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Aisha bint Abi Bakr

عائشة

Umm al-Mu'minin

613 CE – 678 CE (10 AH – 58 AH)(aged ~65) Born in Makkah Died in Medina Quraysh

Aisha bint Abi Bakr was the third and youngest wife of the Prophet Muhammad and a prominent early Islamic scholar and political figure. She is renowned for transmitting over 2,000 hadiths and playing an active role in the Rashidun Caliphate.

Aisha was born in Mecca around 614 CE to Abu Bakr and Umm Ruman, both companions of Muhammad. She married the Prophet Muhammad as his third wife and became one of his most beloved spouses, known for her intellect and knowledge. After Muhammad's death, she remained influential in the Muslim community, participating in political events such as the Battle of the Camel. Aisha is credited with narrating numerous hadiths and was respected as a scholar of Islamic jurisprudence, poetry, and medicine. She died in 678 CE, leaving a lasting legacy in Sunni Islam as a leading female figure and teacher.

Significance

She is significant as a major transmitter of hadith and a prominent female scholar and political figure in early Islam.

Reputation in tradition

In Sunni tradition, she is revered as intelligent, inquisitive, scholarly, and Muhammad's most beloved wife after Khadija; in Shia tradition, she is viewed critically for her opposition to Ali.
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Father

Abu Bakr (أبو بكر الصدِيق)

Mother

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

She is one of the most prolific female hadith transmitters and a key source of prophetic traditions.

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