Religion ESSAY Flashcards
INTRODUCTION
A’isha Bint Abu Bakr is a significant person as she was a female leader, a wife, a scholar and a political activist who played a valuable and vital part of the contributions on Islam and to its adherents.
These aspects of her humble life have allowed her to make a powerful impact on the devlopement and expression of Islam.
Thus, she helped to preserve the Islamic faith, including the sayings and behaviour of Muhammed by teaching it to others.
Through the impact of her contributions on Islam is evident through her contributing to the spread of Prophet Muhammad (SWT), her changes to adultery law and her as a role model for modern Muslim women of Islam.
BODY 1- Spread of the word of The Prophet
Aisha contributed to Islam by spreading the word of the Prophet.
Through her close relationship with Prophet Muhammad (SWT) meant she had a unique insight allowing her to write over 2000 Hadiths (sayings of Muhammad) due to her intellect and good memory.
This proves to have a significant impact of the contribution to Islam on the interpretation of the Islamic faith as the Quran and the Haddith are relient on each-other to communicate the message of Allah (God).
As well as it being extremely effective in revitalising Islam as it allowed the traditions to live on and proliferate after the Prophets death.
Resit Haylamaz said “Aisha was a bridge between the time of Prophet and the future of Islam”.
Aisha’s great memory allowed her to memoriese the texts and made her a great contributer to the spread of Islam and to the developing of the Quran.
BODY 2- Changes to adultery law
Another significant impact of Aisha is her influence on the changes to adultery laws.
The ‘affair of the Slander’ resulted in Sura 24:4; had occured when the Prophet was alive that has resulted in the new revelations in the Quran.
Aisha was left behind in the desert and rescued by a young man, this caused a large outrage by the family and community as she was accused of Zina, adultery.
She pleaded her innocence but was not believed until Muhammad had a revelation proving her innocence while also establishing the rules for accusations.
This had a large impact on Islamic women because it became hard to falsify claims of adultery.
God (Allah) provided the prophet with a new found revelation, which stated “And those that accuse honourable women but bring not 4 witnesses… never accept their testimony”. (Sura 24:4;)
This established the Law of Adultery, the guidelines included the introduction of punishments for false accusations and also the need for four witnesses to prove such actions which further encouraged people to tell the truth.
These changes to the laws also provided women with more protection as it was much harder to become discarded by easy accusations.
This highlights how Aisha contributed to the development of adultery laws as well as the impact of her influential actions on women.
BODY 3- Her as a role model
Moreover, Aisha is a significant role model where she provided proof for all women and broken of a masculine society that woman can do just as much as a man can.
She didn’t obtain any higher education, but was able to become a teacher to scholars and experts and influence many men and women by providing them with leadership and inspiration as she was passionate about education.
Aisha used her influential position to distribute her wealth to the less fortunate people of islam through providing care and guidance for children in need and educated them.
Her contribution towards islam was her active actions in education and social improvements, as her initial aim was to eliminate hunger and poverty.
Aisha’s teachings of her islamic beliefs impacted many and are widely used by muslims today, and she is regarded and respected as a highly educated woman and one of the most significant scholars of early Islam.
