CHAPTER 28: THE PROPHET’S MARRIAGE TO ‘A’ISHAH BINT ABU BAKR AS-SIDDIQ AND SAWDAH BINT ZAM‘AH
THE PROPHET’S MARRIAGE TO ‘A’ISHAH BINT ABU BAKR AS-SIDDIQ AND SAWDAH BINT ZAM‘AH
The more authentic opinion is that he married ‘A’ishah first as shall be mentioned shortly. Al-Bukhari related in the chapter of “The marriage of ‘A’ishah” from ‘A’ishah that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to her: “You were shown to me twice (in my dream). I saw you in a silken piece of cloth, and I said to him, ‘Uncover (her), ‘ and behold, it was you. I said (to myself), ‘If this is from Allah, then it must happen’.”
Al-Bukhari related from ‘A’ishah that she said: “I said, ‘O Allah’s Messenger! Suppose you landed in a valley where there is a tree of which something has been eaten and then you found trees of which nothing has been eaten, of which tree would you let your camel graze?’ He said, ‘(I will let my camel graze) of the one of which nothing has been eaten before’.” (The sub-narrator added: ‘A’ishah meant that Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had not married a virgin besides herself.) Al-Bukhari exclusively related it.
Al-Bukhari related from ‘Urwah that Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, asked Abu Bakr for ‘A’ishah’s hand in marriage. Abu Bakr said “But I am your brother.” The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, “You are my brother in Allah’s Religion and His Book, but she (‘A’ishah) is lawful for me to marry.”
Al-Bukhari related from Hisham Ibn ‘Urwah who reported from his father that: Khadeejah died three year before the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, departed to Madinah. He stayed there for two years or so and then he married ‘A’ishah when she was a girl of six years of age, and he consummated that marriage when she was nine years old.
Al-Bukhari related that ‘A’ishah narrated: “The Prophet married me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to Madinah and stayed at the home of Bani Al-Harith Ibn Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell off. Later on, my hair grew (again) and my mother, Umm Rooman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my girlfriends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and when my breathing became alright, she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house. There in the house
I saw some Ansari women who said, “Best wishes and Allah’s Blessing and a good luck.” Then she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, came to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a girl
of nine years of age.”
Imam Ahmad related from ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas that Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, made a marriage proposal to a woman from his people called Sawdah. She had been bereaved. She had five girls (or six) from her dead husband. Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to her:
“What prevents you from (marrying) me?” she said: “By Allah, nothing prevents me from marrying you and you becoming the most beloved person to me except that I honor you above being disturbed by the noise of these girls morning and night.” “Is anything other than this preventing you (from marrying) me?” The Messenger of Allah,
peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, asked and she replied: “None else, by Allah.” Then Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “Allah have Mercy on you. The best women are the riders of the camels and the righteous among the women of Quraish. They are the kindest women to their children in their childhood and the more careful women of the property of their husbands.”
By Ibn Katheer
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