The word · History
عَائِشَة بِنْت أَبِي بَكْر
Aishah
The Prophet's wife, daughter of Abu Bakr, and one of the greatest scholars among the Companions.
Also written · Aisha · Ayesha · A'ishah · Ayshah · Aishah bint Abi Bakr · Ayse · Aysha · Ai sha · Umm al-Muminin Aishah · Aisha Siddiqa · Aeisha · Hazrat Aisha
The meaning
What Aishah means in Islam
She narrated over two thousand hadith, much of it about his life at home, and senior Companions came to her with questions of law and inheritance. When she was accused of adultery by rumour, the community was left in suspense for about a month before verses in Surah an-Nur cleared her and set the rule that such a charge needs four witnesses. She later took a side in the first civil war and afterwards spoke of it with open regret. She died in Madinah and is buried in al-Baqi.
Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an
Read beside it
Rooms that name it
- Surah AbasaSurah 80 · He Frowned
- Surah Al-AlaqSurah 96 · The Clot
- Surah An-NasrSurah 110 · The Divine Support
Words that sit beside it
- Abu BakrThe Prophet's closest friend, his companion in the cave, and the first caliph.أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيق
- Ummahat al-Mu'mininThe Prophet's wives, whom the Qur'an names as mothers to every believer.أُمَّهَاتُ المُؤْمِنِين
- Al-Fitnah al-UlaThe first civil war among Muslims, from the killing of Uthman to the death of Ali.الفِتْنَةُ الأُولَى
- Jannat al-BaqiThe main cemetery of Madinah, where much of the Prophet's family and many Companions are buried.جَنَّةُ البَقِيع
More from History
- Abu HurayrahThe Companion who narrated more hadith than any other, from about four years in the Prophet's company.أَبُو هُرَيْرَة
- Bilal ibn RabahAn enslaved Abyssinian tortured for his faith, freed by Abu Bakr, and the first to call the adhan.بِلَالُ بْنُ رَبَاح
- Hijrah to AbyssiniaThe first migration, when persecuted Muslims fled Makkah to a Christian king in Abyssinia.الهِجْرَةُ إِلَى الحَبَشَة
- Imam MuslimThe compiler of the second Sahih, a student and close friend of al-Bukhari.مُسْلِمُ بْنُ الحَجَّاج
- Khutbat al-WadaThe sermon given at Arafah during the Farewell Pilgrimage, months before the Prophet died.خُطْبَةُ الوَدَاع
- SahabahThe Companions: anyone who met the Prophet as a believer and died still believing.الصَّحَابَة