Aisha bint Abi Bakr

عَائِشَة

Mother of the Believers and foremost scholar of hadith

Born: c. 614 CE, Mecca

Died: 678 CE, Medina

Era: Companions

Field: Hadith, Fiqh

Origin: Mecca, Arabia

Aisha bint Abi Bakr, wife of the Prophet ﷺ, narrated over 2,000 hadiths and corrected many companions on matters of Islamic law. Scholars came from across Arabia to learn from her.