Hadith No: 3
Al-Tabarani - al-Mu'jam al-Kabir - Musnad al-Nisa - Wives of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)
Aisha bint Abi Bakr al-Siddiq - Chapter
Volume: (23) - Page Number: (31)
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77 - Ubayd ibn Ghunam narrated to us, saying: Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaiba narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Rahim ibn Sulayman narrated to us. And Musa ibn Harun narrated to us, saying: Khalaf ibn Hisham al-Bazzar narrated to us, saying: Abu Shahab narrated to us. Both of them from Ismail ibn Abi Khalid, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Dhahhak, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Zayd ibn Jud'an, from Aisha who said: "There were unique things in seven that no one among women had, except for what Allah granted Maryam (Mary) daughter of Imran. And I swear by Allah, I do not say this as a boast over any of my companions." Abdullah ibn Safwan said to her: "And what are they, O Mother of the Believers?"
She replied: "The angel appeared to me in my true form," and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) married me for seven years, and I was given to him in marriage as a gift after nine years....