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... source acutely. According to narrations preserved by Ibn Hisham and Ibn Kathir, Abd al-Muttalib received a dream-vision ov...
...over him and no one else. These accounts, preserved in Ibn Hisham's Sirah and al-Bayhaqi's Dala'il, describe the detailed ob...
...s exactly as he had seen them, "like the break of dawn" in Aisha's description. These dreams were divine acclimatization: Al...
...ved in the opening hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari, narrated by Aisha: Jibril (the Archangel Gabriel) appeared and commanded "Iqr...
...by her masters of the Banu Makhzum under Abu Jahl (Amr ibn Hisham). She and her husband Yasir were dragged to the midday san...
...ering and a recognition that the covenant had overreached. Hisham ibn Amr persuaded five men of standing, including Zuhayr i...
...e sound of her sister Hala's voice would move him visibly. Aishah reported that she was jealous of no one as she was jealous...
...roximately fourteen days — some sources say four days, Ibn Hisham suggests longer — waiting also for Ali, who had remained b...
...— small rooms for his wives, of the same simple materials. Aishah described hers as so small that when the Prophet ﷺ prayed ...
...). This document — the Sahifat al-Medina, preserved in Ibn Hisham's Sirah — is the earliest written constitutional document ...
...at the in-laws of the Prophet ﷺ could not remain enslaved. Aishah later said: 'I know of no woman who was a greater blessing...
...— the slander — was a false accusation of adultery against Aishah bint Abi Bakr, wife of the Prophet ﷺ, following the expedi...
...wn for extraordinary piety, truthfulness, and generosity — Aishah said Zaynab was the most truthful woman she knew, the most...
...and the delegations came to Medina to acknowledge it. Ibn Hisham, Ibn Sa'd, and Ibn Kathir each record dozens of delegation...
...er and asked to be moved — with his wives' permission — to Aisha's chamber, where he spent the final thirteen days of his li...
...he had been born. He was sixty-three years old. He died in Aisha's chamber, with his head resting on her chest, in the foren...
...ave in the spot where the Prophet had breathed his last in Aisha's apartment. Muslims entered in groups to pray over him ind...