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==Aisha bint Abi Bakr== | ==Aisha bint Abi Bakr== | ||
'''Part 3: Aisha the Widow''' | '''Part 3: Aisha the Widow''' | ||
[[File:safflowerveil.jpg|right|thumb|The safflower dye that Aisha wore produces this pink colour.|300px]] | |||
===Widowhood=== | ===Widowhood=== | ||
Aisha spent her adult life in the mosque at Medina, keeping all the Muslim prayers and fasts, and being careful never to show her face to any man. When a blind man asked her why she bothered to [[Hijab|veil]] herself from him, she replied, “Even if you cannot see me, I can see you.”<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:49.</ref> Her friends observed that she was usually dressed in loose trousers, shift, gown, veil and gold rings. Her veil was sometimes black,<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:50.</ref> but (unlike the typical modern wearer of a ''niqab''), Aisha often wore both a veil and a gown dyed “flame-red”<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:52.</ref> or “safflower red”.<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:49-51.</ref> Wolfskin furs against the cold are also mentioned, although Aisha was particular not to wear the furs of carrion.<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:49, 51.</ref> | Aisha spent her adult life in the mosque at Medina, keeping all the Muslim prayers and fasts, and being careful never to show her face to any man. When a blind man asked her why she bothered to [[Hijab|veil]] herself from him, she replied, “Even if you cannot see me, I can see you.”<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:49.</ref> Her friends observed that she was usually dressed in loose trousers, shift, gown, veil and gold rings. Her veil was sometimes black,<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:50.</ref> but (unlike the typical modern wearer of a ''niqab''), Aisha often wore both a veil and a gown dyed “flame-red”<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:52.</ref> or “safflower red”.<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:49-51.</ref> Wolfskin furs against the cold are also mentioned, although Aisha was particular not to wear the furs of carrion.<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:49, 51.</ref> | ||