9. HER KNOWLEDGE AND THE NARRATION OF HADITH
A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was the bearer of the banner of knowledge and science. The Prophet’s Companions used to ask her opinion concerning various legal matters.
A’ishah was interested in learning from the Prophet (peace be upon him), she (may Allah be pleased with her) memorized a great deal of knowledge from him to the extent that she became a source of authorization and documentation in Hadith transmission and sacred law. No wonder, she enriched the Islamic jurisprudence with a quarter of its rulings relating to different issues.
Here we may quote the sayings of the scholars and the successors that show the wideness of her knowledge. Urwah ibn az-Zubayr narrated, “I said to N A’ishah, ‘When I think of your knowledge, really, I wonder how you could acquire all this amount of knowledge. You are the best scholar in Fiqh and the most knowledgeable about the days and the lineage of the Arab. There, I used to answer my self-saying, ‘It is not wonder since she is the wife of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and the daughter of Abu Bakr who was the most prominent scholar of Quraysh. But, when I came to your knowledge of medicine, I find no answer, so tell me how you could learn it! Upon this she held my hand and said, ‘O Whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was sick, Arab and non-Arab doctors used to prescribe treatment to him. Thereby, I memorized such prescriptions.”
Imam adh-Dhahaby stated, “I have never seen a woman from among the Ummah of Muhammad (peace be upon him) or from among any other Ummah more knowledgeable than Aisha.”Once, Imam Masruq was asked about N A’ ishah’s knowledge of al-Fara ‘id (the rulings of inheritance). He answered, “By Allah, I have seen the great Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) seeking her knowledge in regard to this issue.”
THE NARRATION OF HADITH
A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) had a sharp memory that enabled her to be one of those who narrated a huge number of hadiths on the authority of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). It was estimated that she narrated two thousand two hundred ten hadiths. Thus, this was the largest number that a female Companion narrated on the authority of Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him). Of these hadiths, al-Bukhari and Muslim agreed upon one hundred ninety-four hadiths. Unilaterally, al-Bukhari reported on her authority fifty-four and Muslim sixty-nine hadiths. Aishah the Eloquent Speaker
She, moreover, was so eloquent that she could catch people’s attention when talking. Mua’wiyah (may Allah be pleased with praise A’ishah saying, “What would you expect from a woman who was instructed by the Prophetic guidance.
(SOURCE: Wives of Prophet Muhammad, Their Strives and Their Lives by Muhammad Fathi Mus’ ad)
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