Aishah: The Beloved of Mohammed

by Nabia Abbott

There is much controversy over the number of wives attributed to the Prophet various claims range from four to nine or more. On one point, however, everyone Aishah was his favourite.

The story of this remarkable woman has been concealed or ignored for generations. She lived for several decades after the Prophet's death and was deeply involved in the turbulent political conflict that shaped the early Muslim nation. Certainly, Aishah did not conform to any proscription against women in Islamic public life.

Having extensively mined scholarly Arabic source material, Abbott nonetheless tells her story in a popular,narrative style. Aishah is not only a gripping tale, but also an attempt to recover part of the lost history of Muslim women who resisted the restrictions Islam sought to impose on them.

Genres: Islam, Gender

230 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1973

Reviews

[Michael Kelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book about a powerful woman who made a tremendous impact in the early days of Islam. Aishah has been virtually ignored by Western scholars. The author has done an excellent job in explaining the birth and growth of Islam in a complicated and divisive era.

[Ayse Sen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hz. Ayşe'nin yaşam öyküsü ve o dönemle ilgili güzel bir çalışma. Kur'an-ı Kerim'den ve o döneme ilişkin yazmalardan yararlanılmış.