Who is aisha

Search: Search. This new entry in the highly regarded Makers of the Muslim World series introduces one of the greatest women mystics in Islamic history. Buy from Amazon UK. Buy from Waterstones. Buy from Amazon US. Buy from Blackwell's. A Sufi master and an Arab poet, her religious writings were extensive by any standard and extraordinary for her time.

Taking all known accounts and records of Aisha's age at marriage, estimates of her age range from nine to Because of this, it is impossible to know with any certainty how old Aisha was. What we do know is what the Qur'an says about marriage: that it is valid only between consenting adults, and that a woman has the right to choose her own spouse. As the living embodiment of Islam, Muhammad's actions reflect the Qur'an's teachings on marriage, even if the actions of some Muslim regimes and individuals do not.

Sadly, in many countries, the imperatives motivating the marriage of young girls are typically economic. In others, they are political. The fact that Iran and Saudi Arabia have both sought to use the saying concerning Aisha's age as a justification for lowering the legal age of marriage tells us a great deal about the patriarchal and oppressive nature of those regimes, and nothing about Muhammad, or the essential nature of Islam.

The stridency of those who lend credence to these literalist interpretations by concurring with their warped view of Islam does not help those Muslims who seek to challenge these aberrations. The Islamophobic depiction of Muhammad's marriage to Aisha as motivated by misplaced desire fits within a broader Orientalist depiction of Muhammad as a philanderer.

This idea dates back to the crusades. According to the academic Kecia Ali: "Accusations of lust and sensuality were a regular feature of medieval attacks on the prophet's character and, by extension, on the authenticity of Islam. Since the early Christians heralded Christ as a model of celibate virtue, Muhammad — who had married several times — was deemed to be driven by sinful lust. This portrayal ignored the fact that before his marriage to Aisha, Muhammad had been married to Khadija, a powerful businesswoman 15 years his senior, for 25 years.

When she died, he was devastated and friends encouraged him to remarry. A female acquaintance suggested Aisha, a bright and vivacious character. Aisha's union would also have cemented Muhammad's longstanding friendship with her father, Abu Bakr. This incident reveals several things about her.

First, she R. Also, at such a tender age, she R. She hardly ever forgot something once she heard it. It shows that Messenger of Allah S. Prophet S. The young bride, then, moved to the new house of the Prophet S.

The room was furnished with a mattress of palm-leaves beneath which there was nothing but a mat. As for the door it was just a curtain of hair. In such a modest room, Aisha R. Following are some of many blessings from Allah which distinguished Aisha R. The Angel showed her image wrapped in green silk to Prophet S.

The Messenger of Allah S. She was born a Muslim and had been brought up in a pure environment and spent her formative years with the purest and best of all creatures i-e Messenger of Allah S. Among her unique characteristics is that the Prophet S. As a wife of the Prophet S. She became a model for all women anywhere and in any time, she was an ideal wife. She relieved the Prophet's S. She endured poverty and hunger with the Prophet S.

According to many sources, it is said that they both spent two or three months without cooking. All what they feed on were just dates and water. Therefore, she became so knowledgeable that she was able to teach men and was a source of authorization and documentation in hadith transmission. They could even dare to insult and malign his clean private life. When the march for return from Banu Mustaliq was ordered, Aisha R.

As the chamber, in which she was travelling, was veiled and her absence was not noticed until the army reached the next stop for rest. When Aisha R. It was night and she fell asleep. Next morning, she was found by Safwan ibn Al-Muattal R. He put her on his camel while leading the camel on foot and started to walk quickly to catch up with the army.

They could not catch up with the soldiers for a long time.