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Khawla Bint Hakim & Uthman Ibn Madhun: The Righteous Couple | The Firsts
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Shurahbil Ibn Hasana (ra): The Scribe and Commander | The Firsts Shorts
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Khalid ibn al-Walid (ra): The Legendary Military General | The Firsts
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Amr ibn al-As (ra): His Wicked Father and “Better” Brother | The Firsts
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Tulayha ibn Khuwaylid (ra): From False Prophet to Shaheed | The Firsts
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Zayd ibn al-Khattab (ra): The Quiet Brother of Omar (ra) | The Firsts
Aisha bint Abu Bakr (ra): Legacy and Life after Rasulallah ﷺ | The Firsts
The series finale on the remarkable legacy and life of Aisha (ra). What was her life like after the death of the beloved Prophet ﷺ, and what were her unique distinctions that live on until today.
The Firsts is a weekly video series that chronicles the lives of the sahabah during and after the time of the Prophet ﷺ.
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This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings. ترجمات ونشر الفيديوهات بواسطة حساب التنفيذ وإعجاب ومشاركة ترجمات ونشر الفيديوهات بواسطة حساب التنفيذ وإعجاب ومشاركة السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته أعوذ بالله و بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين والعظمان إلا على الظالمين والعاقبة للمتقين اللهم صلي وسلم مبارك على عبدك ورسولك محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وصحبه وسلم تسليما كثيرا إن شاء الله يا أخواتي والأخوات سنكمل الليلة وننتهي القصة عن أمنا عائشة رضي الله عنها وعلى الله أن يكون متبكراً بها وعن هذا الجزء من حياتها قليل من الناس يسألوني ماذا نفعل الأن لم يدركوا أن هناك درس آخر بعد درس الأسبوع الماضي عندما تحدثنا عن عائشة رضي الله عنها ولكن هذا الجزء من حياتها يبدو مثيراً لأنه بعد موت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ويصبح هذا الجزء من حياتها لذلك لكي أعطيكم بعض التنبيهات عندما قد مات النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كانت قريباً من 20 سنة كانت ستعيش لخمسة عاماً كاملاً حتى 50 سنة بعد موت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لذلك أغلب حياتها بعد موت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أغلب حياتها بمجرد أنها حياتها بعد موت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ولكن حياتها بشكل عام تجمع تلك السنة التي كانت لها مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لذلك قمت بمضيها سنة واحدة مع الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم وكل شيء بعدها يتعلق بالتنبيه لعائشة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وبدأت ترى كيف تنهي حقوق الحب عندما قد مات النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في منزلها كانت تلك المنزل ستبقى مركز مدينة ولكن الآن بدلا من النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
يخرج من ذلك المنزل لتقابل الناس فإن عائشة رضي الله عنها تعلم من ذلك المنزل كل الأشياء التي كنا نعرفها عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ولم نعرفها عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بطريقة يمكننا أن نحبه أكثر ونحبه أكثر ولكن سبحان الله في كل التصويرات عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وعنها في الجنة لأنه تذكر جبريل عليه السلام قال للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم هذه زوجتك في هذا الدنيا وفي الجنة هذه ستكون زوجتك في هذه الحياة وفي الحياة القادمة وعندما قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ذلك لعائشة رضي الله عنها لإعطائها الأشياء الجميلة وكانت هي الوحيدة أخرى من خديجة رضي الله عنها وعندما قال نبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أنت تحبه وأنت تحبه وأنت تحبه وأنت تحبه وأنت تحبه وأنت تحبه وأنت تحبه وأنت تحبه وأنت تحبه وأنت تحبه وأنت تحبه وأنت تحبه وأنت تحبه لِيَهَوَّنُوا بِذَٰلِكَ عَلَيَّ عِندَ مَوْتِي أقول هذا مرة أخرى لقد رأيت عائشة في الجنة كأني أنا أنظر إلى بياضي كفيها لِيَهَوَّنُوا بِذَٰلِكَ عَلَيَّ عِندَ مَوْتِي يقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في هذه المقابلة أنني رأيت عائشة رضي الله تعالى عنها في الجنة ورأيت داخل جنةها لكي يصبح الأمر آسفاً لصنع الأمر لدي ويظهر لك أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عندما يتحرك من هذا العالم هو أيضاً لديه حب مدهش لأيها الناس الذين يتركونهم خلفه صلى الله عليه وسلم والله سبحانه وتعالى يمنحه الحمد لله
لتحركه أيضاً صلى الله عليه وسلم أن كل هؤلاء الناس الذين تتركونهم خلفك خصوصاً عائشة رضي الله عنها ستتبعونك إلى الجنة ويجعلنا من بين هؤلاء الناس الذين يتركون رسولنا صلى الله عليه وسلم في الجنة وفي هذا الوضع يوجد هذا الوصف الذي تذكره العلماء أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم خرج الجنة خرج الرفيق الأعلى وخرج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أحد الأشياء التي ترىها كمثال مستمر من النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم إلى الجنة التالية وكيف نتعاون به بإذن الله هو أن كل لحظة من النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ستكون مصدراً لنا ومقابلاً لأولئك الذين يتبعونه صلى الله عليه وسلم حتى نلتقي به في حوضه يا الله سبحانه وتعالى دعنا نكون بين هؤلاء الناس اللهم أمين لذلك مع عائشة رضي الله عنها هذا الراحة المحددة التي تم إعطائها النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أنك تأتي معي وهذا الرحل المحدد الذي كان يجعلها تتبع أن هذا الرحل هو فقط رحل محل من هذا الدنيا كان شيء ينعشها لأعوامها في الأعشاب القادمة هل تتذكر حلمها عندما تتبع ثلاثة أمين في منزلها قالت أن والدي عبد البكر رضي الله عنه جاء لي بعد موت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وذكرني بهذا الحلم الذي كان لدي أن ثلاثة أمين جاءت إلى منزلي ثلاثة أمين جاءت إلى منزلي وقال أبو بكر رضي الله عنه أن أفضل ثلاثة أشخاص في هذا العالم خير أهل الأرض أفضل ثلاثة أشخاص في هذا العالم ستكونون محبوبين في منزلك وعندما قد مات النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أبو بكر رضي الله عنه
جاء لي وذكرني قال خير أقمارك يا عائشة أفضل أمينك يا عائشة أفضل أمينك تذكر هذا الحلم الذي كان لديك هذا هو أفضل من ثلاثة أمينك الذي كان محبوبا في منزلك النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يعيش بجانبها فتخيل أنك تعيش في منزلك التي شاركت كل ذاك المذكورات وكانت تنتظر أن يأتي النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وأن يأتي بجانبها وأنه الآن محبوب بجانبها تفكر في الانقسام المؤلم وذهب إلى مقبض الأحزاب تخيل عندما كان هناك روحه صلى الله عليه وسلم وكم عدد من الوقت التي يجب أن تعود خلال تلك السنين المائية كل ذاك المحاولات مع الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم وعندما تشارك أكثر من 2000 حديث عنه تقع جانبا جانبا لجنبه صلى الله عليه وسلم وكل الوقت يجب أن تعيش أخرى من حيات النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كل ذلك هنا جانبا رضي الله عنها لذلك هي في منزلها ونبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في منزلها ومن ثم يأتي حياة أبو بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه كخليفة والدها وتخلص لنا أحياء أخيرة أبو بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه فقدت أمها أم رمان رضي الله عنها فقدت أحبابها والآن أبو بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه يترك ويستيقظ أبو بكر ويومه يومي ويستيقظ 63 سنة ويدرك أن موته يشبه موت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بالضبط كما ذكره فسأل عائشة كم عمر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عندما قد مات عائشة رضي الله عنها قلت 63 سنة قلت الحمد لله قلت في أي يوم قد مات مرة أخرى؟ كان يومي الحمد لله وماذا كان يرتدي؟ هذا ما كان يرتدي الثلاثة خطوط
