Muhammad dua kali bermimpi kalau Aisyah dibawakan oleh [[Malaikat]] untuk menjadi jodohnya.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sahih al-Bukhari 7012|url=https://sunnah.com/bukhari:7012|website=sunnah.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717060308/https://sunnah.com/bukhari:7012|archive-date=2021-07-17|dead-url=yes|access-date=2021-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sahih al-Bukhari 3895|url=https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3895|website=sunnah.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717060310/https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3895|archive-date=2021-07-17|dead-url=yes|access-date=2021-07-17}}</ref> Menganggap itu adalah ketentuan dari Allah yang harus dijalankan, Muhammad pun meminta kepada ayahnya Aisyah, yaitu [[Abu Bakar Ash-Shiddiq|Abu Bakar]], untuk memberikan putrinya demi menjadi istri Muhammad. Abu Bakar awalnya keberatan akan hal itu, dikarenakan menurutnya, Muhammad dan dirinya adalah saudara. Namun setelah diyakinkan bahwa dirinya dan Muhammad hanya saudara dalam agama, dan Aisyah adalah halal untuk dinikahi oleh Muhammad, rasa ragu di dalam hati Abu Bakar pun terangkat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sahih al-Bukhari 5081|url=https://sunnah.com/bukhari:5081|website=sunnah.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717060309/https://sunnah.com/bukhari:5081|archive-date=2021-07-17|dead-url=yes|access-date=2021-07-17}}</ref>
Aisyah dinikahi oleh Muhammad ketika Aisyah berumur 6 atau 7 tahun,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sahih al-Bukhari 5158|url=https://sunnah.com/bukhari:5158|website=sunnah.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717060428/https://sunnah.com/bukhari:5158|archive-date=2021-07-17|dead-url=yes|access-date=2021-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sunan Ibn Majah 1877 - The Chapters on Marriage - كتاب النكاح - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)|url=https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:1877|website=sunnah.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818040802/https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:1877|archive-date=2021-08-18|access-date=2021-08-18|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sahih Muslim 1422d - The Book of Marriage - كتاب النكاح - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)|url=https://sunnah.com/muslim:1422d|website=sunnah.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818040828/https://sunnah.com/muslim:1422d|archive-date=2021-08-18|access-date=2021-08-18|dead-url=no}}</ref> dan di saat itu Muhammad berumur berumur 50 tahun.<ref>{{Cite book|last=al-Mubarakfuri|first=Shafiyurrahman|date=2020|url=https://books.google.co.id/books?id=zioTEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA96&f=false#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Sirah Nabawiyah|publisher=Gema Insani, 2020|isbn=6022508509|page=96}}</ref> Namun Aisyah baru diantarkan ke rumah Muhammad dan [[Persetubuhan|dicampuri]]<nowiki/>nya di saat Aisyah sudah berumur 9 tahun,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hadits Sunan Abu Dawud No. 1811 - Kitab Nikah|url=https://www.hadits.id/hadits/dawud/1811|website=hadits.id|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717060430/https://www.hadits.id/hadits/dawud/1811|archive-date=2021-07-17|dead-url=yes|access-date=2021-07-17}}</ref> dikarenakan pada selang waktu tersebut Aisyah sakit dan rambutnya rontok.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sahih al-Bukhari 3894|url=https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3894|website=sunnah.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717060319/https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3894|archive-date=2021-07-17|dead-url=yes|access-date=2021-07-17}}</ref>
Hal ini diriwayatkan secara mutawatir (secara massal) di dalam [[Kutubus Sittah]] yang merupakan 6 kitab hadits utama Islam, sehingga tidak ada keraguan di dalamnya.<ref name="islamqa">{{Cite web |url=https://islamqa.info/ar/answers/124483/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%89%D8%B4%D8%A9-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%B5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87-%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85 |title=تحقيق في عمر أم المؤمنين عائشة رضي الله عنها عندما تزوجها النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم |website=IslamQA.info |access-date=2021-07-17 |archive-date=2021-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719062812/https://islamqa.info/ar/answers/124483/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%89%D8%B4%D8%A9-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%B5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87-%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85 |dead-url=yes }}</ref><ref name="Haddad">{{Cite web|last=Haddad|first=Gibril|title=Our Mother Lady A’isha’s Age at Marriage|url=https://eshaykh.com/hadith/our-mother-lady-ayeshas-age-at-marriage/|website=eshaykh.com|page=https://www.livingislam.org/ir/d/aam1_e.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719072127/https://eshaykh.com/hadith/our-mother-lady-ayeshas-age-at-marriage/|archive-date=2021-07-19|dead-url=yes|access-date=17 Agustus 2021|middle=Fouad}}</ref><ref name="Haddad2">{{Cite web|title=More on ‘Ā’isha’s Age at the Time of Her Marriage - A Dialogue Between “The Learner” and Shaykh Gibril F. Haddad|url=https://eshaykh.com/hadith/our-mother-lady-ayeshas-age-at-marriage/|website=eshaykh.com|page=https://www.livingislam.org/ir/d/aam2_e.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719072127/https://eshaykh.com/hadith/our-mother-lady-ayeshas-age-at-marriage/|archive-date=2021-07-19|dead-url=yes|access-date=17 Agustus 2021}}</ref>
