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A part of the introduction by Dr.Hamid Hafni Dawud-Facts
Let us know the truth and its supporters
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The close and distant friends of Muhammad
The author as viewed by Dr.Hamid Hafni Dawud
Ali's assassination and A'ishah's praise of God
Ali regarded God as his Governor
Ali and the Caliphate
    Historical verdicts of A'ishah
    Umm Salmah's historical letter to A'ishah
    The motive for writing this book
    A'ishah in the Prophet's household
    A glance at A'ishah's life
    Why did the Prophet have several wives?
    Some remarks about Ibn Abi al-Hadid al-Mu'tazili
    The two Sheikhs(Elders)
    The Jinn mourn for 'Umar
    Who was Uthman ?
    Al-Waljd ibn 'Uqbah
and governorship of Kufah
    Playing with fire
    The winebibber ruler of Muslims
    A'ishah assumes the leadership of the revolution
    Pleaders for Justice proceed to Medina
    Usman is besieged
    A strange letter
    Uthman in siege of Talhah, 'A'ishah's cousin
    A word with critics
    A word with the writer
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

 

THE ROLE OF AISHA IN THE HISTORY OF ISLAM
In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful
A glance at 'A'ishah's life

 

'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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