وكان يرتدي نفسه في نفس الخطوط كما كان يرتدي النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عندما قد مات في عمر 63 سنة ويقف وينتظر موته يأتي إليه رضي الله عنه لكي يتم إحتفاظ به ويوجد رأسه رضي الله عنه على رأس النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم سبحان الله فتخيل عائشة عندما تسير في غرفة هذا هو شعورها وهذه هي منزلها ونحن في منزلها الآن كانت أول مون وكانت أبو بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه أول مون والآن تأتي الثالث مون الآن هناك شيء تخيل أن تكونها ومن ثم تسأل أن تقضي عبارتك خلف النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وأبو بكر والاب هذا سيكون أحد أفعال الجنسية الأكبر التي ستجدها كانت تحضر نفسها لموتها وكانت في تأكيدها أنها ستتمكن من المغامرة خلف النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وأبو بكر والاب ويجب أن يكون هذا وهذا هو التوقع وليس هناك شيء يتغير ذلك إلا أنه يتجاوز بمعالجة مذهلة الآن ماذا يحدث؟ عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه يترك ويقول لأبنه يا أبني عبد الله ارسل عائشة واسألها عن إسماء إذا كنت أستطيع أن أتميز خلف النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وأبو بكر تذكر أن المشكلة في مدينة دائما كانت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وابو بكر وعمر فقط الوضع الوحيد أن هؤلاء الثلاث كانوا دائماً معاً يسيرون بين الناس في مدينة وأنهم الآن يتميزون معاً في مدينة ولكن اسمع ما يقول عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه يقول لا تضغط عليها فقط اطلبها لا تضغط عليها وفي الواقع
عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه يضع هذا المزيد يقول اسألها إن كانت متأكدة ثم تذهب وتسألها مرة أخرى إن كانت متأكدة وإن قالت نعم فأتى عبد الله إلى عائشة وكان عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه يموت بعد أن تم إصابته وقال لها أن والدي يطلب المسمى أن يتم إصابته مع أصدقائه مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وعنده أبو بكر ولكن لا يوجد ضغط في الأمر فقط اطلباته عند نهاية حياته تذكر عندما عائشة رضي الله عنها وهذا ما أتواصل بهذا الحديث هو ذلك الموقف المذهل عندما كانت تنام بجانب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وقال للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لها المسمى لتصلي في البداية لتصلي وقال للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أحب قربك أحب قربك ولكن أحب أكثر ما يجعلك سعيداً كما أحب قربك أحب ما يسرك ما يجعلك سعيداً يا رسول الله أكثر من أن أحب قربك وهذا مرة أخرى من هذا ولكنه يتأثر على أكثر من أحد الليل عندما تأتي عبد الله مع هذا المطلب قال كنت أريده بنفسي قالت أريد هذا المطلب من نفسي ولكنها قالت اليوم سأجهزه أو سأفضل عمر رضي الله عنه مني لأنني أعلم أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كان سعيداً به وكم أحببته النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم سبحان الله قالت سأفضله من نفسي حتى لو أردت هذا فعبد الله عاد إلى عمر وعمر رضي الله عنه مات وعمر
سأله مباشرة ما لديك؟ فقال أذنت لك يا أمير المؤمنين قالت أنت تأخذ هذا المطبخ بدلاً منها وقال أنه ليس هناك شيء أكثر محباً من أن يتم إحترامه في هذا المكان لكن قال فإذا قبطت فحملوني ثم سلموا ثم قل يستأذن عمر رضي الله عنه عمر رضي الله عنه قال ولكن عندما أموت أخذني مرة أخرى وأسأل عن المسمى أسأل عائشة رضي الله عنها مرة أخرى هل لديه إسم فإن أذنت لي فاتفنوني وإذا قالت نعم فاتفنوني وإلا فردوني إلى مقابر المسلمين وإذا فكرت في هذا الموضوع بعد وقت ما وقالت لا أريد أن أرسل مكاني ربما قد أجاب في لحظة من أجل أن عمر رضي الله عنه قد تم إصابته وأنها فكرت في ذلك وأنها تنسى ذلك وأنها تنسى أنها تحبه وأنها تحب أبو بكر فقال عمر رضي الله عنه إسمع إذا كانت تبدو أنها تغيرت نفسها فأخذني مرة أخرى وأخذني مع المسلمين فأخذهم عمر رضي الله عنه مرة أخرى وعبد الله ذهب إلى المقابر بعد أن قد مات وطلب المسمى وعائشة رضي الله عنها أعطت المسمى وفضلت عمر رضي الله عنه لنفسها لأنها تحب المسلمين وأنها تحب المسلمين فأخذتهم وفضلتهم وفضلتهم وفضلتهم وفضلتهم وفضلتهم وفضلتهم
وفضلتهم وفضلتهم وفضلتهم وفضلتهم وفضلتهم وفضلتهم وفضلتهم وعائشة رضي الله عنها كنت، بدأ في غ رمز أ spel هل ستقول هذا أيضا الفداية يا ن arriv سام ، لذا فتحنا لكن يتحدث يا حبي و車 ويجب أن تدخل إلى هذا المنزل لماذا؟ هل يجب أن ترتدي حجاب في منزلها حيث تحتجن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أبو بكر وعمر؟ لماذا ترتدي حجابها؟ قالت بحرية مع عمر حتى عندما كان ميت عائشة كانت مريحة في الوصول إلى المنزل في ذلك الموقف بحرية مع عمر وعندما كان ميت الله يكون متعباً بهم جميعاً هذا يصبح عمل كبير من الحضرة على حقها لا يجب أن يتخلص ورأيك كيف حفظت الله حتى لو لم يتم إخفاء عائشة قريباً من النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم هي مستقلة منه صلى الله عليه وسلم عندما نقرأ الكتاب ونتواصل إلى رسولنا وفي الوضع الطبيعي نتواصل إلى أمنا الآن نتحدث عن الأشياء التي حدثت بعدها كان هناك الكثير من المسائل الكثير من الأسئلة التي لا تحتاجها لإجابة ومعنى عائشة كانت أنها تسأل النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عن أشياء لم تتواصل معها مباشرة وكانت ذلك لفائدة المسلمين كما كانت تتعلق بعقيدة أو فقه كما كانت تتعلق بحرية أو حكومة لذلك كثيراً من حياتها
بعد موت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم تجاوز الآن بعض الأسئلة تتحدث عن بعض هذه الأسئلة لذلك عندما يتعلق بالأمور عن القران أو عن التفسير عندما يتحدث النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عن يوم الوصول من يوقش الحساب عذب يقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم من يطلب على يوم الوصول أو من يتعامل على يوم الوصول سيكون محقًا عائشة رضي الله عنها قلت يا رسول الله لا يقول الله يقول أن المؤمنين سيكونون محقًا ومسؤولين ويقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم هذا هو العرض أو عائشة هذا هو تفاعل الوصول لكن من يوقش الحساب إذا بدأ الله في التسجيل ويسأل عن وصفاتك ستكون محقًا عندما يقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أن الناس سيتم إرسالهم بدون أسلوب هي التي تقول لهم أنتظر يا رسول الله الرجال والنساء لن ينظرون إلى بعضهم البعض لن ينظرون إلى بعضهم البعض لن ينظرون إلى بعضهم البعض ويقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم الأمر أشد من ذلك الموضوع أشد من ذلك عندما يقول الله يسارعون في الخيرات هم من يسارعون في الخيرات عائشة رضي الله عنها قلت يا رسول الله هل هذا يتحدث عن الخائنين عندما يأتي أحدهم من حياته الغير محقة من تتعاون الله سبحانه وتعالى بإنهم سيقومون بإنقاذ حياتهم من أجل الله سبحانه وتعالى ويقومون بكل نوع من الأشياء الجيدة يقول لا لا عائشة هذا يتحدث عن أشخاص يدعون ويقومون بالخيارات وهم يخافون وفي الوقت الذي يخافون أنه لن يقبلهم يسارعون في الخيرات يسارعون في القيام بأكثر وأكثر وقيم جيدة الأسئلة عن حياته الغير محقة النبي عندما تقول يا رسول الله
هل حدث لك أي شيء أسوأ من أحد القتال في أحد تذكر أنها رأيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في أحد وحظة التي كانت لها النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم مع موته أبيه ومع موته بعض أصدقائه المحبوبين مع الدم ينزل ويقول لها النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أن الطائف كان أكثر صعباً من أحد ويبدأ في تكلمها رضي الله عنها عن الطائف عندما تقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عائشة رضي الله عنها أن الكعبة ليست مبنية بطريقة التي بنيتها إبراهيم عليه السلام وقالت يا رسول الله لماذا لا تبنيها بطريقة مناسبة والكعبة كانت شكلاً ركتاني وكانت الباب على الأرض لكي يمكن الناس الدخول من باب واحد والخروج من الباب الآخر عندما تبنيت قريش فهي تركت من المال الصحيح وبنتها كمسكينة وقاموا ببناء المسكينة ورسموا الباب لكي يمكن الناس الدخول منه وقال يا رسول الله لماذا لا تبنيها بطريقة مناسبة وقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لعائشة رضي الله عنها أنه لو لم يكن الناس قريبين من الأيام المغفرة فلقد فعلت ذلك لكنها أمتدت قبلهم لن يكونوا مستعدين لذلك فسيسببون في تغيير غير مفترض وقامت بذلك بطريقة تنقذ أمة المسكينة وقامت بتعلم دعاء من النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فسيصبح رمضان وما هي الدعاء التي ستقوم بها في الأيام الماضية ومن يجعلنا نعيش لرؤيتها ما هي الدعاء اللهم أنك عفو فعفو عني كيف نعلم ذلك هي هي الشخصة التي طلبت من النبي يا رسول الله ما هي الدعاء التي يجب أن أقوم بها وهذا ما قلته النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لتزيد في القول اللهم أنك عفو
فعفو عني هي هي الشخصة التي طلبت من النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم الدعاء عن ما يجب أن نقوله عندما ندخل إلى المخزن لذلك تحصل على هذا الدعاء من النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لذلك تجيب على هذه الأسئلة ويجب أن تجيب على هذه الأسئلة بعض الأشياء المزعجة في الأيام الماضية من أجل أمور الأنصار أو أمور بين زوجة وزوجة هذه هي تقصير مرتبطة من عائشة رضي الله عنها وقالت قبلها نعم النساء نساء الأنصار أفضل أمور الأنصار هي أمور الأنصار لم يمنعهن الحياء يتفقهن في الدين فإن شعرهم بالحسن لم يتوقفهم من فهم دينهم لذلك سألوا النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بعض الأسئلة وعائشة رضي الله عنها ستسأل الأسئلة للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وعائشة رضي الله عنها تعلمت الكثير من الأسئلة حيث تتعلق بطهارة الأنسان وما إلى ذلك هناك نصيحة محددة حيث أتت للمرأة إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وقالت لهنا يا رسول الله كيف أتطهر يا رسول الله كيف أتطهر يا رسول الله كيف أتطهر وقالت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لكنها كانت تطهر وكثيرا وقالت أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم تغطيت وجهه وقال سبحان الله تطهري بها تعلمها إذا أتيت من طهارة ما أدتيها وعائشة مدعوتها إلى الجانب ووضعها أمام النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فهي تعلمت كل الأسئلة while the Prophet ﷺ was alive to explain things in detail, we had our mother Aisha radhiAllahu anha, as we said as well, you know, some of the things that distinguish the Muslims from the strictness that Jewish law was known by in Medina between husband and wife, when it came to intimacy between husband and wife,
