inheritance.