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The Jewel of Medina

By Sherry Jones

جوهرة المدينة

Sherry Jones's novel about Aisha — Random House dropped it amid controversy before Beaufort published it; a case study in depicting the Prophet ﷺ's household.

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Contested: This record includes matters on which scholars differ. The speaker's views are labelled as his, and other views are marked where no cited source yet exists.

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Overview

The controversial novel by Sherry Jones (2008): an imagined novelist's account of the life of Aisha bint Abi Bakr (may God be pleased with her) from her childhood to her early marriage to the Prophet and her life after his death. 1

Legacy

Random House refused to publish it out of fear, and it was published by Beaufort Books; it provoked debate about the freedom of fictional imagination and religious facts. 1

People and things also explored

Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan· Asma' bint Marwan· Fitnat Hanim· Sajah bint al-Harith· Salma bint Attab· Sarah· Umama al-Muzayriyya· Umm Musa, the mother of Musa

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islam.museum contributors. “The Jewel of Medina”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/jawharat-al-madina/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan

Ibn Ishaq relates from Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn al-Fudayl from his father that Asma' bint Marwan, of Banu Umayya ibn Zayd and married to Yazid ibn Zayd of Banu Khatma, showed hypocrisy after Abu Afak's killing and composed verses reviling Islam and its people and inciting against the Prophet, which Hassan ibn Thabit answered; when it reached the Prophet he said 'is there no one to deal with the daughter of Marwan for me?' Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi heard him, went to her house that night and killed her, and the Prophet told him 'you have helped God and His Messenger, Umayr', and that no two goats would butt heads over her. Ibn Ishaq says that day was the first on which Islam became strong among Banu Khatma.