Sahih Muslim Book - 16, Hadith - 3479

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِى شَيْبَةَ قَالَ وَجَدْتُ فِى كِتَابِى عَنْ أَبِى أُسَامَةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ تَزَوَّجَنِى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- لِسِتِّ سِنِينَ وَبَنَى بِى وَأَنَا بِنْتُ تِسْعِ سِنِينَ. قَالَتْ فَقَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَوُعِكْتُ شَهْرًا فَوَفَى شَعْرِى جُمَيْمَةً فَأَتَتْنِى أُمُّ رُومَانَ وَأَنَا عَلَى أُرْجُوحَةٍ وَمَعِى صَوَاحِبِى فَصَرَخَتْ بِى فَأَتَيْتُهَا وَمَا أَدْرِى مَا تُرِيدُ بِى فَأَخَذَتْ بِيَدِى فَأَوْقَفَتْنِى عَلَى الْبَابِ. فَقُلْتُ هَهْ هَهْ. حَتَّى ذَهَبَ نَفَسِى فَأَدْخَلَتْنِى بَيْتًا فَإِذَا نِسْوَةٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَقُلْنَ عَلَى الْخَيْرِ وَالْبَرَكَةِ وَعَلَى خَيْرِ طَائِرٍ. فَأَسْلَمَتْنِى إِلَيْهِنَّ فَغَسَلْنَ رَأْسِى وَأَصْلَحْنَنِى فَلَمْ يَرُعْنِى إِلاَّ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- ضُحًى فَأَسْلَمْنَنِى إِلَيْهِ.

It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) married me when I was six years old and he lived with me when I was nine years old." She said: "We came to Al-Madinah and I fell sick for a month and my hair came down to my neck. Umm Ruman came to me when I was on a swing and some of my friends were with me. She called me loudly and I went to her, and I did not know what she wanted of me. She took me by the hand and made me stand at the door. I said: 'Hah, Hah (as if gasping for breath)' until I had calmed down, then she took me into a house where there were some women of the Ansar who said: 'With good wishes, and blessings, and good fortune.' She handed me over to them and they washed my hair and adorned me, and then suddenly the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) was there, and they handed me over to him.''