Chapters
A word from the Persian translator
Preface: aim of the survey and discussion
The lineage of Mu'awiyah: Abu Sufyan and Hind
The Umayyads in pagan times
    Abu Sufyan in the battle of Badr
Abu Sufyan in the battle of Uhud
Hind in the battle of Uhud
Abu Sufyan as leader in the battle of al-Khandaq
Feeling of weakness and proposal of peace
Mecca is captured
    Abu Sufyan and his position in the Islamic community
    Abu Sufyan in the time of the first two caliphs
    Abu Sufyan in the time of 'Uthman
    Mu'awiyah in the time of the Prophet
    Mu'awiyah in the time of the caliphs
    Mu'awiyah and 'Uthman
    Abu Dharr facing Mu'awiyah
    A fable in the history of Islam
    Quranic Memorizers and Interpreters of Kufah in ash-Sham
    Mu'awiyah after 'Uthman
    Siffin, the battlefield scene of right over wrong
    The trickery of Mu'awiyah
    Abu Musa and 'Amr ibn al-'As
    ash-Shami plunderes
    Jariyah ibn Qudamah, a man of the Alawite front
    Two opposing politics
    Mu'awiyah in the time of Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba
    Motives for peace
    Cautious treatment of enemies
    Crafty Arabs in the trap laid by Mu'awiyah
    Heavy taxes
    The Shi'ah in torture and molestation
    Governing becomes hereditary and imperial
    Allegiance to Yazid in Basra
    Allegiance to Yazid in ash-Sham
    Allegiance to Yazid in Medina
    Allegiance to Yazid demands victims
    Ceremonies of allegiance to Yazid
    What caused the friendship between 'A'ishah and the Umayyads
41 Gifts of Mu'awiyah
    the influence of 'A'ishah in the rule of the Umayyads
    'A'ishah and Mu'awiyah in reciprocal contention
    Death of Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr
    'Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr is poisoned
    'A'ishah is penitent about the battle of al-Jamal
    'A'ishah generosity
    Her family bigotry
    'A'ishah as an eminent orator
    'A'ishah as a well -dressed woman
    'A'ishah's monopoly of verdicts
    Anecdotes in the life of 'A'ishah
    TA brief glance at the life of Mu'awiyah
    Traditional making
    Freed persons and the caliphate
    A cover for inferiority complexes
    The fate of the noble persons who did not co-operate with Mu'awiyah
    Imam 'Ali is cursed on Islamic pulpits
    A group of people refuses to curse
    The ultimate goal of Mu'awiyah
    A tradition from 'A'ishah
    Conclusion and purpose
    Addendum
     

 

 

THE ROLE OF AISHAH IN THE HISTORY OF ISLAM
In the name of God, the almighty

'A'ishah as a well-dressed woman

A Muslim woman named Shumaysah narrates that one, day she went to see 'A'ishah and saw her dressed in a yellow dress and a yellow head-cover and veil.
'Urwah, her nephew, narrates: " 'A'ishah had a silk(298) surcoat which she wore occasionally, and she offered it to 'Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr."
Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath, a chief of the Kindah tribe, brought a fur garment as a gift for 'A'ishah which she wore in cold weather.
A Muslim woman named Aminah says: One day I saw 'A'ishah wearing a red surcoat and a black head-cover.(299)
Ma'adhah, a woman of the Adi tribe, narrates: "I saw 'A'ishah wearing a yellow surcoat."(300)
Bakrah, daughter of 'Uqbah says: "One day I went to 'A'ishah's house. She was sitting down and had worn a yellow dress."(301)
Abu Malikah says: "I saw 'A'ishah in a "mudarraj" dress." They asked: "What is "mudarraj"?" He said: "You call it "pink"."(302)
al-Qasim, son of Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, says: "'A'ishah wore a yellow dress for pilgrimage ceremony, and adorned herself with gold ornaments."(303)
'Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim quotes his mother saying: "I saw 'A'ishah in a dress, which was as red as fire, although it was during the pilgrimage ceremony."(304)
'Ata' says: " 'Ubaydah ibn 'Umayr and I went to visit 'A'ishah. She was staying in az-Zubayr mountain near the House of God, and they had installed a cupola with a cover for her there. I was only a child and saw her in a red dress."(305)
al-Bukhari quotes this narration with some addition and says: They asked: "What was she covered in?" He said: "She was in a Turkish tent with a cover, which was between us and her, and I saw her in a red dress."(306)

 

 

 


 

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