2761 – And I, ʿAli, relate that Muhammad ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us; he said: Abu Ismaʿil al-Tirmidhi narrated to us; he said: Abu Salih ʿAbd Allah ibn Salih narrated to us; he said: al-Layth ibn Saʿd narrated that ʿAli ibn Abi Talib once mentioned ʿAʾishah and remarked, “Had it been possible for a woman to assume the caliphate, ʿAʾishah would have been the caliph.”