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ʿĀʾishah bint Abī Bakr

عائشة رضى الله عنها زوج النبي

Umm al-Muʾminīn

614 CE – 678 CE (9 AH – 58 AH)(aged ~64) Born in Madinah Died in Madinah Quraysh

ʿĀʾishah bint Abī Bakr was the third and youngest wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a prominent early Islamic scholar and political figure during the Rashidun Caliphate.

ʿĀʾishah was born in Mecca around 614 CE to Abu Bakr and Umm Ruman, both companions of Muhammad. She belonged to the Quraysh tribe and was married to Muhammad, becoming one of his most beloved wives after Khadija. Aisha was a key transmitter of hadith, narrating over 2,000 traditions and contributing significantly to Islamic jurisprudence, theology, and ritual knowledge. After Muhammad's death, she remained politically active, notably participating in the Battle of the Camel during the early caliphates. Sunni tradition praises her intelligence, scholarship, and role as a teacher of many companions and tabi'in. She died in 678 CE, leaving a lasting legacy in Islamic history.

Significance

She is one of the most important female transmitters of hadith and a key source of knowledge about the Prophet Muhammad’s life and early Islamic history.

Reputation in tradition

Praised in Sunni tradition as intelligent, inquisitive, scholarly, and Muhammad's most beloved wife after Khadija; revered as a leading scholar and hadith transmitter; viewed critically in Shia tradition for opposition to Ali.
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Father

Abu Bakr (أبو بكر الصدِيق)

Mother

Umm Ruman (أم رومان)
Classical grade
sahabi
Generation
Ṣaḥābī (Companion)
Narrations by collection
  • sahih bukhari: 0
Why they matter in hadith

She is a foundational figure in hadith transmission and Islamic jurisprudence, transmitting thousands of hadiths.

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