Yahya ibn Yahya, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, and Abu Kurayb narrated to us—Yahya said: "He informed us," and the other two said: "He narrated to us"—Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Muslim, from Masruq, from 'A'ishah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave us the choice, and we chose him, and he did not count it against us as anything."