'A'ishah: the cards as text

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   Senior Companions brought her their questions. Sometimes she corrected them.

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   Her life with the Prophet

   'A'ishah, daughter of Abu Bakr, married the Prophet in Madinah. Her age at marriage is debated. Reports in al-Bukhari give six at the contract and nine at the marriage. Some modern scholars argue from other dates that she was older.

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   Lesson: On 'A'ishah's age at marriage, both views are held by Muslims.

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   The slander

   Once a caravan left 'A'ishah behind. A Companion escorted her back, and rumours spread. After a month of distress, Qur'an ayat declared her innocent and condemned those who spread the lie.

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   Qur'an 24:11-12

   إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ جَآءُو بِٱلۡإِفۡكِ عُصۡبَةࣰ مِّنكُمۡۚ لَا تَحۡسَبُوهُ شَرࣱّا لَّكُمۖ بَلۡ هُوَ خَيۡرࣰ لَّكُمۡۚ لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيࣲٕ مِّنۡهُم مَّا ٱكۡتَسَبَ مِنَ ٱلۡإِثۡمِۚ وَٱلَّذِي تَوَلَّىٰ كِبۡرَهُۥ مِنۡهُمۡ لَهُۥ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمࣰ ۝١١

   ¹¹ Indeed, those who came up with the slander are a group among you. Do not think that it is bad for you, rather it is good for you. Each one of them is responsible for what he earned of the sin, and the one who played the major role, for him there will be a grave punishment.

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   Lesson: The Qur'an asked those who repeated the lie: why did you not think well of each other?

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   The teacher of the Companions

   After the Prophet, 'A'ishah taught for nearly fifty years. She narrated over two thousand hadith, corrected senior Companions on points of law, and was consulted on medicine, poetry and history.

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   Lesson: Men and women alike learned their religion from 'A'ishah.

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   Reflect: Roughly how many hadith come through 'A'ishah?

   Answer: Over two thousand. Over two thousand, making her one of the largest narrators of hadith.

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    The end of 'A'ishah.

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