'Ali (RA)

Aisha bint Abi Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with her) was the beloved wife of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, daughter of the first Caliph, and one of the most authoritative figures in the transmission of Islamic knowledge. She lived in the Prophet's household from her marriage until his death and gained an intimate knowledge of his daily life, worship, and character that no one else fully shared. She narrated over two thousand hadiths and was a primary religious teacher and jurist in the decades following the Prophet's death. Companions including Umar ibn al-Khattab and Abu Musa al-Ashari consulted her on religious questions, and she corrected narrations she believed were inaccurate on multiple occasions. She was also a skilled poet and had broad knowledge of Arabic genealogy, history, and medicine. She passed away in Medina in 58 AH and was buried in al-Baqi cemetery. This entry is an alternate descriptive notation of the same Companion.