Ibn al-Madini said, “That is how he reported it.”
In my view, however, the correct name is ʿAwf ibn al-Hārith ibn al-Tufayl⦗1⦘ ibn Sakhbarah. The same wording was transmitted by Ṣāliḥ ibn Kaysān from al-Zuhri, and Maʿmar corroborated him.
ʿAṭāʾ ibn Abī Rabāḥ said, “ʿĀʾishah was the most knowledgeable of people and had the best opinion in matters that concerned the general public.”
Al-Zuhri said, “If the knowledge of ʿĀʾishah were combined with the knowledge of all women, her knowledge would still be superior.”⦗2⦘
Hafṣ ibn Ghiyāth related: Ismāʿīl narrated to us from Abū Isḥāq, who said:
Masrūq remarked, “Were it not for certain considerations, I would have established lamentation for the Mother of the Believers—meaning ʿĀʾishah.”⦗3⦘
ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUbayd ibn ʿUmayr said, “No one will truly grieve for her except someone for whom she was a mother.”⦗4⦘
Al-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Ayman reported: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUrwah narrated to us from his grandfather ʿUrwah, from ʿĀʾishah, who said:
“I used to boast of my father’s wealth in the Days of Ignorance—and it was a thousand …”