Aisha radhiAllahu anha was the only one that would narrate that. Now, I'm going to get back to her knowledge. But before I get that, or get to that, what I want to talk about is her lived knowledge, her practice knowledge, her experience knowledge, before we start praising her teaching life after the Prophet ﷺ. The greatest compliment that Urwa ibn Zubayr radhiAllahu anhu says about Aisha radhiAllahu anha is not about her ability to narrate a hadith and things of that sort. He says, no one's salah resembled the salah of the Prophet ﷺ as much as Aisha radhiAllahu anha. She prayed like the Prophet ﷺ. And he wasn't just talking about where she put her hands and how she did rukuh and how she did sujood. I mean, imagine how many times she watched the Prophet ﷺ pray and how many times she prayed behind the Prophet ﷺ. But her khushu' in her salah, her humility, her awe of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala was distinguished and her recitation of the Qur'an was distinguished. It's narrated that she often would begin her recitation from the later part of the night and then she would go all the way until after ad-duha, meaning she would break only for fajr and continue her recitation of the Qur'an. And particularly her recitation in Ramadan was frequent and it was non-stop radhiAllahu ta'ala anha. And Urwa radhiAllahu anhu describes this moment. He says that, I remember one time I came to ask her a question. And he said, I came upon her and she was standing up and reciting one ayah of the Qur'an from surah al-Tur. فَمَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَانَ عَذَابَ السَّمُومِ Allah was merciful to us and protected us from a grievous punishment. And he said that she would recite that one ayah, تَدْعُو وَتَبْكِي تَدْعُو وَتَبْكِي and she'd make dua'a and she'd cry. And then she'd read it again and she'd make dua'a and she'd cry. And he said, I got so tired of waiting for her to finish reciting the Qur'an.
I said, let me go to the marketplace and do my shopping for the day and then I'll come back to her. So he said, I went to the marketplace, I shopped, I went home, I dropped off the stuff, came back to her and she was in the exact same place رضي الله تعالى عنها reciting the same ayah, crying and making dua'a, crying and making dua'a. And one of the narrations of the Prophet ﷺ that he used to stand up صلى الله عليه وسلم the entire night with one ayah of the Qur'an. The Prophet ﷺ sometimes his qiyam was with one ayah of the Qur'an, reciting the same ayah and making dua'a and weeping صلى الله عليه وسلم. So she adopted that khushu' as well from being in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ. Her fasting, Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, he said, كانت عائشة تسوم الدهر The literal translation is Aisha used to fast forever رضي الله تعالى عنها But what he means by that obviously is that it was as if she was always fasting رضي الله تعالى عنها So she was frequent in her salah, frequent in her Qur'an, frequent in her fasting. But her most distinguishable trait was her sadaqah. And subhanallah, there's a story to her charity after the death of the Prophet ﷺ that is extremely touching. It's narrated that Aisha رضي الله تعالى عنها would never eat a full meal except that she would start to cry. You know, subhanallah, imagine she lived one decade with the Prophet ﷺ and she chose Allah and the Messenger and the hereafter over this dunya. And now there are times where a full meal is presented to her. And so she would eat and then she would start to cry. And they would say, what's making you cry, ya ummul mu'mineen? What's making you cry, oh our mother? She said, ما أشبع على طعاما إلا وأنا أبكي
لأني أذكر الحالة التي فارق عليها رسول الله ﷺ الدنيا. She said, I don't eat a meal to my fill. And of course to her fill does not mean that she's luxuriously eating. But that she eats to a point that it's sufficient. Except that I cry because I remember the state in which the Prophet ﷺ left this dunya. And she says, والله ما شبع من خبز ولا لحم مرتين في يوم. He never once had his fill ﷺ from bread or from meat twice in a day. Like the Prophet ﷺ never in his life had two full meals in one day ﷺ. So you imagine while other companions were remembering Mus'ab رضي الله عنه and remembering some of their friends that passed away before them. Aisha is remembering the Prophet ﷺ and saying, he never got to eat this food. He never would eat to his fill ﷺ. So what does that mean? Her life remained and this is also one of the greatest ways to praise her. Her life remained in the same state of poverty after the death of the Prophet ﷺ for 50 years. She never allowed for anyone to elevate her condition like, oh now that he's gone ﷺ and we don't have to live that difficulty I can move on. She did not allow anyone to elevate her circumstances. And they tried and they tried and they tried and they tried. Mu'awiyah رضي الله عنه once sent her a gift of a hundred thousand dirhams. A hundred thousand dirhams. I mean that's enough to take care of her for a very very long time. And Aisha رضي الله عنه was fasting that day and the gift arrived from Mu'awiyah before dhuhr. And they said, wallahi by the time iftar came she didn't have a dirham left of that 100,000
to suffice herself for iftar. She literally took the 100,000 and she gave it all away right away. That's a lifetime salary for her. Another time someone else sent her a hundred thousand dirhams and she divided it between the wives of the Prophet ﷺ and kept nothing for herself. She took the 100,000 and she went and she divided it between Ummahatul Mu'mineen the other wives of the Prophet ﷺ and she kept nothing for herself. Another man Uroa says came to the door one time and he was wrapped up, he was anonymous. And he was carrying 70,000 dirhams. These are huge amounts by the way. 70,000 dirhams. And when he was asked who he is, SubhanAllah look at his response. He said, مُحِبَّن لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ I'm someone who loves the Prophet ﷺ. Here's 70,000 dirhams, Ya Ummul Mu'mineen from me to you. It's just a gift. Don't ask from where it came from. Don't ask any questions. مُحِبَّن لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ SubhanAllah the Ansar used to send their gifts to Aisha's house because they knew the Prophet ﷺ love her the most and when he was with her they wanted to send their gifts then. This man comes and says 70,000 dirhams. She gave it all away in sadaqah that entire day. In fact, Umar radhiAllahu anhu had this the same spirit from the Ansar. He used to radhiAllahu ta'ala anhu give to each of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ 10,000 dirhams as just a salary, as something to take care of them. But then he added 2,000 for Aisha and he said حَبِيبَةُ حَبِيبِ اللَّهِ Don't blame me. This is the beloved one of the beloved one of Allah ﷺ. And Aisha radhiAllahu anhu would give it away. And there are some beautiful stories here. I have a few that I'll share. One of my favorite ones is from Barira. Now if you remember Barira, Barira radhiAllahu anhu is the freed slave of Aisha. Aisha freed her radhiAllahu ta'ala anhu
