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Aisha bint Abi Bakr [a] (c. 614 CE – July 678) was a seventh century Arab military commander, [8] politician, [9] muhadditha, [10] and the third and youngest wife of prophet Muhammad. [11] [12] Aisha had an important role in early Islamic history, both during Muhammad's life and after his death.
She was the wife of Ubaydah ibn al-Harith, [45] a faithful Muslim and from the tribe of Al-Muttalib, for which Muhammad had special responsibility. [46] When her husband died, Muhammad aiming to provide for her, married her in 4 A.H. She was nicknamed Umm Al-Masakeen (roughly translates as the mother of the poor), because of her kindness and ...
Safiyya bint Huyayy (Arabic: صفية بنت حيي Ṣafiyya bint Ḥuyayy) was a Jewish convert to Islam [1] from the Banu Nadir tribe. After the Battle of Khaybar in 628, she was widowed and taken captive by the early Muslims and subsequently became Muhammad's tenth wife. [2]
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Shi'as uphold that Fatimah, Muhammad's daughter and wife of Ali ibn Abi Talib was the greatest woman while they also view her as infallible.Shia consider Fatima's ideal of the innocent and long-suffering as the counterpart to the political misdemeanors of which they accuse Aisha. [10]
Aisha bint Abi Bakr is often thought of as the prophet's favorite wife. She is linked to the Quran's injunctions against slander in Sura 24:11–26 , for her involvement in "the affair of the lie [or, slander]" ( al-ifk ), in which she was falsely accused of "being with" another man, Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal al-Sulami. [ 7 ]
Zaynab bint Khuzayma (Arabic: زينب بنت خزيمة) (c. 596 – 625), also known as Umm al-Masākīn (Arabic: أم المساكين, "Mother of the Poor"), [1] was the fifth wife of Muhammad. As a result of her early death, less is known about her than about his other wives.
Hafsa bint Umar (Arabic: حفصة بنت عمر, romanized: Ḥafṣa bint ʿUmar; c. 605–665) was the fourth wife of Muhammad and a daughter of the second caliph Umar (r. 634–644 ). In Islamic writings, her name is thus often prefixed by the title "Mother of the Believers" (Arabic: أمّ المؤمنين, romanized: ʾumm al- muʾminīn ).