Volume 4, Book 55, Number 623:
Narrated Abu Musa:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Many amongst men reached (the level of) perfection but none amongst the
women reached this level except Asia, Pharaoh’s wife, and Mary, the daughter of ‘Imran. And no
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doubt, the superiority of ‘Aisha to other women is like the superiority of Tharid (i.e. a meat and bread
dish) to other meals.”