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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Role of Aisha in the History of Islam (volume 3) 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 crea- tures."272 Another time she had said: "I swear to God that I wished to be only a tree! I wished to be a stone; I wished God had never brought me into the world!" It is said: At the time of her death she said regretfully: "After the Prophet's decease I have caused some events. Now that I am departing from this world, at-Tabari 5/11 on the events of the battles of al-Jamal. Usd al-ghabah 3/284, and Tabaqat of Ibn Sa'd 5/1.

The Holy Qur'an, Chapter al-Ahzab, Verse 33. Tabaqat 8156 printed Europe, and ad-Durr al-manthur in the commentary on this verse. (Chapter al-Ahzab, Verse 33) Tabaqat 8/51' and Sahih of al-Bukhari 3/11 in the commentary on the Quranic Chapter an- Nur and Hilyat al-awliya' 2/45 on the life of 'A'ishah, and Musnad of Ahmad 276 and 349. 272. Balaghat an-nisa' 8, and Tadhkirat al-khawas at a greater length.

bury me alongside the other wives of the Prophet." adh-Dhahabi, the great Sunni scholar writes: What 'A'ishah meant by the word "events" was the battle of al-Jamal and her role in starting it.273 He says also: In the night of 17th Ramadan of the 58 of the Hijrah she died after her one-unit prayer. She had willed to be buried the same night. The Emigrants and Ansar assembled and a large crowd gathered. They lighted date palm branches to illuminate the way for the procession.

The narrator of the story says: I saw the women of Medina in the al-Baqi'cemetery that night assembled like festival days. Abu Hurayrah performed her burial prayer, since he governed the city on behalf of Marwan.