The story of A’ishah bint Abi Bakr

So far the Ahadith or sayings of the Prophet are concerned, A’ishah is one of four persons (the others being Abu Hurayrah, Abdullah ibn Umar and Anas ibn Malik) who transmitted more than two thousand sayings. Many of these pertain to some of the most intimate aspects of personal behavior which only someone in A’ishah’s position could have learnt. What is most important is that her knowledge of hadith was passed on in written form by at least three persons including her nephew Urwah who became one of the greatest scholars among the generation after the Companions.

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The Story of Asiya (Wife of Pharoah)

The story chosen to be featured is a story of a remarkable woman who has given every possible luxury in this life to be close to Allah, who has traded this world for the world of eternity, who understood that there is no comparison between what she gave up and what she will get from Allah. It is a story of Asiya bin Muzahim, best known as and referred to in the Quran as a “wife of Pharaoh”.

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