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'A'ishah bint Abi Bakr رضي الله عنها
Born into a Believing House
'A'ishah was the daughter of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and Umm Ruman. She grew up in one of the first Muslim homes in Makkah, and later said that she could not remember a time when her parents were not following the religion, and that not a day passed without the Prophet ﷺ visiting their house, morning or evening (Sahih al-Bukhari 3905).
The Prophet ﷺ later told her that she had been shown to him in a dream before their marriage: an angel brought her image wrapped in a piece of silk and said, "This is your wife." He uncovered it and it was her, and he said, "If this is from Allah, He will bring it to pass" (Sahih al-Bukhari 3895; Sahih Muslim 2438).
The first lessons of faith are absorbed at home, long before they are taught in words.
What will the children around you remember as normal about faith in your home?
- Sahih al-Bukhari 3905 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih al-Bukhari 3895 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih Muslim 2438 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
What the hadith grades mean
- Sahih (authentic): an unbroken chain of trustworthy, precise narrators, free of hidden flaws or contradiction. It is acted upon.
- Hasan (good): like sahih, but a narrator's precision is slightly lighter. It is also accepted and acted upon. "Hasan sahih" means it reaches sahih by its routes.
- Da'if (weak): a break in the chain or a narrator who is not reliable enough. It is not used to establish beliefs or rulings.
- Very weak (munkar, matruk): a seriously flawed chain or a narrator accused of lying. It is not relied on at all.
- Mawdu' (fabricated): falsely attributed to the Prophet ﷺ. It may not be narrated as his words except to warn against it.
- The two Sahihs: every hadith with a full chain in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim is accepted as sahih by the scholars of hadith.
- Historical report: biographies and histories (Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabari) record events with chains that are often incomplete. They are used for the story, not for rulings.
- Hadith scholars grade a narration; the four madhhabs do not. Where a hadith carries a ruling, the page shows which schools act on it.
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