Aishah bint Abi Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with them both), wife of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (he gave her the kunyah Umm Abdullah after Abdullah bin al-Zubayr; the mother of Aishah and her brother Abd al-Rahman was Umm Ruman bint Amir bin Uwaymir bin Abd Shams bin Abd Manaf bin Udhaynah bin Subay' bin Dahman bin al-Harith bin Abd bin Malik) — Chapter

It was the practice of Masruq that whenever he narrated a hadith from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), he would say: The one declared innocent, al-Siddiqah, daughter of al-Siddiq, the beloved of the beloved of Allah, narrated to me.

Amir al-Sha'bi relates: It was the practice of Masruq that whenever he narrated a hadith, he would say: The truthful one, daughter of al-Siddiq, the chaste one, the one declared innocent, narrated such-and-such to me.

Masruq was asked: Was Sayyidah Aishah skilled in the fara'id (the rules of inheritance)? He said: By the One in whose hand my soul is! I have seen the senior Companions of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) asking her about matters of the fara'id.

Musa bin Talhah relates: I have not seen anyone more eloquent than Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her).

Amir al-Sha'bi relates: A man said: All the Mothers of the Believers are more beloved to me than Sayyidah Aishah. I said: You have certainly opposed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); she was the most beloved of them all to him (peace and blessings be upon him).

Urwah bin al-Zubayr relates: I have not seen any woman more knowledgeable than Sayyidah Aishah in medicine, in (matters of) expenditure, or in poetry.

Urwah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): O Mother of the Believers! I am not surprised at your knowledge of poetry, for you are the wife of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the daughter of the most learned of people (Abu Bakr); but I am surprised at your understanding of medicine. She said: "O my nephew! When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reached the later part of his life, he fell ill, and delegations kept coming, and remedies kept being prescribed for him (peace and blessings be upon him); it was from that (that I learned medicine)."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: We came as emigrants and passed along a difficult mountain pass, and the camel I was riding, which was strong and unruly, bolted with me. By Allah! I have not forgotten to this day my mother's words: Alas, O bride! I ended up sitting on its neck. Then I heard someone saying: By Allah! I do not think its halter has been thrown down. So I threw it down, and it stood still, turning round, as though a person were standing beneath it, holding it.

Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) relates: I went with Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) when he first arrived in Madinah, and Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was lying down, afflicted with fever. Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) came to her and said: "My daughter! How are you?" and he kissed her cheek.

Al-Qasim bin Muhammad relates that Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah! I have never seen an orator more eloquent and more wise than Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her)."

Imam al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) relates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If the knowledge of the women of this Ummah were gathered together, including the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the knowledge of Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) would be greater than the knowledge of all of them."