Siddeeq-e-Akbar رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ. She رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا used to issue Fatwas (verdicts) consistently during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Umar, Sayyiduna Usman رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُما and after that till her passing away. (Tabaqat-ul-Kubra li Ibn-e-Sa’d, vol. 2, p. 286) The commentator of Bukhari, ‘Allamah Badr-ud-Deen ‘Ayni رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: The mother of the believers, Sayyidah ‘Aaishah Siddiqah رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا was from among the major companions  رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُم who were jurists. (Umda-tul-Qaari, vol. 1, p. 72)

Let us now listen to some narrations regarding the eminence and stature of Sayyidah Aaishah’s رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا knowledge so that we too can develop the passion for learning the knowledge of Islam.

Virtues of Sayyidah ‘Aaishah Siddiqah رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا

1.   Sayyiduna Urwah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ states: ‘مَا رَاَیْتُ اَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ اَعْلَمُ بِالْقُرْاٰنِ وَ لَا فَرِیْضَةٍ وَ لَا بِحَلَالٍ وَ لَا بِحَرَامٍ وَ لَا بِشِعْرٍ وَ لَا بِحَدِیْثِ الْعَرَبِ وَ لَا بِنَسَبٍ مِنْ عَائِشَةَ’. Meaning, I have not seen a greater scholar of the Quran, inheritance laws, Halal, Haraam, poetry, quotes of the Arabs and lineage than the mother of believers Sayyidah ‘Aaishah رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا. (Hilya-tul-Awliya, vol. 2, p. 60, Raqm 1482)

2.   Sayyiduna ‘Urwah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ states: ‘مَا رَاَیْتُ اَحَدًا اَعْلَمَ بِفِقْةٍ وَلَا بِطِبٍّ وَلَا بِشِعْرٍ مِنْ عَائِشَةَ’. Meaning, I have not seen a greater scholar than Sayyidah ‘Aaishah Siddiqah رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا in poetry, medicine and jurisprudence. (Al-Asabah, vol. 8, p. 233)

3.   Sayyiduna Abu Salamah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ states: ‘I have not seen a greater scholar than the mother of believers, Sayyidah ‘Aaishah Siddiqah رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا in the Sunnah of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, neither have I seen a greater jurisprudent than her in such a matter which requires a personal opinion, nor have I seen a greater scholar than her in regards to the cause of the revelation of a Quranic verse