(1) “And the most knowledgeable among them” is absent from N and M. (2) The hadith is narrated by Hishām ibn Urwa, from his father, from Aisha—may Allah be pleased with her—and is recorded in al-Bukhārī 5 (*Book of the Merits of the Prophet’s Companions …*, chapter “The Merit of Aisha …”). It begins: “People would deliberately time their gifts for Aisha’s day.” Aisha said: “My co-wives gathered with Umm Salama and said, ‘Umm Salama, by Allah, people are deliberate with their gifts regarding Aisha …’” The remainder of the hadith is also recorded in Muslim 4/1891 (*Book of the Merits of the Companions*, chapter “On the Merit of Aisha …”); *Sunan al-Tirmidhī* 5/362–363 (*Book of Virtues*, chapter “On Some of Aisha’s Merits”); *Sunan al-Nasā’ī* 7/64 (*Book of the Treatment of Women*, chapter “A Man’s Loving Some of His Wives More Than Others”); and *al-Musnad* (al-Halabī ed.), 6/293. (3) A and B read: “his affection.” (4) A reads: “so they said to her”; B: “she should say to him.” (5) B alone reads: “Your wives ask you to deal justly.” (6) *Alā* (“do you not”); A and B read: *amā* (“do you not”). (7) A reads: “The hadith is the two Sahihs”; B: “The hadith is in the two Sahihs.” It forms part of a hadith narrated by Aisha—may Allah be pleased with her—recorded in al-Bukhārī 3/156–157 (*Book of Gifts*, chapter “One Who Gives a Gift to His Companion and Selects One of His Wives over the Others”); Muslim 4/1891–1892 (*Book of the Merits of the Companions*, chapter “On the Merit of Aisha …”); *Sunan al-Nasā’ī* 7/62–63 (*Book of the Treatment of Women*, chapter “A Man’s Loving Some of His Wives More Than Others”); and *al-Musnad* (al-Halabī ed.), 6/88, 150–151.