Aisha

Aisha bint Abu Bakr (614–678; ) was the third wife of Muhammad. Aisha is given honour in Islam, especially in the Sunni branch. She is often called by Muslims Umm-al-mu'minin, which means "Mother of the Believers".

Aisha was the daughter of Abu Bakr of Mecca. according to ibn hisham hadith she was 6 years old when Muhammad married her and 9 or 10 years old when he consummated the marriage with her. coincidently.  this is disputed by some scholars who use historical sources and from other statements of ibn hisham to prove she was older, some of the numbers include  22-23 or 14-15 (according to calculation of her sister age who was 10 years older, she lived until 73 AH and aged 100 at her death, if this is rounded then another calculation using fatima's age (born 605. five years before first revelation) put her at 600 of birth, and her age at death be 95, which results in 14-15 of her sister onsummation)) (calculation of fatima's age who is considered 5 years older)  and her remembering revelation of surah qamar (otherwise being 1 year old) and 17-18  and other ages. this view is not held by the majority of scholars who kept tight to hadith of ibn hisham. She was Muhammad's favorite wife according to sunnis, and he married seven others after her. She was the only virgin that he ever married. She  was also a scholar of  Islamic jurisprudence and narrated the fourth most  ahadeeth from him."Narrated Aisha: The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and my mother, Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my girl friends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and when my breathing became Allright, she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house. There in the house I saw some Ansari women who said, "Best wishes and Allah's Blessing and a good luck." Then she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah's Apostle came to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a girl of nine years of age." (Sahih al-Bukhari Volume 5, Book 58, Hadith 234)"Narrated 'Aisha: that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death)." (Sahih al-Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Hadith 64)"The Prophet wrote the [marriage contract] with Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years [i.e. till his death]." (Bukhari, vol. 7, book 67, no. 5134.)"Aishah." Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011.D. A. Spellberg, Politics, Gender, and the Islamic Past: +the Legacy of A'isha bint Abi Bakr, Columbia University Press, 1994, p. 40Karen Armstrong, Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet, Harper San Franscisco, 1992, p. 157.ibn sad reported from ibn ziaad that he reported from ibn hisham that he reported from his father urwah that he reported regarding his mother :ibn sad reported from ibn ziaad that he reported :asma was 10 years older than aisha Idlibi, Salah al-Din. ʿUmr al-Sayyida ʿĀʾisha ʿinda al-Zawāj (The Age of Lady Aisha at Marriage). Damascus: Dar al-Qalam, 2013, pp. 15–92.Kandhalwi, Habib ur-Rahman. Tahqiq-e-Umar-e-Siddiqah-e-Kainat. Karachi: Maktaba-yi Usmaniya, 1997, pp. 17–52, 78–138.Ghamidi, Javed Ahmad. Mizan. Lahore: Al-Mawrid Institute, 2001 (various eds.), pp. 317–320.Sidqi, Muhammad Tawfiq. “Al-Islam huwa al-Qurʾan Wahdahu.” Al-Manar (Cairo), 1906, pp. 7–15 (reprint pagination varies).

She was married to Muhammad for nine years until his death in 632. Aisha lived fifty more years in and around Medina.

 Shia view 
Unlike the Sunni branch of Islam, Shiites view Aisha as a evil woman for her actions. They reject her title of "the Mother of the Believers" and send curses upon her for her actions. Many Shiites also celebrate the death of Aisha by sending more curses upon her and celebrating with food.

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Category:614 births
Category:678 deaths
Category:Wives of Muhammad