Aisha is remembered as the youngest wife of Prophet Muhammed pbuh, one of the most beloved. Apart from being a wife, she was also a scholar, and played a major role in the politics of her times. She is known to have narrated 2210 hadiths (traditions containing his sayings.
Prophet Muhammad pbuh which, with accounts of his daily practice (the Sunna), constitute the major source of guidance for Muslims apart from the Quran) about various topics including those about inheritance and pilgrimage.
After the death of the Prophet her relevance in the Islamic community increased manyfold. She defied the growing patriarchal constructs by taking to public speech even though she continued to veil herself.
After Uthman’s death, she led an army against the Ali in the Battle of the Camel in 656 CE. She lost the Battle but it lay a prominent mark on her legacy.
After this loss on the battlefield, she retreated to the home & started translating hadiths & spreading the Islamic word.
Even though her retreat is sometimes looked at as an example of women’s failure in defying patriarchy, yet it was a historically important attempt at the same as it laid the ground for generations after her.
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Khadijah was the wife of Prophet Muhammed & has the distinction of being the first Muslim. She was born in a merchant family in the Quraysh tribe of Mecca, & effectively learned the business of trade from her father. Soon after her father’s death she took over the business.
mainly traded between Mecca, Syria, and Yemen. At a time when trades & businesses were completely dominated by men, she was one of the most successful traders of Mecca and known for her honesty & benevolence. She often fed & clothed the poor & also assisted her relatives in need.
Before marrying the Prophet, she had been widowed twice & had decided that she would not marry again. After hiring the Prophet for taking her trading caravans to Syria, she was impressed by his honesty & reconsidered the prospect of marriage.
I don’t apologize for calling out a bigot that invited a Nazi-like genocide. I do apologize for not being in the slightest bit interested in politics which I find boring. I do understand that those that understand the power, own it & control the masses, but I have my own mind.
I know I probably will disappointing many, but I believe in peace & humanity. I believe in love and living in harmony. I don’t believe in war, because no one ever wins. Find me a woman or father that will happily send their darling son to war & we will have a topic to discuss.
I was told I was attacking the RRS & defending Tabligi Jamaat. Sorry
I’m all the way in the Emirates & I read on every subject under the sun EXCEPT politics. History gave me a brief introduction but I don’t speak Hindi so don’t persume I magically can comprehend the Hindi English