Aisha

Muhammad's third wife (c. 613/614 – 678)

  • Fame68.6
  • Momentum0.7
  • Wikipedia101.9K
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Lived 614–678, aged 64
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    96 languages
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  • Era
    614–678
    Aged 64
Summary
Updated 2026-08-31

Third wife of Muhammad and the only one he married as a virgin, she became early Islam's most prolific female scholar — credited with narrating over 2,000 hadiths and teaching companions on matters from inheritance law to eschatology.

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Born around 614 CE, daughter of Abu Bakr, she married the Prophet Muhammad and remained with him until his death. What followed was 44 years of intense activity: she transmitted his teachings across legal, ritual, and theological domains, her intellectual command of poetry, medicine, and jurisprudence praised by students like Urwa ibn al-Zubayr. Through the caliphates of her father and three successors she engaged publicly — unusual for women of the period — culminating in her role at the Battle of the Camel during Ali's rule, a stance that earned Sunni reverence and Shia censure. She died in…

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68.6
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Momentum0.7
Historical27.7
Now attention28.2
Source confidence60.0
Completeness60.0
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
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