wa anhun and gave her her freedom. And basically she narrates many of the private stories of Aisha the same way Aisha narrates many of the private stories of the Prophet ﷺ. Barira even after Aisha freed her still stayed with Aisha. So they kind of stayed together for the rest of her life. And then Barira would live for another few years after Aisha and pass away. So many of those internal conversations about Aisha are from Barira radhiAllahu ta'ala anhu who was the freed slave of Aisha radhiAllahu anhu. And she was the one who in hadithatul ifq who in the slander of Aisha. Remember she's the one that the Prophet ﷺ went to and she told the Prophet ﷺ there is no fault on this woman except that sometimes she sleeps and the dough is left uncovered and then the animals come and eat all the dough. This is Barira radhiAllahu ta'ala anhu. So Barira has all these stories of times where people would come to the house and they'd ask for sadaqah and Aisha would give it away. And she says one day we were fasting and a beggar came to the house and asked for something. And Barira answered and said we have nothing in this house. So Barira and Aisha are like sisters in this house. They're both fasting. And Barira says we have nothing. I mean there's literally nothing in this house to give you. And Aisha radhiAllahu anhu said I think we have something. And she goes and she starts to search around the house and search the cupboards until she finds this one cup of barley. This one cup of barley. And that was supposed to be, Barira said I put that away for our iftar. SubhanAllah all they had was one cup of barley and that was going to be their iftar that night. And Aisha radhiAllahu anhu goes searching the house until she can find it, pulls it out and comes back to the beggar and gives it to the beggar. And Barira said I actually got annoyed.
Said what about if our iftar? Like you gave away our iftar. This was the only thing we were going to break our fast on. So Aisha radhiAllahu anhu said, huwa al-razaq. Allah is the sustainer. We're going to be okay. So Barira radhiAllahu anhu she says, I was mocking Aisha radhiAllahu anhu. I mean they're like sisters, right? And I'm saying, you know, I wonder if something's going to fall from the sky. Ayanzid wa Tamran, is something going to come from the sky? Is something going to magically appear? And she's like, you know, you gave away our iftar. We don't have anything to break our fast with. So I wonder where the food is going to come from, right? I wonder where this is going to end up from. And she's saying it obviously lovingly, but it's, you know, like come on, you gave away our one cup of barley. So she said, subhanAllah maghrib came in and we broke our fast with some water and then we prayed. And as soon as we finished praying, someone knocked on the door and said that this is a goat bi-aadi rasoolillah. I've prepared a goat for the family of RasoolAllah sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam. So Barira says that while I'm, you know, mocking or I'm mumbling under my breath out of anger that she gave away our iftar, Aisha radhiAllahu anhu looks at me and she starts repeating all the things I said the day. I guess the dates are going to come from the sky. I guess the water is going to appear from nowhere. I guess, you know, like like teasing back at her like see and she said that she said to me, Ya Barira, when you trust Allah more than you trust what is in your possession, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is going to provide for you. Like Allah huwa razaq. Don't worry. I've been through this before. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala takes care. And so that famous incident where the woman came to the house of Aisha and she only found three dates. She gave the three dates to that woman and her children. She maintained that same mindset when anyone came to the house to beg, even if she had one single date, she'd give it away. And in one narration,
there was a man that came, a beggar that came and asked Aisha radhiAllahu anhu for food and subhanAllah, the wife of the Prophet salAllahu alaihi wa sallam, the most beloved, she found only one grape in her home, one ina. So she brought the grape and she gave it to the beggar. And the man looked at the grape and he said, that's it? Not a dirham, not a bundle of grapes, one grape. And Aisha radhiAllahu anhu said, wa kam fee hatha min mithqali dharrah? And how many atoms worth are in that grape? She recited the ayah, min ya'mal mithqala dharratin khayran yara. So whoever does an atoms worth of good will see it. So it might seem insignificant to you, but I hope from Allah subhanAllah ta'ala that it will be something great. SubhanAllah, you can see her fiqh and her sadaqa as well here, her understanding, her sadaqa. Remember we said she used to perfume the charity? Barira radhiAllahu ta'ala anha, she says, and you'll find this in the books of tafsir, this narration under surat al-insan, innama nu'tu'imukum li wajhil laa, laa nuridu minkum jazaan wala shukura. That when the believers feed people, they say, we feed you only seeking the pleasure of Allah subhanAllah ta'ala, we don't want any gratitude and any compensation from you. So in this narration, when Aisha radhiAllahu ta'ala anha used to send sadaqa to different homes that she knew were in need, she would ask the messenger who came back, maa qalu, what did they say? What did they say when you gave them the charity? Now, like I want you to think about this, you know, if you ever give charity and you get like the orphan profile, or you get something about the person, or you know, you get a message of gratitude, and by the way, I'm not... the charities that do that, may Allah reward you, because it encourages sadaqa, it really does, right? It gives you an emotional personalized experience,
but these are people of ihsan, they're different. They're in another level of excellence. When Aisha was asking, what did they say? What do you think she was asking for? Does anyone know? Raise your hands if you have an idea. Yeah. If it was enough. Good guess, but it's not particularly this one. But that's a really good guess though. Whether they made dua. SubhanAllah, she would say, did they make dua for me when you gave them the food? فَإِذَا ذَكَرَ دُعَاءً فَإِذَا ذَكَرَ دُعَاءً فَإِذَا ذَكَرَ دُعَاءً دَعَتْ لَهُمْ بِمِثْلِهِ لِيَبْقَى لَهَا ثَوَابُ الصَّبَقَةِ خَالِصًا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ She would say, if they made dua for me, tell me what dua they made so I can make the same dua for them, so that the entire reward of the sadaqah can remain for me. Look at that. That's understanding to another level here. Because Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la says, لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمْ جَزَاءً وَلَا شُكُورًا We don't want any payment back and we don't want any gratitude. So if they made dua, let me make the same dua for them because I want to make sure that the whole sadaqah goes to my scale. That's the fiqh of our mother Aisha RadhiAllahu Ta'ala Anha. And SubhanAllah, in this, you can imagine how frustrating it could be to be someone who loves Aisha RadhiAllahu Anha and tries to give her charity or tries to give her something and she never keeps anything for herself. SubhanAllah, one of the most touching stories is narrated precisely because of her sadaqah after the death of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam. So Urwa ibn Zubair RadhiAllahu Ta'ala Anhu, he says, كان عبد الله بن زبير رضي الله عنهما أحب البشر إلى عائشة بعد النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وأبي بكر. He says, Abdullah ibn Zubair was the most beloved person in the world to Aisha after the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and Abu Bakr. Now I need you to understand the story a bit inshaAllah Ta'ala.
