Chapter 21: The Death of Aisha bint Abi Bakr
Aisha’s Death:
Aisha bint Abi Bakr passed away in the year 58 AH, in the month of Ramadan, shortly after the night prayer and she was around sixty-six years old.
The people of Madinah gathered in great numbers and she was buried that same night.
It was reported that no funeral night was ever seen more crowded than Aisha’s and even people from the surrounding villages attended her burial.
Abu Hurayrah led the funeral prayer and Aisha bint Abi Bakr was buried in the Al-Baqi graveyard.
She passed away during the caliphate of Mu’awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan.