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In 628 Aisha’s full brother Abdulrahman finally became a Muslim and was reconciled to his family. He reminded Abu Bakr: “O Father, twice at the Battle of Badr I had you under my sword, but my love for you stayed my hand.” Abu Bakr replied, “Son, if ''I'' had had ''you'' under ''my'' sword even ''once'', you would be no more.”<ref>As-Suyuti, ''Tarikh al-Khulafa''. Translated by Jarrett, H. S. (1881). ''The History of the Caliphs'', p. 35. Calcutta: Asiatic Society. See also [http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1618&Itemid=114/ Ibn Kathir, ''Tafsir'' on Q58:22].</ref> In 629 Ali’s brother Jaafar became a ''jihad'' “martyr”, and soon afterwards his widow, Asma bint Umays, married Abu Bakr. She bore his third son, Muhammad, in 632.<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:197. “Abu Bakr ''as-Siddiq'' married Asma bint Umays after Jaafar ibn Abi Talib died and she bore him Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr … at Dhu’l-Hulayfa when they were intending to make the Farewell ''Hajj''.”</ref> | In 628 Aisha’s full brother Abdulrahman finally became a Muslim and was reconciled to his family. He reminded Abu Bakr: “O Father, twice at the Battle of Badr I had you under my sword, but my love for you stayed my hand.” Abu Bakr replied, “Son, if ''I'' had had ''you'' under ''my'' sword even ''once'', you would be no more.”<ref>As-Suyuti, ''Tarikh al-Khulafa''. Translated by Jarrett, H. S. (1881). ''The History of the Caliphs'', p. 35. Calcutta: Asiatic Society. See also [http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1618&Itemid=114/ Ibn Kathir, ''Tafsir'' on Q58:22].</ref> In 629 Ali’s brother Jaafar became a ''jihad'' “martyr”, and soon afterwards his widow, Asma bint Umays, married Abu Bakr. She bore his third son, Muhammad, in 632.<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:197. “Abu Bakr ''as-Siddiq'' married Asma bint Umays after Jaafar ibn Abi Talib died and she bore him Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr … at Dhu’l-Hulayfa when they were intending to make the Farewell ''Hajj''.”</ref> | ||
After the Necklace Affair, the lottery that determined which wife would accompany Muhammad to the wars never again fell on Aisha.<ref>This is the calculation of [http://www.answering-islam.org/Books/Muir/Life4/chap24.htm/ Muir (1861)], vol. 4 p. 114 f 3. Muir does not comment on whether this observation might be anything more than a coincidence.</ref> Although she helped him pack his military equipment early in 630, she admitted to her father that she did not know where the troops were going.<ref>Guillaume/Ishaq 544.</ref> In fact Muhammad took them to conquer Mecca, where he proclaimed that anyone who did not convert would be killed. At this point, Aisha’s grandfather Abu Quhafa finally became a Muslim; he was | After the Necklace Affair, the lottery that determined which wife would accompany Muhammad to the wars never again fell on Aisha.<ref>This is the calculation of [http://www.answering-islam.org/Books/Muir/Life4/chap24.htm/ Muir (1861)], vol. 4 p. 114 f 3. Muir does not comment on whether this observation might be anything more than a coincidence.</ref> Although she helped him pack his military equipment early in 630, she admitted to her father that she did not know where the troops were going.<ref>Guillaume/Ishaq 544.</ref> In fact Muhammad took them to conquer Mecca, where he proclaimed that anyone who did not convert would be killed. At this point, Aisha’s grandfather Abu Quhafa finally became a Muslim; he was 90 years old.<ref>Guillaume/Ishaq 548-549.</ref> | ||
===Islam=== | ===Islam=== | ||