Muhammad's feisty young wife A'isha remained influential after his death because
A) as his close companion, she was the source of many hadiths.
B) she married each of the next three caliphs.
C) she had the original text of the Qur'an.
D) Muhammad had declared her his successor as leader of Islam.
E) she was the mother of all of his children.
Answer: A
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