حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا کَانَتْ تَقُولُ أَمَا تَسْتَحِي الْمَرْأَةُ أَنْ تَهَبَ نَفْسَهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّی أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشَائُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْکَ مَنْ تَشَائُ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ رَبَّکَ لَيُسَارِعُ فِي هَوَاکَ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 2000
It was narrated from Hisham bin,'Urwah, from his father that 'Aishah used to say: Wouldn't a woman feel too shy to offer herself to the Prophet P.B.U.H?" Until Allah revealed: "You (0 Muhammad) can postpone (the turn of) whom you will of them (your wives), and you may receive whom you Will., She said: "Then I said: 'Your Lord is quick to make things easy for you.''' (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020