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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Role of Aishah in the History of Islam (volume Three) 'a'ishah Is Penitent About the Battle of Al-jamal Oh! The battle of Jamal is stuck in my throat like a bone! 'A'ishah Abu Jundab, a man of Kufah, narrates the story of his meeting with 'A'ishah as follows: When I went to the house of Umm al-Mu'minin and met her, she asked me who I was.

I said: "I am a man of the al-Azd tribe, living in Kufah." She asked me: "Did you take part in the battle of al-Jamal?" I said: "Yes". She asked: "Were you fighting for us or against us?" I told her that I was fighting against her. She asked: "Do you know the person who declared in his slogan: 'O dear mother!

O the best mother that we know?'" I said: "Yes, he was my cousin." Then she began to weep so profusely that I thought she would never calm down.(267) Ibn al-Athir writes: One day in 'A'ishah's presence the conversation led to a mention of the battle of al-Jamal. She asked: "Do the people still remember it?" They said: "Yes". She said: "I wish I had not taken part in that battle and had sat down in my house like the other wives of the Prophet.

Keeping to my house like them would have been worthier for me than having by him ten noble children as 'Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr and 'Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Harath ibn Hisham."(268) Historians and commentators quoted a man named Masruq, saying: When 'A'ishah was reciting this verse of the Qur'an which orders the wives of the Prophet to stay at home,(269) she wept so much that her head cover was wet with tears.(270) 'A'ishah before her death Muhammad ibn Sa'd author of the book of Tabaqat al-kubra narrates that Ibn 'Abbas one day went to visit 'A'ishah before her death, and praised her.

After his departure, 'A'ishah said to 'Abd Allah ibn az-Zubayr: "The son of 'Abbas praised me. Now I do not like anyone to speak well of me. How I long to be forgotten by the people, or that I had never been born!"(271) In the old and reliable Book of Balaghat an-nisa' we read: When 'A'ishah was on the point of death, she was very uneasy and distracted. They asked her: "Why are you so distressed?

You are the daughter of Abu Bakr the Truth, and mother of all the faithful!" She answered: "Indeed the battle of al-Jamal is stuck like a bone in my throat. I wish I had died before that day, or I had been one of the forgotten creatures."(272) Another time she had said: "I swear to God that I wished to be only a tree!