Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 3411

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ مُرَّةَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ كَمَلَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ كَثِيرٌ، وَلَمْ يَكْمُلْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلاَّ آسِيَةُ امْرَأَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَمَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ، وَإِنَّ فَضْلَ عَائِشَةَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ كَفَضْلِ الثَّرِيدِ عَلَى سَائِرِ الطَّعَامِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Abu Musa reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Many men attained perfection, but among women none attained it except Asiya, the wife of Pharaoh, and Maryam daughter of ʿImran. The excellence of ʿAisha over other women is like the excellence of tharid over all other foods.”

Translation notes
  • Tharid is a dish of bread with broth and meat; transliterated as in the source witness.