752 - 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmad informed us, he said: My father narrated to me, saying: Abu Usama narrated to us, from Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid, from 'Isa, a neighbor of Masruq, who said: Masruq said: "Were it not for a certain matter, I would have held a mourning for 'A'isha." Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: My father said: And it used to be said that 'A'isha was fair-skinned and blond, may Allah have mercy upon her.
٧٥٢ - أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ: ثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، عَنْ عِيسَى جَارٍ لِمَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ: قَالَ مَسْرُوقٌ: «لَوْلَا بَعْضُ الْأَمْرِ لَأَقَمْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ الْمَنَاحَةَ» . قَالَ أَبُو ⦗٤٧٦⦘ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: قَالَ أَبِي: وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ يُقَالَ إِنَّهَا شَقْرَاءُ بَيْضَاءُ، رَحِمَهَا اللَّهُ