One of the striking things about Aisha (RA) was that although not a biological mother herself, she considered children & the next generation so important that she decided to raise orphans in her home and prioritised them as her students. Some of them were her nephews and nieces..

Talha ibn Ubaydillah and az-Zubair bin al-'Awwam were her brothers-in-law and were killed around the time of the Incident of the Camel. Muhammad bin Abi Bakr -her brother- was killed in Egypt by the Umayyad governor. They left behind children who Aisha (RA) took under her wing...

Their orphaned children became great scholars, muhaddiths and jurists under her tutelage:
al-Qasim bin Muhammad (her brother's son)
'Urwah bin az-Zubair (her sister Asma's son)
'Aisha bint Talha (her sister Umm Kulthoum's son)...

A reminder to think beyond our own children...

It's not enough for us to think only of our own households. Our nephews and nieces, the children of our neighbourhoods and communities are all our concern.

It takes great generosity of spirit to mentor & teach a child or youth. But we must have the will and foresight to do it.