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Aisha bint Abi Bakr [a] (c. 613/614 CE – July 678) was a sixth century 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.
Traditionally, two epochs delineate Muhammad's life and career: pre-Hijrah Mecca between 570 and 622; and post-Hijrah Medina between 622 and his death in 632. "Hijrah" refers to Muhammad's migration, alongside the early Muslims, from Mecca to Medina due to the Meccans' persecution of the early Muslims. All but two of his marriages were ...
Ancestors of Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife, Khadija bint Khuwaylid. Khadija's mother, Fatima bint Za'idah, who died in 575, [3] was a member of the Amir ibn Luayy clan of the Quraysh [4] and a third cousin of Muhammad's mother, Amina. [5] [6] Khadija's father, Khuwaylid ibn Asad, was a merchant [7] and leader.
The children of Muhammad are said to have been born to his first wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid, except his son Ibrahim, who was born to Maria al-Qibtiyya. None of Muhammad's sons reached adulthood, but he had an adult foster son, Zayd ibn Harithah. Daughters of Muhammad all reached adulthood but only Fatima survived her father.
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]
Shi'a state that Muhammad's young wife, A'isha, disliked both Fatima and her husband Ali; [3] that Aisha envied the relationship between Fatima and Ali, and also Muhammad's high regard for Fatima as deceased Khadijah bint Khuwaylid's only daughter.
Al-Tabari lists Maria as both one of Muhammad's wives and his slave, perhaps using "wife" in the sense of one whom Muhammad slept with and who mothered his child. [32] Mariyah the Copt was presented to the Messenger of God, given to him by al-Muqawqis, the ruler of Alexandria, and she gave birth to the Messenger of God's son Ibrahim.
She was born in circa 589 or 594. [1] She was the daughter of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and Safiyyah bint Abi al-'As. [1] Abu Sufyan was the chief of the Umayya clan, and he was the leader of the whole Quraysh tribe and the most powerful opponent of Muhammad in the period 624–630.