“Enough, Abu Bakr! That is not why we summoned you.” This chain of transmission has a double break, and the man from ʿAbd al-Qays is unknown and cannot be identified.

In Ibn Saʿd’s al-Ṭabaqāt (8/80–81), there is a feeble chain from al-Zuhri, from Ibn al-Musayyib, who said: The Messenger of Allah said to Abu Bakr: … He then mentioned the hadith cited in the heading, with similar wording.

The annotator of the Muʾassasah edition of al-Iḥsān (9/491/4185) declared the hadith authentic, despite having judged it weak on account of Ibn Abi al-Sari. However, he said, “It has been supported by a corroborating narration,” without mentioning that corroborating narration.

His words, “asking you to excuse me,” mean: “Be my excuse with her if I discipline her”—that is, acknowledge my excuse for doing so. Al-Nihāyah.

2901 — “Do you not see that I have intervened between the man and you?” That is, Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and his daughter Aisha.

Ahmad narrated it (4/271–272): Wakiʿ narrated to us, from Israʾil, from Abu Ishaq, from al-ʿAyzar ibn Hurayth, from al-Nuʿman ibn Bashir, who said: Abu Bakr came seeking permission to enter upon the Prophet, and he heard Aisha raising her voice at the Messenger of Allah. He gave him permission, and he entered. Abu Bakr said, “O daughter of Umm Ruman”—and moved toward her—“do you raise your voice at the Messenger of Allah?!”

He said: The Prophet intervened between him and her. After Abu Bakr left, the Prophet began to appease her, and he mentioned the hadith. Then Abu Bakr came and sought permission to enter upon him. Finding him laughing with her, he granted him permission, and he entered. Abu Bakr said, “Messenger of Allah, include me in your peace, just as you included me in your conflict.”