So just a quick reminder. Urwa ibn Zubair, Abdullah ibn Zubair. How are they related to Aisha? They are her nephews because their mother is who? Asmaa bint Abu Bakr. So Urwa and Abdullah are the nephews of Aisha. And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam told Aisha that you can call yourself Umm Abdullah, the mother of Abdullah because of your maternal nephew Abdullah ibn Zubair. So Urwa here who narrates so many of these ahadith, so much of the seerah. I mean the greatest source of seerah that we have is Urwa to Aisha, to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam. Urwa is saying, look, the person that Aisha loved most after the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and Abu Bakr was her son, Abdullah ibn Zubair. وكان أبرّ ناسي بها. And he was the most obedient person to her. He used to honor her as well. So there was a special relationship between Abdullah ibn Zubair رضي الله عنهما and Aisha رضي الله عنها that lasted far after the death of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam. وكانت لا تمسك شيئا مما جاءها من رزق الله إلا تصدقت. And she would not hold anything that came to her from the sustenance of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala except that she gave it away in charity. So one day Abdullah ibn Zubair said something publicly that was very insulting and he slipped. And it hurt Aisha's feelings. He said, ينبغي أن يُأخذ على يديها. He said, someone should actually tie her hands, meaning someone should start preventing her from basically running her own affairs. Now the indication here is that she can't run her own affairs anymore. And that was extremely insulting to Aisha. Now he's saying it from a place of love. Like, I want to take care of her affairs. I'm not going to let her give sadaqah anymore. I'm going to make sure that she keeps something to herself because she's getting too much with this.
Like, charity is always leaving her house and no money stays in her house and she's not taking care of herself. So he's saying this from a place of love. But the way he said it was deeply insulting to Aisha. So when the news got back, like it was kind of awkward that he said that in public. That from now on someone should take care of her affairs, tie her hands. When the news got to her, she said, he said that? He said, yeah. She said, well, I'll never speak to him again. That's a tough one. I'll never talk to him again. I mean, subhanAllah, that was how hurt. Now imagine, this is of course the human side that is important for us to study and to learn. She obviously said it because of how much she loves him. Like, you think, you're like, is it really that big of a deal? But why do you think it's that big of a deal? Because of how much she loves him. That's her son, right? That's the closest thing she's had to a son and she felt like he insulted her in public and she was so hurt that he's almost suggesting like, I'll never talk to him again. When Abdullah ibn Zubayr heard that, he was devastated. Like, what did I do to myself? And he's afraid now of what's going to happen. Like, am I going to die while she's upset with me? Is she going to die while she's upset with me? So this narration is actually a very profound one because Abdullah ibn Zubayr wants to find a way now to get back on good terms with her and he's afraid because of what she said. So Abdullah ibn Zubayr didn't want to go and knock on her door, even though he's her nephew and he can just enter upon her, because he was afraid she wouldn't answer, right? Because she said, well, I won't speak to him. So he actually plots with two uncles of the Prophet ﷺ, Abdurrahman ibn al-Aswad, al-Miswar ibn al-Makhrar. So the uncles, meaning the the the maharam, these are people that are mahram to her, to basically go to Aisha radhiyaAllahu ta'ala anha and to steal the Prophet's
and to sneak into her home. It's really interesting here because he does this using the Arabic language. So he says that I'm going to go with you two and ask permission to enter upon Aisha and if she says yes, respond to her and say, kulluna, all of us can enter. So it's really the two of you and she'll probably just think it's a slip of tongue, but just say the two of us, kulluna, and Aisha radhiyaAllahu ta'ala anha will say, yes, all of you come in, meaning the two of you, right? So they go and Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr is with them and he you know says while he's with them, they ask permission to enter and they say kulluna, all of us, and Aisha radhiyaAllahu ta'ala anha says all of you. So Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr jumps in. Fakeshfa al-sitr and he removes the curtain, fa'a'taqaha wa baka wa baka ta'a'isha buka'an kathira. He grabbed her and he hugged her and he started to cry and she started to cry. This is how much this mother loves her son. This is how much the son loves her mother and truly subhanAllah when you read this type of stuff, you realize like this relationship is closer than a mother and a son, like if she was actually or if he was actually her son. Right? So he's crying and she's crying. Wana shadhaha ibn al-Zubayr and ibn al-Zubayr starts to plea with her, Allah wa'r-rahim, you know, for the sake of Allah, forgive me and wa'r-rahim and our ties, you know, and the way the Prophet ﷺ said we have to maintain our family, you know, kinship. And the other two men as well, the uncle starts to say to Aisha, Aisha forgive him, let it go. It's okay. He didn't mean it. He just slipped. It was a silly mistake that he made. Wadhakara laha qawla rasoolilahi ﷺ and they reminded her of the Prophet ﷺ saying
something that she narrated. la yahlul muslimin an yahjura akhaahu fawqa thalath. They said you're the one who narrated the Prophet ﷺ said that no one should abandon their brother or abandon another Muslim for three days. So Aisha radiallahu anha, she's crying and she she says, you know, I want to forgive you. She said but I took an oath. What do I do? So she's afraid now of the oath that she took because she said as another as an oath, I'll never speak to you again. So subhanAllah at that point this woman of sadaqah, what does she do? Some money had come to her from Yemen, a gift came to her from Yemen and it was a lot of money. I mean imagine look if you're a good Muslim and Islam has come to you and you're hearing all these narrations about Aisha radiallahu anha and you know, she's still alive and you love the Prophet ﷺ. What are you gonna do if you have money? Right, you're gonna send money to the house of the Prophet ﷺ. So it just so happens subhanAllah that a lot of money had come. Aisha radiallahu anha took all of that money and she freed over 40 slaves with that money. SubhanAllah to free herself from the nathir, from the oath that she had taken. And more came to her and she continued to free in one narration, she freed over a hundred people subhanAllah because of fear of having transgressed with that nathir. Now, nowadays we just say oaths right and left, right and then I can fast three days right and get this over with, right? Look at Aisha radiallahu anha, she's like I don't know what to do with myself because I don't want to meet Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala having violated his name. Yes, I said it in emotion, yes, Abdullah is like my son but I don't want to meet Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with this n'oof. He says, ثُمَّ سَمِعْتُهَا بَعْدُ تَذْكُرُ نَذْرَهَا ذَلِكَ فَتَبْكِي حَتَّى تَبُلَّ خِمَارَهَا And he said, I remember after that, every time she'd even remember that nathir, that she said that, that she took that oath that I won't speak to him again, even though she freed tens of slaves. So she has, she's still alive and she's still alive. And again, even though she freed tens of slaves, so she has fulfilled what's required of someone who breaks an oath.
She would cry until her khimar would get wet, radhiAllahu anha, out of fear of what she had done. This is the taqwa of Aisha radhiAllahu ta'ala anha. So she freed, by the way, let's just put this out there, she was known from her sadaqah of freeing the enslaved. Barir radhiAllahu ta'ala anha was also a slave and she freed her, Aisha radhiAllahu anha used to love to free slaves with the charity that she had. Another thing that she used to do with her sadaqah, and this is profound, is with aytaam, with orphans. Aisha radhiAllahu anha used to take care of the orphans, she used to feed them, she used to bring them into her home. So the house of the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, even after his death, remained a house full of aytaam, full of orphans. But there's something better than that. It's not just feeding them, it's not just getting them ready to be able to go out and meet society. What is it that she can give to them that other people can't give to them, other than of course the closeness to the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, and education. Aisha radhiAllahu ta'ala anha would teach her orphans how to read and write, and subhanAllah she was strict with them. You know, she used to discipline her orphans if they made a single mistake in grammar. So the most poetic people in society, people that had their linguistics right, that had their reading and writing, they were fully literate, out of love for them, Aisha radhiAllahu anha was raising these orphans to become ulama. So she knew that the best thing she could give them, and of course orphans were exploited in that society, one of the reasons was often lack of education. You meet people in refugee camps today, what do they need? They need an education. People that come out of these devastating circumstances, kids that don't know how to read or write anymore. Aisha radhiAllahu anha, in a society where most adults couldn't read and write, is teaching these orphans how to read and write, teaching them Arabic poetry, teaching them grammar, so that they don't make a single mistake with their grammar.
