Was Ayesha the Most Superior Wife Of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.) ???

The advocates of Ayesha (la) always try to portray her as the most superior lady in the history of mankind. They always paint a very rosy picture of her and depict her as the most beloved wife of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.w.) but if you travel through the pages of history, it speaks of a different story.


Imam Ahmed records:

Anas narrated that the prophet (s) said: "The most excellent of the women of all worlds are: Mary the daughter of Imran, Khadija the daughter of Khuwaylid, Fatimah the daughter of Muhammad, and Asiya the wife of Pharaoh" 


 ( Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal, Volume 3 page 135 Hadith 12414 ) 


We also read:

Ibn Abbas narrates that Rasulullah (s) made four lines on the earth, then He (s) said to his companions, ‘Do you know what is this?’ They replied: ‘Allah and his messenger know best’. He (s) replied: ‘The most excellent of the women of Paradise are Khadija the daughter of Khuwaylid, Fatimah the daughter of Muhammad, Asiya the wife of Pharaoh, and Mary the daughter of Imran’


( Musnad Ahmed bin Hanbal, Volume 1 page 293 Hadith 2668 )



The above two narrations make it very clear that the most exdellent of the women were Janabe Khadija (s.a.), Janabe Fatematuz Zehra (s.a.), Janabe Asiya (a) and Janabe Maryam (a).