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