And then she would prepare them, and if it was a female orphan, she would wait until they were ready to get married, she'd get them ready for marriage, and she would sponsor them all the way until the wedding. RadhiAllahu ta'ala anha. So she takes that hadith of the Prophet salAllahu alaihi wa sallam about kafir ul-yateem, that I am the one who sponsors an orphan, or like these two, and she's already like these two with the Prophet salAllahu alaihi wa sallam, and she applies it with absolute excellence, with absolute ihsan. So subhanAllah, her house became a place of salah, a place of recitation of the Quran, a place of fasting, and a place that was known for its charity, and more than anything else, her ilm, her knowledge. Aisha radiAllahu ta'ala anha is one of the muftis of the companions. I think we've gone over this some time, but there were only a few companions that were considered muftis amongst the sahaba themselves. All the sahaba have a level of ifta'a to the next generation. But she issues religious verdicts, and she passes knowledge in a way that no one else would. So when that came to the women of the ummah, Aisha radiAllahu anha's house was frequented by female students, first and foremost. She would have 40, sometimes 50, up to 70 students, female students that were with her radiAllahu ta'ala anha, teaching them the deen, teaching them what they needed to know about the religion. And wherever Aisha radiAllahu anha went, it was like she was a traveling university. So one of them subhanAllah was her hajj. When Aisha goes to hajj radiAllahu anha, imagine if you were in hajj and you knew Aisha was in that ta'mina. What are you going to do? You're going to go wait in line and wait for your chance. People come from all over the world, and the tent of Aisha radiAllahu anha, I want to meet my mother, I want to ask her questions, right? So the lines outside of her tent for hajj, and she did hajj with the Prophet ﷺ, were very long lines. And subhanAllah, there's a beautiful narration here from Sa'eed ibn Hisham.
He says that, so I was amongst those people inquiring, this long line outside of the tent of Aisha, she went for hajj. And when I got to her, I asked her, what was the character of the Prophet ﷺ like? She said, his character was the Qur'an. And she added, she said, have you read Surah al-Mu'minun? SubhanAllah. Like if you took the ayat of Surah al-Mu'minun, which are the descriptions of a believer. قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَرَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ Those first ten verses which describe the pinnacle of belief manifested by the believer. Aisha radiAllahu anha said, you're asking me about character. His character was the Qur'an. You ever read Surah al-Mu'minun? And Sa'eed said, I said, yes. She said, that was Rasulullah ﷺ. That was Rasulullah. Complete consistency, sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam, in his life. Inside his house, outside his house, he lived and manifested the traits of the believers as told in the Qur'an. So Sa'eed said, I thought that I shouldn't keep on going, but you know, it's an opportunity. I can keep asking her questions. So I asked her, what was his qiyam like, sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam? She said, have you read Surah al-Muzzammil? SubhanAllah. The Prophet ﷺ's qiyam was Surah al-Muzzammil. وَقُمِ اللَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلَ نِصْفَهُ أَوْ إِنْ قُسْمِنْهُ قَلِيلًا أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْآنَ تَرْتِيلًا It was the perfect description of the Prophet ﷺ's qiyam. And then she went in and she started to give details of the qiyam of the Prophet ﷺ. Ata'ibn Rabah, who was of course the Mufti of Mecca after the death of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ أَفْقَهَا النَّاسِ وَأَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ رَأْيًا فِي الْعَامَّةِ That Aisha was the most knowledgeable of people and the best of them in her opinion. Abu Musa al-Ash'ari says that there was no issue that came to us as the companions of the Prophet ﷺ
except, أَشْكَلَ عَلَيْنَا except if it caused us difficulty, we went to Aisha and she knew exactly how to answer it. Masrook ibn al-Ajda' says, وَلَقَدْ رَأِيتُ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَمُ الْأَكَابِرُ He says, وَلَقَدْ رَأِيتُ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَمُ الْأَكَابِرُ He said, I saw the seniors, the shuyukh of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ يَسْأَلُونَهَا عَنِ الْفَرَائِذِ asking her the most complicated questions about inheritance. Inheritance requires a lot of mathematical knowledge. It's a deep, deep, deep area. It's painful. And can you imagine, subhanAllah, this young woman, scholar, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, and she could answer all of their questions about inheritance. Abu Hurayran Abdullah ibn Umar, I mean these are huge names, may Allah be pleased with them. When they had a dispute or they had a difference of opinion on something, they said, let's go ask Aisha so she can solve it for us. So they knew that she was the one that could solve it for them. Al-Imam Az-Zuhri, rahimahullah, he says, لَوْ جُمِعَ عِلْمُ عَائِشَةَ إِلَىٰ عِلْمِ جَمِيعِ النِّسَاءِ لَكَانَ عِلْمُ عَائِشَةَ أَفْضَلٌ He said, if you took all of the knowledge of all of the women in the world and you compared it to Aisha, Aisha had more knowledge than all of them. In one narration, all of ummahatul mu'mineen and all of the mothers, all of the women of this world, Aisha radiyaAllahu anha, was more knowledgeable than them. But was it just than the women of the ummah? No. Ahnaf ibn Qais, he says, Wallahi, I have heard the khutab, I've heard the sermons of Abu Bakr, of Umar, of Uthman, of Ali. And he said, I've never heard a woman, a human being actually, he didn't say a woman, a person more eloquent than Aisha. She was more eloquent than all four of khulafa' ar-rashideen. That's a huge statement. She had more eloquence radiyaAllahu anha than all four of khulafa' ar-rashideen. May Allah be pleased with them all.
And Mu'awiya says, Wallahi, ma sam'atu qattu ablagha min Aisha, laysa rasoolAllahi salallahu alayhi wa sallam. He said, I never heard a human being more eloquent than her, other than the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam. And then it gets very specific here. Musa ibn Talha, he says, ma ra'aytu ahdan afsah min Aisha. So I never saw a person more eloquent than Aisha. And he said, she never even made a grammatical error in her speech and never paused when narrating hadith. Like she narrated hadiths of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam and she never paused. She never made a mistake to where she had to go back and repeat herself. She repeats the whole statement of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam, fresh, with full eloquence, with full clarity, with full coherence. And when she spoke, it was poetic. So she could speak for a long time and no one would get tired. And this is actually a trait of hers. Abu Zinad, he said that, you know, I never met anyone in my life more poetic than Urra ibn Zubair, her nephew. And Urwa said, that's all from Aisha. Anything I'm saying, all the poetry I recite is what I learned from my aunt Aisha. And he says, ma kana yanzilu biha shay illa anshadat lahu shi'ra. Anything that ever happened to her in life, she wrote a poem about it. Think about that. Every incident in her life, she was so eloquent, so knowledgeable, that she was able to make a poem about it. And that's where the famous narration, he says, Urwa says, waqad sahibtu Aisha fama ra'aytu ahadan qat kana a'lama bi-ayatin unzilat, wala bi-fareeda, wala bi-sunna, wala bi-shi'r, wala arwa lahu, wala bi-yawmin min ayyamin arab, wala bi-nasab, wala bi-katha, wala bi-katha, wala bi-qadha, a'lam min Aisha. He said, I never met a person more knowledgeable of a verse in the Quran, a sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ,
of anything when it came to poetry, of anything when it came to ancestry, of the history of the Arabs, of anything halal and haram, of any judgment that was more knowledgeable than Aisha. But he said, the one that confounded me, and I'm going to give you the back story of this because it gives you more, the one that confounded me was her knowledge of medicine. So he says, I said to her, ya ummatah, oh my mother, la a'jabu min fiqhik, aqulu zawja tu nabiya Allah ﷺ. He said, oh my mother, I'm not so amazed by your knowledge of fiqh, halal and haram, because I say to myself, you're the wife of the Prophet ﷺ. And then he went on and he said, wala a'jabu min ilmiki bi-shi'r wa ayyamin nas. And I'm not so amazed by your knowledge of poetry and the history of the Arabs. And he said, wa a'jabu min ilmiki bi-shi'r wa ayyamin nas. And I say to myself, you're the daughter of Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr was known for his knowledge of ancestry, his knowledge of the history of the Arabs. He said, wa lakin a'jabu min ilmiki bi-tib, kaifa huwa wa min ayna huwa. I wonder about your knowledge of medicine, where did you get it from, how did you learn so much about medicine. And she put her hand on my shoulder and she said, ayy urayyatu, oh urwa, little urwa, like to my nephew. She says, inna rasulullah ﷺ kana yasqamu inda akhri umrihi ﷺ, that the Prophet ﷺ used to get sick at the end of his life. Wa kanat taqdamu alayhi wa wufoodu al-arab. And people used to come to him from all over, delegations of the Arabs. And she said that all of these people would come to him and give him advice about medicine. The doctors of the Arabs would come to him.
