750 - Abu Bakr al-Marwudhi informed us, he said: I heard Abu 'Abd Allah mention 'A'isha, the Mother of the Believers, and he spoke of her asceticism (zuhd), her piety (wara'), and her knowledge; for she had distributed one hundred thousand [dirhams] while she would patch her own garment. She was eighteen years old [when the Prophet passed away], and the senior companions of Muhammad (peace be upon him) would ask her—meaning regarding jurisprudence (fiqh) and knowledge—such as Abu Musa al-Ash'ari and others who would ask her.
٧٥٠ - أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْمَرُّوذِيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَذَكَرَ عَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَذَكَرَ زُهْدَهَا وَوَرَعَهَا وَعِلْمَهَا، فَإِنَّهَا قَسَمَتْ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ كَانَتْ تَرْقَعُ دِرْعَهَا، وَكَانَتِ ابْنَةَ ثَمَانَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، وَكَانَ الْأَكَابِرُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَسْأَلُونَهَا، يَعْنِي عَنِ الْفِقْهِ وَالْعِلْمِ، مِثْلَ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ وَغَيْرِهِ يَسْأَلُونَهَا "
