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'A'ishah had a nervous,
sharp and unruly Tempe.
The author
'A'ishah was the daughter of the first caliph 'Abd Allah
Abu Bakr, son of Abu Quhafah 'Uthman, and granddaughter
of 'Amir ibn Ka'b of the house of Taym (Quraysh).
She was born in the fourth year after the Prophet's
ordainment in Mecca and grew up in the same city.
After the death of his first loyal wife, Khadjjah, and
two years before his emigration to Medina, the Prophet
wedded 'A'ishah, and a year and a half after the emigration,
in the lunar month of Shawwal and after the battle of
Badr, on the insistence of her father Abu Bakr, took
her to his own house. When the Prophet died, she was
only eighteen years old. Thus Umm al-Mu'minin spent
only eight years and five months of her life in the
Prophet's house.
After the departure of the Prophet, 'A'ishah was a staunch
supporter of the government of the time in the caliphate
of her father Abu Bakr, and after him, in the rule of
his sincere friend, 'Umar, and evens in the first half
of 'Uthman's caliphate.
In the second half of 'Uthman's caliphate, for certain
reasons which will be explained later 'A'ishah got offended
with 'Uthman, and this vexation gradually changed into
rancor and hostility owing to certain incidents which
occurred between her and 'Uthman. As a result of the
sharp acts of 'Umm al-Mu'minin and violent reactions
of 'Uthman this hostility went so far that despite all
her support of the caliphs and caliphate, she joined
the ranks of 'Uthman's opponents, and even acted as
their leader, opposing 'Uthman to such an extent that
she fanned up the flame of public uprising and revolution
until 'Uthman was assassinated.
With the death of 'Uthman, and people's allegiance to
Imam 'ali ibn Abi Talib as caliph, 'A'ishah saw that
her plan was ruined (21) and so she raised the banner
of opposition to the Imam, and roused his rivals and
opponents to wage the battle of al-Jamal (22) in Basra
against him and herself commanded the
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