Aisha bint Talha

عائشة بنت طلحة

A prodigy in literature and generosity like her father Talha, she is mentioned alongside Sakina bint al-Husayn in literary gatherings. Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr, governor of Iraq during the caliphate of his brother Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (67–72 AH), married her, and according to the book her dower was one million dirhams 12.

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The Umayyad Period
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Arabia
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'A'isha bint Talha ibn 'Ubaydallah al-Taymiyya, daughter of the Mother of the Faithful 'A'isha's sister Umm Kulthum bint al-Siddiq; her cousin 'Abdallah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr married her, then after him the amir of Iraq Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr, who gave her a dower of a hundred thousand dinars. She was the most beautiful and noblest woman of her time, and her hadith is included in the Sahih collections. She died around 110 AH. 3

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Muwatta 800

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Muwatta, Book of Fasting· Aisha bint Abi Bakr· Fasting in Ramadan· Muwatta 800

Sources

  1. Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006) , p. 144
  2. Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006) , p. 145
  3. Siyar a'lam al-nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Ideas House International edition, 2004) , p.2077
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Muwatta, Book of Fasting

The Book of Fasting, fourth book of the Muwatta in Yahya ibn Yahya's recension (ed. Ma'ruf 1997): 85 reports (781–865) in twenty-seven babs, PDF pp. 385–417 of volume 1, from sighting the moon and breaking the fast through travel, expiation, Ashura, making up missed fasts and fidya.