She was said to be the first and probably only Muslim woman in the Early Caliphate's history who received her inheritance from her father in utero.
While declaring his will, he informed his daughter Aisha that some palm trees that he had given her, should then be given as inheritance to her two brothers and two sisters.
When she become old enough for marriage, caliph Umar asked for Umm Kulthum's hand, but Aisha refused consent.
"[2] Umm Kulthum was eventually married to her father's cousin and close associate Talha, who was over forty years older than her.
She narrated hadith from Aisha, of which some were collected by al-Bukhari, Muslim, al-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah.