'A'ishah (bint Abi Bakr)

(born 614, Mecca, Arabia—died July 678, Medina) Third wife of Muhammad. The daughter of his supporter Ab, she became Muhammad's favourite wife. Left a childless widow at 18, she became politically active during the reign of the third caliph, , leading the opposition that resulted in his murder in 656. She led an army against his successor, , who defeated her in the Battle of the Camel. She was allowed to live her remaining years quietly in Medina and is credited with transmitting more than a thousand .

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