Who was ʿĀʾisha bint Abī Bakr?

"his time among his wives and intended to divorce Saada bint Zama when she became old. She offered her night to Aisha. When Saada became elderly and feared that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, might leave her, she said, O Messenger of Allah, my day is for Aisha. It is reported that he wanted to separate from her, and when Saada became old, she gave her day to Aisha, and he would assign Aisha the day of Saada. A hadith from Aisha reports, he visited his wives in one night, and another narration states he visited nine wives in a single forenoon. It is also reported that he visited his nine wives in one night. A hadith states, what"

"while ill to visit each of his wives, dividing the nights among them. In another narrative, when the illness grew severe, he asked, where will I be tomorrow? They informed him and he recognized he wanted to be with Aisha. The narration is recorded by Bukhari from Aisha's tradition, stating he asked during his illness leading to his death, where will I be tomorrow? Indicating his desire for Aisha's day and his wives granted him permission to be wherever he wished. When Sa'd gave up her night to Aisha and asked the Prophet to keep her in the marital union till she would be resurrected with his wives, he allowed it,"

"desires be cursed. This is because if a man follows her desires, he becomes her slave. There is a hadith about racing with Aisha, where he beat her and she beat him, narrated by Abu Dawud on Nasa'i in Al-Kubra and Ibn Majah from Aisha with a sound chain. Another hadith describes him as the most amusing person with his wives, narrated by Hassan ibn Sufyan in his Musnad from Anas. However, the phrase, with his wives, is mentioned by Al-Bazar in At-Tabarani in Al-Saghir and Al-Awsat, saying, With a boy, with Ibn Lahiyya in the chain. Aisha's hadith about watching Abyssinians playing on a festival day, where the messenger, peace be upon him, asked if she wanted to"

"be upon him, was just in providing and staying with them at night, and would say, O Allah, this is my division concerning what I control, so do not hold me accountable for what you control and I do not. He meant love. Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, was the most beloved of his wives to him, and the rest of his wives were aware of this. He would be carried in his illness to visit each of his wives, spending a night at each, saying, where will I be tomorrow? Aware of his intentions, one of the wives remarked that he was asking about Aisha's day. So they said, O Messenger of Allah, we allow you to stay at Aisha's house, as it is"

"observed that the Prophet prayed two light units, followed by two long units, then progressively shorter units, concluding with the Witr, making a total of 13 units. Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, shared that the Prophet, peace be upon him, would not exceed 11 units in prayer during Ramadan or otherwise. He would pray four units, noted for their beauty and length, followed by another four, and then three. When Aisha asked if he slept before the Witr, he replied, oh Aisha, my eyes sleep, but my heart does not sleep. Another narration from Aisha mentions that the Prophet would pray 11 units at night, ending with one unit, and"

"Allah, peace be upon him, two units before Dhuhr, two after it, two after Maghrib in his house, and two after Aisha in his house. Hafsa informed Ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, would pray two units when dawn broke and the caller called out. Ayyub added, and I think he said they were light. Ibn Umar also memorized from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, eight units, two before Dhuhr, two after it, two after Maghrib, and two after Aisha. He mentioned that Hafsa informed him about the two units of the dawn prayer, which he had not seen from the Prophet, peace be upon him. Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her,"

"for Ramadan. Muhammad ibn Bashar narrated from Umm Salama who said, I did not see the Prophet, peace be upon him, fasting two consecutive months except for Shaban and Ramadan. It is noted that this hadith has been narrated by others from Aisha may Allah be pleased with her about the Prophet, peace be upon him. It is possible that Abu Salama Ibn Abdul Rahman narrated this hadith from both Aisha and Umm Salama. Hanad narrated from Aisha who said, I did not see the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, fasting in a month more than he fasted for Allah and Shaban. He would fast Shaban except for a little rather he would fast at all. It is"

"When someone asked al-Darqoutni about this Hadith he explained that others narrated as Mursal Meaning with a missing link from Aisha, which is what is preserved. This refers to the Hadith of Abu Hazim from Abu Hurairah from Aisha Indicating it is not preserved and preferring the chain of Malik bin Migwal from Abd al-Rahman bin Sa'id from Aisha as mentioned in Tirmidhi A bird was brought forth and he examined it then said no prey is hunted nor any tree cut except for what they neglected of glorifying God When he was on his deathbed he said to Aisha. Oh my daughter"

"Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, recounted an incident where a group of Jews entered upon the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and said, "Death upon you. The Prophet replied, "Upon you. Aisha responded with, "Upon you be death and curses. The Prophet advised her, "O Aisha, Allah loves gentleness in everything. She questioned, "Did you not hear what they said? He answered, "I have already said, 'Upon you.'" The Prophet, peace be upon him, also instructed, "The rider should greet the pedestrian, the pedestrian should greet the one seated, the smaller group should greet the larger group, and the younger should greet the elder.""

"his companion from the devils. When asked if this included him he confirmed, yes, but Allah helped me against him and he accepted Islam. Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, peace be upon him, shared an account where she felt jealous one night when the Prophet left her place. Upon his return he asked, what is wrong with you O Aisha? Are you jealous? She replied, how can one like me not be jealous over one like you? The Prophet then asked, did your devil take hold of you? Aisha inquired if she had a devil with her to which he replied, yes. She asked if every human had one and he confirmed, yes, even me, but my Lord assisted me against him"