Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُجَالِدٌ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا ذَكَرَ خَدِيجَةَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهَا فَأَحْسَنَ الثَّنَاءَ قَالَتْ فَغِرْتُ يَوْمًا فَقُلْتُ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا تَذْكُرُهَا حَمْرَاءَ الشِّدْقِ قَدْ أَبْدَلَكَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا قَالَ مَا أَبْدَلَنِي اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَيْرًا مِنْهَا قَدْ آمَنَتْ بِي إِذْ كَفَرَ بِي النَّاسُ وَصَدَّقَتْنِي إِذْ كَذَّبَنِي النَّاسُ وَوَاسَتْنِي بِمَالِهَا إِذْ حَرَمَنِي النَّاسُ وَرَزَقَنِي اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلَدَهَا إِذْ حَرَمَنِي أَوْلَادَ النِّسَاءِ.
English Translation
Ali ibn Ishaq told us: Abdullah informed us: Mujalid informed us, from al-Sha'bi, from Masruq, from A'ishah, who said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), whenever he mentioned Khadijah, would praise her, praising her well." She said: So one day I became jealous, and said, "How much you mention her, a red-cheeked old woman! Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has replaced her for you with better than her." He said, "Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has not given me anyone better than her. She believed in me when people disbelieved me, and she trusted me when people belied me, and she supported me with her wealth when people deprived me, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, granted me children through her while He deprived me of children from other women."