Aisha Bint Talha Bin Ubaydullah
Aisha Bint Talha Bin Ubaydullah (1): Aisha Bint Talha Bin Ubaydullah Bin Uthman Bin Aamer Bin ‘Amr Bin Kaab Bin Saad Bin Taym. Her mother was Umm Kulthum, the daughter of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, and her maternal aunt was Aisha, the Mother of the Believers.
Aisha Bint Talha was the person who most closely resembled her maternal aunt Aisha, the Mother of the Believers, who arranged for her to marry her nephew (Abdullah Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr Al-Siddiq), who was Aisha Bint Talha’s cousin. She did not have children with any of her husbands except for him. She bore him Imran (and was called Umm Imran, which means “Mother of Imran”), Abdel-Rahman, Abu Bakr, Talha, and Nafisa, who was married to Al-Walid Bin Abdul-Malik. Each of her children had children of their own, and her son Talha was known as one of the most generous people of Quraysh.
When Abdullah left Aisha Bint Talha a widow, she married Musab Bin Al-Zubayr, who gave her a mahr of 500,000 dirhams along with a gift of the same amount. She used to reside one year in Makkah and one year in Madinah and also go to Ta’if to check on her properties, as she used to own a palace there.
Aisha Bint Talha did not veil her face in anyone’s presence. Musab admonished her regarding this, whereupon she said: “Almighty Allah has gifted me with beauty that I wish for people to view so that they may recognize His favor upon them; therefore, I will not place a veil over it. By Allah, there is nothing anyone can say to discredit me.”
Musab frequently brought up the topic to her, but she had a feisty spirit like the other women of Bani Taym, who were the feistiest of women, the type who are greatly valued by their husbands.
When Musab was killed, she married Umar Bin Ubaydullah Al-Taymi, who died in 82 AH—and she remained a widow after that. A few people asked for her hand, but she refused them.
Aisha was one of the rarest women of her time in terms of charm, beauty, looks, strength, virtue, and manners. Anas Bin Malik told Aisha Bint Talha: “The people would like to enter upon you in order to see your beauty.” She said: “You should have told me so that I could get dressed.” She also had one of the prettiest faces of her time. Abu Hurairah once saw her and said: “Glory be to Allah. It’s as though she is of the Hoor al-‘Ayn.”
Aisha Bint Talha was knowledgeable regarding the history and poetry of the Arabs. She also had knowledge of astronomy. She was of the Tabi’een (contemporaries of the Sahaba) and a trustworthy narrator upon whose authority people narrated in view of her merits and good manners. Aisha Bint Talha narrated on the authority of her maternal aunt Aisha, the Mother of the Believers, while her son (Talha Bin Abdullah Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr Al-Siddiq), her nephew (Talha Bin Yahya Bin Talha Bin Ubaydullah), and others narrated on her authority. She died in 101 AH (719 AD).
Source: Kitab Al-Sulala Al-Bakria As-Siddiqia – Part II, by Ahmed Farghal Al-De’abassi Al-Bakri
Date of Publication
1 Ramadan 1438 AH / May 26, 2017 AD
(1) Al-Durr Al-Manthur fi Tabaqat Rabat Al-Khudur 1/ 283, Al-A’lam, by Al-Zarkali 3/ 240, A’lam Al-Nissa’ fi ‘Alami Al-Arab wa Al-Islam 3/ 137-154