When Talha, AzZubair and ʿAisha moved to Basra, ʿAli sent ʿAmmar bin Yasir and Hasan bin ʿAli who came to us at Kufa and ascended the pulpit. Al-Hasan bin ʿAli was at the top of the pulpit and ʿAmmar was below Al-Hasan. We all gathered before him. I heard ʿAmmar saying, "ʿAisha has moved to Al-Busra. By Allah! She is the wife of your Prophet in this world and in the Hereafter. But Allah has put you to test whether you obey Him (Allah) or her (ʿAisha).
فَسَمِعْتُ عَمَّارًا يَقُولُ إِنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَدْ سَارَتْ إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ وَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّهَا لَزَوْجَةُ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى ابْتَلاَكُمْ لِيَعْلَمَ إِيَّاهُ تُطِيعُونَ أَمْ هِيَ