1877 — Abū Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Makhlad al-Attār narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Yūsuf ibn Abī Mamar narrated to us and said: al-Walīd ibn al-Fadl al-Umarī narrated to us and said: Sālih ibn Yazīd narrated to us, from Mūsā ibn Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn Alī ibn Husayn ibn Alī ibn Abī Tālib (may Allah be pleased with him), from Abd Allah ibn Dīnār, from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: “Jibrīl (peace be upon him) came to me and said, ‘Allah Almighty has married you to the daughter of Abū Bakr,’ and he had with him a likeness of Āisha.”

He continued: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) then went to Abū Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, “Abū Bakr, Jibrīl (peace be upon him) came to me and said, ‘Allah Almighty has married me to your daughter,’ so show her to me.” He brought out Asmā bint Abī Bakr and showed her to him, but the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, “This is not the likeness that Jibrīl (peace be upon him) showed me.” Abū Bakr said, “I have a young daughter who has not yet reached puberty.” He said, “Show her to me.” So he brought out Āisha (may Allah be pleased with her), and the Prophet said, “This is the likeness that Jibrīl (peace be upon him) brought me, saying, ‘Allah Almighty has married her to me.’” Abū Bakr said, “I give her to you in marriage, O Messenger of Allah.”