It is narrated from Habib (the freed slave of Urwah) that when Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) died, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was deeply grieved for her. So Jibril (peace be upon him) brought Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) to him in a cradle and said: O Messenger of Allah, she will be a means of removing your grief, and in her you will find a replacement for Sayyidah Khadijah. Then she was taken back. Thereafter the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would frequently visit the house of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and would say: "O Umm Ruman, accept my counsel to treat Aishah well, and look after her for my sake." Because of this, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) came to have a special standing with her family, although they did not know what Allah Almighty had decreed concerning her. One day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came - and from the time he accepted Islam until the Hijrah, no day passed without his going to the house of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) - and found Aishah hiding behind the door of Abu Bakr, weeping bitterly. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked the reason, and she complained about her mother, that she was harsh with her. Hearing this, the eyes of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) filled with tears. He (peace and blessings be upon him) went to Umm Ruman and said: "O Umm Ruman, did I not counsel you about Aishah, that you should look after her for my sake?" She said: O Messenger of Allah, she told al-Siddiq (Abu Bakr) what we said, and he became angry with us. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Even if she did (still look after her)." Umm Ruman said: "Now I will never hurt her." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was born at the beginning of the fourth year of Prophethood, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married her in the month of Shawwal in the tenth year of Prophethood, when she was six years old; and this marriage took place one month after the marriage to Sayyidah Sawdah (may Allah be pleased with her).