‘Ā’ishah bint Abī Bakr (613/614 – 678 CE; transliteration: , also transcribed as
A'ishah,
Aisyah,
Ayesha,
A'isha,
Aishat,
Aishah, or
Aisha ) was one of
Muhammad's wives. In Islamic writings, her name is thus often prefixed by the title "Mother of the Believers" (Arabic: أمّ المؤمنين
umm al-mu'minīn), per the description of
Muhammad's wives in the
Qur'an.