Aisha (The Wife, the Companion, the Scholar) by Resit Haylamaz
Hadrat hadija and Aisha, may God be pleased with them, had a special position among the wives of God’s Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him; while the former was like the royal vizier in Mecca for fifteen years before the revelation, the latter fulfilled the same duty during the Medina years and after. When they are considered in terms of their mission, each of them had the proper qualifications. God Almighty provided the Messenger of God with a strong character: in Mecca, where belief, self-sacrifice, and bravery were so necessary, He gave him Khadija; in Medina, where the requirements of knowledge, intelligence and reasoning were needed, He bestowed him Aisha.
Khadija was the sturdiest woman of Mecca. She provided unyielding support to God’s Messenger during the hardest days when troubles were at their peak, during his days of suffering when there were consecutive problems and disasters. When he began to call people to Islam, she was his greatest supporter, both materially and spiritually. Khadija was the first Muslim; believing in God’s Messenger at a vital moment when he needed her most meant a special place at the side of God and His Messenger.
Aisha’s place was different. She was a special vizier to the Messenger of God after the Hijra to Medina, when it was necessary to render service to religion. Aisha, with a bright, inquisitive mind and a quick wit, distinguished herself in the Prophet’s house. God Almighty bestowed her with extraordinary brilliance. She had a questioning nature, and did not blindly accept what she heard. She was critical of everything she heard, according to the criteria of the Qur’an and the Sunnah (the Prophetic Tradition). Her eyes and ears were constantly on the alert for revelation. Aisha was like a bridg
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