Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥumayd / Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ruʾāsī > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

I did not marvel at any woman as I marveled at Khadijah because of the excessive mention of the Messenger of Allah’s ﷺ praise for her. She said, 'And he married me three years after that.'

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرُّؤَاسِيِّ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا غِرْتُ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ مَا غِرْتُ عَلَى خَدِيجَةَ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ ذِكْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَهَا قَالَتْ «وَتَزَوَّجَنِي بَعْدَهَا بِثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ»