She was filled
with a deep emotional attachment for her kith and
kin, so much so that she showed a high degree of devotion
and self-sacrifice in their favour and interest. She
was at the same time violently vindictive towards
those who opposed her and her household, and strict
and hard and hostile to the point of desiring their
death and destruction. She was a woman the like of
whom has rarely been witnessed or even known by history.
Sometimes she uttered brief remarks in defense of
her relatives and supporters that they were then frequently
repeated by people, as a lasting phrase in history.
She created such a bright spot in their lives that
later on it helped to win them a name, a reputation
and popularity. Sometimes she spoke so smashingly
against her opponents that its effect remained long
on their character like a stain on the pages of history.
Her words, whether in favour or against a person,
passed from mouth to mouth, and were handed oh as
a souvenir from one city to another, and were then
transferred to books, left for future generations
for many centuries as her traditions. This was the
greatest evidence of 'A'ishah's personality in the
Islamic world of those days.
Thus we have observed 'A'ishah from the angle of the
true facts of history, and depicted her as she really
was. But those who have desired to build up a different
greatness and personality for her, seem to have wished
to introduce her as an offspring of the Prophet; a
matter which is wholly wrong and untrue.
We should neither introduce the personalities of the
early period of Islamic period according to our fancy,
since such a picture would be illusory and fanciful,
nor depict a true personality and his life differently
from what he has actually been.
The
purpose of the survey of 'A'ishah's life:
As we have repeatedly said, we point out in conclusion,
too that 'A'ishah skilfully made use of two things
in order to attain her end:
1-In all her adventurous life she emphasized her being
the Prophet's consort and mother of the faithful,
and used this
