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====Sawdah had Not Reached Menopause==== | ====Sawdah had Not Reached Menopause==== | ||
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|8|3451}}.|As [Sawdah] became old, she had made over her day with Allah’s Messenger to Aisha. She said: “I have made over my day with you to Aisha.” So Allah’s Messenger allotted two days to Aisha, her own day and that of Sawdah.}} | {{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|8|3451}}.|As [Sawdah] '''became old''', she had made over her day with Allah’s Messenger to Aisha. She said: “I have made over my day with you to Aisha.” So Allah’s Messenger allotted two days to Aisha, her own day and that of Sawdah.}} | ||
{{Quote|Bewley/Saad 8:40.|Sawdah bint Zamaa became old and the Messenger of Allah did not have much to do with her. … She became afraid that he would divorce her and she would lose her place with him. So she said, “Messenger of Allah, my day which falls for me is for Aisha and you are in the lawful in it.”}} | {{Quote|Bewley/Saad 8:40.|Sawdah bint Zamaa '''became old''' and the Messenger of Allah did not have much to do with her. … She became afraid that he would divorce her and she would lose her place with him. So she said, “Messenger of Allah, my day which falls for me is for Aisha and you are in the lawful in it.”}} | ||
[[File:Kahla.png|left|thumb|An “elderly” Arab lady (''kahla''), c. 1890.|200px]] | [[File:Kahla.png|left|thumb|An “elderly” Arab lady (''kahla''), c. 1890.|200px]] |