So she said, I would listen attentively and learn so that I could treat the Prophet ﷺ's illness properly. SubhanAllah. She's also, radiyaAllahu ta'ala anha, a hafidah of Qur'an. And this is narrated that it's only her, Umm Salam and Hafsa, from the wives of the Prophet ﷺ that were amongst those that memorized the Qur'an. 2,220 ahadith in her musnad. And one of the things that makes her unique is that she could correct misconceptions about the seerah, misconceptions about things of the Prophet ﷺ. Imam Zarka, she has a book which compiles hundreds of narrations. Al-ijabat al-iradi mastadrakatu Aisha ala al-sahaba. All of the times that Aisha corrected, radiyaAllahu anha, wa'anhum, all of the companions. All the times Aisha corrected all of the companions. So, for example, Abu Huraira radiyaAllahu anhu narrated, if someone wakes up in a state of janabah, in a state of impurity after fajr, they can't fast at that point. So Aisha radiyaAllahu anha heard that and she said, that was mansukh, that was abrogated because the Prophet ﷺ later on in his life would wake up in a state of janabah, in a state of impurity, and he would continue to fast, salAllahu alayhi wa sallam. When Abu Huraira radiyaAllahu anhu also narrated, maa yaqta'u al-sala illa kalb wa himar wa mar'a, that nothing breaks the prayer, meaning if it goes in front of you, unless it is an animal, so he mentions a dog, he mentions a donkey, and then he mentions a woman. So Aisha radiyaAllahu anha says, tashabbahtumuna bilhimari walkilab, you've compared us to the dogs and the donkeys, she said the Prophet ﷺ was speaking about a people that used to do that before, but he used to pray salah with my legs in front of him, salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, and then he would tap my legs in his qiyam and I'd move my legs to the side,
and then he would pray, salAllahu alayhi wa sallam. She clarified about women attending the janazah in her opinion. Now by the way, I have to point this out, that if there is a khilaf between the sahaba, the madhahib are perfectly within their right to choose the opinions of a sahabi over a sahabi, and to follow that. So it's not necessarily that everything in the book of Az-Darkashi, Aisha radiyaAllahu anha was right and the other companions were wrong. It's that Aisha had a unique vantage point and a great understanding, and usually it became accepted, that yes, she got it and maybe she understood something at a later point, or she was able to contextualize something from the Prophet, salAllahu alayhi wa sallam. So for example, when it came to janazah, she went to the janazah of Abdur-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr, her brother, radiyaAllahu anha. And when she attended the janazah and she went to the baqir, some of the companions didn't like that. And they said, didn't the Prophet, salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, curse the women who wail, who frequent the graves and who wail? This was a habit of the Arabs, the jahili Arabs, was to have the mourners, those who would wail, the women that would wail at the janazah of a person, at the funeral of a person. And she said that the Prophet, salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, used to forbid all of us from the graveyard. And he said, inni nahaytukum an ziyarat al-quboor. He used to forbid the men and the women from the graves. But in this case, she said, when the Prophet, salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, lifted that prohibition on the men and the women, that it included us as well. So when he lifted the prohibition, salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, for the men and the women to visit the graves, he lifted it for both. Now obviously, not to get too much into this, the Prophet, salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, had done so because of the innovations and the shirkiyat, a lot of actions take place at the grave that just don't take place anywhere else.
And subhanAllah, you'll notice this in many cultures, right, that a lot of the things that are impermissible happen at the graveyard. It's a very emotional time and there's a sort of this experience where people can start to do things with the graves. And the Prophet, salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, is clarifying tawheed, you know, for the first two decades of Islam, until it was solid in the hearts of the companions and they understood it and they understood its implications. The Prophet, salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, would prohibit them to go to the graveyard beyond the janaza. But then the Prophet, salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, said, visit it because it reminds you of death. So in Aisha, radiAllahu anha's opinion, she said that when the Prophet, salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, said that, he meant the women as well, but still the prohibition would remain on those who wail and who, you know, who carry out some of those practices that the Prophet, salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, specified. Again, that kind of shows you the way her fiqh, the way her understanding enters into the discourse between the scholars and the students of knowledge. And her students, you know, we already mentioned Urwa ibn Zubair, may Allah be pleased with him and his father. She had many students, subhanAllah. One of them was al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr, who became one of the jurists of Medina, the grandson of Abu Bakr. And one of them was a woman by the name of Amrah bint Abdur-Rahman. And Amrah bint Abdur-Rahman was like the secretary of Aisha. So Amrah bint Abdur-Rahman is one of the most trustworthy narrators of a hadith. She's actually a great scholar of hadith. She learned so much from Aisha radiAllahu anha. She used to write letters and receive letters on behalf of Aisha radiAllahu ta'ala anha. And Imam al-Zuhri described her as this boundless ocean of knowledge. And all of that was from being a student of Aisha. And by the way, Amrah bint Abdur-Rahman is the granddaughter of As'ad ibn Zurarah, the first Muslim from Medina radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. So you have that. I'm going to kind of fast forward a bit because of time.
This is sort of her legacy amongst the khulafa'un rashideen, teaching, breeding the next generation of scholars, narrating a hadith. And you see the wisdom of the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam in that. Now, at the time of Uthman radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, when the fitna broke out, this is actually a significant point to mention. When the assassination of Uthman radiAllahu anhu happened, Aisha radiAllahu anha was in Mecca performing hajj. So they murdered Uthman radiAllahu anhu, you know, the people of fitna murdered Uthman during the time of hajj. And when the emotions went wild and people were, you know, trying to grasp what had happened to Uthman radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, the news reaches them in Mecca. And Aisha radiAllahu anha was amongst those who stood up in front of the Ka'bah. And she said, inna Uthmana qutila mazlooma. Uthman radiAllahu anhu was murdered and was oppressed. Wa ana ad'uukum ila talabi bidamihi. And I'm calling you to go and to call, bi talabi damihi, to call for justice. Meaning that people who were responsible for the death of Uthman radiAllahu anhu should be punished right away. Okay. What's the dispute amongst the companions? Ali radiAllahu anhu is saying, let's establish some level of, you know, peace, security, safety, and then go after the murderers of Uthman. He's not saying, let's not go after the murderers of Uthman. He's saying, let's stabilize things quickly and then let's go after them together as one hand. But there's too much chaos right now if you do it. Random people are going to be killed because they're going to be accused of what? Having had a hand in the murder of Uthman radiAllahu anhu. And that was the opinion of Ali radiAllahu anhu and he was closer to the truth in that regard.
