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Muhammad’s widows could not leave Medina unless Umar gave them express permission. He kept them close to the mosque for a decade,<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:146. “'Umar ibn Al-Khattab forbade the wives of the Prophet to go on ''hajj'' or '''umra''.”</ref> for Muhammad had told his wives at the Farewell Pilgrimage in 632: “It is this ''Hajj'' and then there is confinement.”<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:41.</ref> It was not until October 644, when Aisha was 30, that she and six of her co-wives were given leave to make another ''Hajj'' to Mecca (i.e., to take a holiday).<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:41, 146-147.</ref> Dressed in safflower-pink,<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:51: “That was after the death of the Prophet and then they went on ''hajj'' wearing safflower red garments.”</ref> they travelled in ''howdahs'' covered with green shawls, preceded by the camel of Uthman ibn Affan and followed by the camel of Abdulrahman ibn Awf. Uthman and Abdulrahman “did not let anyone come near them nor see them,” and shouted, “Get away! Get away! Go left!” or “Go right!” at anyone whom they passed on the road. They stopped whenever Umar stopped. In the midday heat he made camp for them in ravines, shielded by trees on every side, “and they did not let anyone come near them.” A woman who brought them some meat and milk wept at the sight of them, saying she “remembered Allah’s Messenger,” which made all of them weep with her.<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:146-148.</ref> | Muhammad’s widows could not leave Medina unless Umar gave them express permission. He kept them close to the mosque for a decade,<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:146. “'Umar ibn Al-Khattab forbade the wives of the Prophet to go on ''hajj'' or '''umra''.”</ref> for Muhammad had told his wives at the Farewell Pilgrimage in 632: “It is this ''Hajj'' and then there is confinement.”<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:41.</ref> It was not until October 644, when Aisha was 30, that she and six of her co-wives were given leave to make another ''Hajj'' to Mecca (i.e., to take a holiday).<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:41, 146-147.</ref> Dressed in safflower-pink,<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:51: “That was after the death of the Prophet and then they went on ''hajj'' wearing safflower red garments.”</ref> they travelled in ''howdahs'' covered with green shawls, preceded by the camel of Uthman ibn Affan and followed by the camel of Abdulrahman ibn Awf. Uthman and Abdulrahman “did not let anyone come near them nor see them,” and shouted, “Get away! Get away! Go left!” or “Go right!” at anyone whom they passed on the road. They stopped whenever Umar stopped. In the midday heat he made camp for them in ravines, shielded by trees on every side, “and they did not let anyone come near them.” A woman who brought them some meat and milk wept at the sight of them, saying she “remembered Allah’s Messenger,” which made all of them weep with her.<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:146-148.</ref> | ||
Umar was assassinated by a disaffected slave in | Umar was assassinated by a disaffected slave in November 644.<ref>{{Tabari|14|pp. 90, 95}}.</ref> He petitioned to be buried beside Muhammad and Abu Bakr. Although Aisha had assumed that this burial spot would be hers, she conceded, “Today I prefer Umar to myself.”<ref>{{Bukhari|2|23|475}}.</ref> With Umar in her house, even though he was dead, Aisha did not like to expose her face. “I never took my veil off and used to stay wrapped up in clothes”<ref></ref> until she could have a wall built to section off the three tombs. Thereafter she never entered the tomb-room unveiled.<ref></ref> The new wall must have reduced her usable living space to half. | ||
===The Caliphate of Uthman=== | ===The Caliphate of Uthman=== | ||