2758 – ʿAli ibn Muhammad ibn ʿUmar narrated to us; he said: ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hatim narrated to us; he said: Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Nasawi narrated to us; he said: Abu Badr Shujaʿ ⦗1520⦘ ibn al-Walid narrated to us; he said: Hafs al-Halabi, the client of …, narrated from ʿAli ibn Zayd ibn Judʿan, from his mother, from ʿAʾishah, who said:

“I was granted nine distinctions that were not given to any woman after Mary, daughter of ʿImran: Gabriel descended carrying my likeness in the hollow of his hand and ordered the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to marry me; he married me while I was a virgin, and he married no other virgin besides me; he passed away with his head resting upon my chest; his grave is in my house; the angels surrounded my dwelling; revelation would descend and he would normally dismiss his family, yet it came down while I was with him beneath a single blanket; I am the daughter of his successor and truthful friend; my vindication was sent down from heaven in the Quran; and I was declared “good for a good man” and promised forgiveness and a noble provision.”