Other companions, may Allah be pleased with them, were saying, we need to go after them right away. And they're obviously driven by a sense of truth and justice and a love for Uthman radiAllahu anhu. Aisha radiAllahu anhu was one of those that said, we need to go after them right away. So Aisha radiAllahu anhu goes towards Al-Madinah with talha and zubayr. She did not intend a fight or a battle. This is one of the most important things that she said with the talab, with the request that the justice be carried out swiftly, that we go after the murderers of Uthman. And that's when they met Ali radiAllahu anhu and the two groups of Muslims meet with each other. They came to an agreement about how they would carry out things, how they would go after the murderers of Uthman. They went back to their camps, those that came from Mecca and those that were in Madinah. And at night, the hypocrites realized, the people of fitna realized, if they're all on the same page, we're in trouble. So what did they do? They attacked both sides. At night, they attacked both sides so that both sides thought the other one had initiated a battle. No one was there to kill each other in this battle or in this entire episode. But they attacked both sides and that initiates a battle. And the battle ends pretty quickly. This is known as the battle of al-jamal, the battle of the camel. Because Ali radiAllahu anhu, he cut down the camel that Aisha radiAllahu anhu was on. He didn't hurt her. And that ends the battle. And he said, may Allah forgive you, ya umm al-mu'mineen, may Allah forgive you, O mother of the believers. And she responds, may Allah forgive you, because they both thought that the other army attacked, that the other group attacked. After this, Ali radiAllahu anhu sends Aisha radiAllahu anhu back to her home,
accompanied by one of the largest groups of righteous and noble companions to care for her security. There is absolutely nothing that transpires after that between Ali radiAllahu anhu and Aisha radiAllahu anhu. And in fact, Ali radiAllahu anhu would visit her and would praise her. And Ali radiAllahu anhu would punish anyone that slandered her, anyone that spoke ill of her. And Aisha used to refer people to Ali radiAllahu anhu even after that when it came to areas of knowledge. And she used to say, innahu la'a'lamu al-naasi bi sunnati al-nabi salAllahu alaihi wa sallam, that he's the most knowledgeable of the people when it comes to the sunnah of the Prophet salAllahu alaihi wa sallam. Especially when it came to matters of travel. So there are narrations where Aisha radiAllahu anhu has asked questions about the journey of the Prophet salAllahu alaihi wa sallam, when he would travel, how he would carry out his affairs. And she would say, go to Ali because he accompanied the Prophet salAllahu alaihi wa sallam on more of those journeys, and he can give you a better answer. So she would refer people still to him. And she regretted though, because that still led to an episode where Muslims were killed. Even if the people of fitna attacked both sides, she used to say, laytani mittu qabla hadha. I wish I would have died before that. So she regretted that entire episode, that entire incident in her life radiAllahu ta'ala anha. So that's something to point out there, that she generally avoids the politics of what's happening. She stays as a scholar, teaching people from her home radiAllahu ta'ala anha. But in this situation, that is what happened with ma'arakatul jamal, with the battle of al-jamal. And then we go to the time of her death. And subhanAllah, there's something very powerful here, that Ibn Abbas radiAllahu ta'ala anhuma. He asks permission to visit Aisha at the time of her death. And this is when she was very, very ill, and she's about to pass away. And Aisha radiAllahu anha says, who's at the door? And they say, it's Ibn Abbas.
She says, akhsha an yuthna alayya. I'm afraid he's going to come in here and praise me. Like right now, I'm seeking forgiveness from Allah. I'm praising Allah subhanAllah ta'ala. This is the woman that the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam died on her chest. She wants to leave this world in a state of dhikr. And she's like, I don't want him to come in and start praising me. And they said, Ibn Ammi Rasool Allahi salAllahu alayhi wa sallam. He is the cousin of the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam. He's one of the best of the Muslims. So Aisha radiAllahu anha says, go ahead and let him in. Ibn Abbas comes in and he says, kifatajidinaki, how are you, oh my mother? And Aisha radiAllahu anha says, bikhayrin inattaqayt. She said, I'm well, alhamdulillah, if I have taqwa. If Allah finds me to be a person of taqwa, I'm well, alhamdulillah. So it's like she's pre-empting what Ibn Abbas is going to say. So Ibn Abbas radiAllahu anhu responds and he says, fa anti bikhayrin inshaAllah. Then you are certainly in good, inshaAllah. Abshiri fawallahi ma baynaki wabayna antu fariqi kulli nasabin. Watalqa muhammadan salAllahu alayhi wa sallam wal ahibba illa antu fariqa ruhuki jasadaki. It's one of the most profound things that you can say to a person that can be said to her at this time of death. He says, glad tidings to you, oh my mother, because I swear by Allah that there is nothing between you and being reunited with the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam and the beloved ones, except that your soul has to leave your body. That separation, subhanAllah, 50 years waiting to be reunited with the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam. Ibn Abbas is saying to her, the only thing left is that your soul needs to leave this body
and that's the only thing that is stopping you from being reunited with the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam and the beloved ones. Aisha radiAllahu anhu starts to cry. Eehin ya Ibn Abbas, woe to you Ibn Abbas, don't praise me in this situation. Ibn Abbas radiAllahu anhu says, zawja tu rasoolillahi salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, kunti ahabba nisaa'i rasoolillahi salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, the wife of the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam. You were the most beloved of the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam, of all of his wives. Walam yakun yuhibbu illa tayyiba, and the Prophet salAllahu alayhi wa sallam only loved someone who was pure. And he starts to go on and praise her and say, you are the one who Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala revealed tayammum out of love for. The incident of the necklace being lost, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala revealed tayammum on your behalf and even more than that rukhsah, even more than that license, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala revealed your innocence in the Quran. And he's saying, so there is not a masjid in the world, laysa masjidun min masajidi yuthkaru feeha Allah. There is not a single masjid of the masajid of Allah in which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is mentioned, illa bara'atuki tutlaa feehi anaa allayli wal nahaar. Except that your innocence will forever be recited day and night in that masjid. SubhanAllah, what a beautiful way to say it to her. Like, you don't worry about your going to the next life, because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would not have praised you this way if you were not a woman of taqwa. And Aisha radiyaAllahu ta'ala anha, she cries, she makes dua, she asks Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for forgiveness,
and she passes away radiyaAllahu ta'ala anha, and guess when she passes away? The 17th night of Ramadan. So Aisha radiyaAllahu anha dies on the 17th night of Ramadan, which by the way is the same day of Badr, and is reunited with our beloved messenger, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, and the beloved ones. SubhanAllah, you know, they say that her janaza, this is 58 years after hijrah on the 17th of Ramadan, her janaza was so large that Medina was rumbling. The people came from all over to attend the janaza of our mother Aisha radiyaAllahu ta'ala anha, and to carry her to Al-Baqi' and to bury her in that place. And Abu Huraira radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu led her to Salatul Janaza, and they carried her, praising Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, but also seeking forgiveness and recognizing how much history was being buried with this woman, radiyaAllahu ta'ala anha, how much access to the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam was buried with this woman, radiyaAllahu ta'ala anha. And just think about it, subhanAllah, she's not buried next to the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam, she's literally part of our memory of any time we remember the Messenger salallahu alayhi wa sallam, she's a part of the Quran that we recite, radiyaAllahu ta'ala anha, declaring her innocence and her virtue and her honor. And she is the wife of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam in Jannah, as she was the wife of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam in this dunya. So a thought for you all that I would think about is in Jannah when you want to visit the hujrat of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam. And the hujrat in Jannah are not like the hujrat in this life. The Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam's hujrat are palaces in Jannah unlike any palaces. Imagine, inshaAllah ta'ala, as we go through any of the wives of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam, going in and visiting the palace of the wife of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam with him and hearing these stories firsthand.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us to live to that blessed month that she lived to and to exemplify that blessed life that she exemplified and that she taught us about, the life of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam. And may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala unite us with our beloved mother Aisha radiyaAllahu anha, the family of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam, his blessed companions and none other than our Messenger salallahu alayhi wa sallam. Fifrudaws al-a'la. Allahumma ameen. JazakumAllahu khaira. Wa sallallahu alayhi wa sallam wa baraka nabiyyina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'in. Wassalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
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