PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Her birth
Aisha (RA) was born in late 613 or early 614.
Fatima (RA) said that she was born when the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was 35 and Aisha (RA) was born 5 years after, which means she was born when Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was 40.
Her marriage to Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
Aisha was the only wife of the Prophet Muhammad [SAW] to be born into a Muslim home, rather than converting to Islam. She was born approximately three years after prophethood in the home of Abu Bakr Siddiq [RA]. So she was a daughter of the greatest man after the prophets, Abu Bakr [RA], the greatest of the sahabah. Aisha was his daughter. And she grew up around the Prophet [SAW] because her father was the prophet's best friend. Aisha [RA], we do not know much about her life before she married the prophet, as she married the prophet [saws] at a very young age. Prophet (SAW) married Aisha (RA) when she was six but only consummate the marriage few years later when she attained puberty, at the age of 9. It was normal in Arabia at that time to marry a girl of young age.
Aisha (RA) was Prophet Muhammad (SAW)'s third wife. In the early part of his life, he was married to Khadija bint Khuwaylid [ra] and he remained in a monogamous marriage with her until she passed away. After she passed away, he married Saudah bint Zam'ah [ra], an elderly woman, to help raise his daughters. A few months later, he had a dream in which the angel Gabriel presented to him Aisha as his bride. And as we Muslims know, the dreams of the prophets are revelation. So acting upon this dream, he married Aisha [ra] and she became one of his wives.
