Aisha: The Wife, The Companion, The Scholar

This book is lovingly written. And respectfully written as well. The life of the Prophet Mohammad’s PBUH wife Aisha is told from the numerous ‘hadith,’ or traditions about her. Unlike other literature, Islamic writings after the al-Qur’an which concern spiritual things have what we Westerners might term “chains of authority” to determine if a tradition is true; in other words, were you to ask, “Where did this saying come from?,” the record of it back to its source is available. These records of historical references are termed ‘isnad’ in Arabic. This book is filled with nothing but material about Aisha which were drawn from the foremost hadith, each with impeccable isnad. The writing is artless; by that I mean it has a simple lucidity to it that makes it flow like water. I would add that this is NOT an ‘hagiography,’ that is a writing that only glorifies its subject. Examples of hagiography abound in Christianity and Buddhism: the Christian Gospels and numerous Buddhist sutras portray their respective subjects as faultless, supermundane beings. The portrait of Aisha which emerges here is one of a remarkable yet very human being, one who was privy to so much of the founding of Islam.

I haven’t read the whole book yet, but so far I love it, I find that learning about Ayisha (May Allah be pleased with her) is very beneficial and this book is very informative.Update:still haven’t finished but the book gets better and better as you read, there’s not only so much to learn about Ayisha(RA) but there so much to learn about the sunnah as well

Perfect biography of Aisha, one of the best example for Muslim women!It’s a part of the history that I always want to learn more about.Special thanks to author for this beautiful book !

I loved this book! It was very informing and easy to understand. If you want to learn about the prophet’s (PBUH) wife then I think this book is a great one for that.

This book is well written and explains in details

The media could not be loaded. I love this book it’s great if you wanna learn more about Aisha RA

Really happy with book. However I believe translating from Turkish to English there are a lot of grammar errors. Overall you still get the drift, and it is a lovely book.

The media could not be loaded. I was so excited to get this book in the mail I immediately started to read it and I just fell in love. An absolutely amazing and beautiful read, I learned a lot on the life of Aisha. Definitely recommend this book to app Muslimah out there.