Hazrat Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Many men attained perfection, but among women none attained perfection except Asiya, the wife of Pharaoh, and Maryam bint Imran (may Allah be pleased with her), and the superiority of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) over women is like the superiority of tharid over all foods.