But when it comes to the wives of the prophet and their being mothers of the believers, this is not motherhood in the truest sense of the word because some aspects of motherhood apply to them while others don't. For example, I can not marry my birth mother's daughters, but the believers can marry the prophet's wives offspring. My birth mother doesn't have to wear hijab in front of me as she is my mahram, but the prophets pbuh wives are required to wear hijab in the presence of the believers. I can inherit from my birth mother but the believers do not inherit from the wives of the prophet.
Therefore the only other aspect of motherhood that applies to both birth mothers and wives of the prophet alike is marriage, in that we can not marry our birth mothers and likewise the believers can not marry the wives of the prophet because they are like our mothers in this respect.
with regards to the possibility of becoming disbelievers after being Muslim. Allah in Quran (3 : 144 ) warns all of the Muslims of that time (wives and companions included) against turning their backs in disbelief.
You're right in that Quran (66 : 4 ) & Quran (66 : 5 ) carry an if/then clause to warn the conspiring wives that if he divorces them Allah will find him wives "better" than they are. unlike Aisha and Hafsa, the "better" wives would posess the qualities of submission (islam), faithfullness, obedience, devotion ect.. These are qualities Aisha and Hafsa did not have, had they possessed these qualities Allah would not have threatened them with replacing them with "better" wives.
We know that the prophet had many reasons for marrying, sometimes his marriage was to bring two warring tribes together, other times it is to save a widow from eminent death. In the case of Aisha however, his marriage to her was to test and try this Ummah (islamic nation). Ammar bin yasir recognized this when he commented to the people when Aisha went out to Basra to fight imam Ali
when he said "But Allah has put you to test whether you obey Him (Allah) or her (Aisha)." --> Sahih Bukhari Ammar recognized that Aisha would not have had the ability to influence people and mobilize an entire army had she not been the wife of the prophet. Therefore, Aisha was a source of trial and test for the nation. The prophet pbuh married her fully aware she would go against his religion, command, and lead an army against his successor. Through the resulting strife between the two parties Allah (swt) would try and test this nation to see who will follow the prophet pbuh and be among the believers and who will follow Aisha and be among the unbelievers.This is what Ammar yasir (RA) was alluding to when he said "Allah has put you to test whether you obey Him (Allah) or her (Aisha)" I.e. obeying Aisha is not obeying God.
There is no evidence in the Quran or hadith to suggest that there is a difference. He was annoyed because he was hurt / injured. If someone you trusted did something terrible behind your back and you were offended as a result, your entire mood will change, you may not be your usual self and cheerful in front of your family, you may want to take some time to yourself.
Historically when the prophet pbuh confronted Aisha about her plot, she remarked "who told you?", this seems like a very rudimentary question coming from a person whom we are supposedly commanded to learn half of our religion from. It is obvious to anyone who believed in Muhammad's pbuh message from the first revelation Quran (96 : 1 )that he receives his revelation from the Angel Gabriel. If Aisha had believed in the prophet and the message she wouldn't ask this question. The question begs, what is it that prompted Aisha to ask him "who told you?" Was she not aware Allah tells him through Gabriel? or did she not believe in his prophethood altogether? or there may be another explanation, if anyone knows please let me know.
Chuck, you said Aisha was young and still learning. But consider the following.
Surah 33 where Aisha was called mother of believers is said to have been revealed in year 5AH.
Surah 66 where Aisha was criticized and threatened is said to have been revealed in year 7-8AH that's 3-4 years before the prophet passed away and 2-3 years after she was called mother of believers.
The first point is that Aisha was learning Islam from the very early years of his ministry. That is because as the Sunnis claim Abu bakr her father was the first man to embrace Islam. Therefore, she would have learned it through her father before moving in with the prophet. In addition to the time spent learning Islam through her father, she spent 5-7 years with the prophet in Medina learning from him, so she is no stranger to Islam and its rules.
Second, the verse about the wives being mothers of believers was revealed around 5AH, Yet 2-3 years later Allah criticized her for plotting against the prophet, this further proves that being a mother of believers does not protect the wives from deviating. That is because despite the fact she was honored with the title of mother, she still plotted against the prophet.
That goes against the idea that Aisha is one of the primary sources of hadith and religion because she went against the clear unambiguous verses of the Quran.
I've mentioned the story of the treasurers of Basra before:
The sunni history book "wifayatul a'yaan" vol.3 page 18 we read the following
Aisha and her army entered Basra
"...They captured Uthman bin hunaif, Ali's representative in basra and prepared to kill him, he beseeched them by Allah, and reminded them of his companionship to the prophet pbuh, someone instructed to whip him instead, they whiped him, plucked out his beard, the hair on his head even his eyebrows and eye lashes. Afterwards they imprisoned him and killed 50 men who managed the muslim treasury"
There is so much more to say on this topic but i'm out of time and have to leave. I'll revisit this topic sometime later today.
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