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يداتالجنةس )The Queens of Jannah.(

By: Muhammed Huzaifah ibn Adam Aal-Ebrahim.

(Cover of Kitaab Designed by: Haafiz Hamza ibn Adam Aal-Ebrahim.)

A Nidaa-ul-Haqq Publication.

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Index: Acknowledgements Page 04.

Preface Page 06.

The Noble Lineage of Rasoolullaah م ص ل س يهو ل ال یع ع لیاللهت Page 08.

The Wives of Rasoolullaah م ص ل س يهو ل ال یع ع لیاللهت Page 10.

Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Khadeejah al-Kubraa ار نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي Page 11.

Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Sawdah bint Zam`ah ار نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي Page 16.

Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat `Aa’ishah as-Siddeeqah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .Page 18 ر

Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Hafsah bint `Umar ار نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي Page 30.

Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Zaynab bint Khuzaymah ار نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي Page 32.

Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Hind bint Abi Umayyah (Ummu Salamah) ار نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي Page 34.

Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Zaynab bint Jahsh ال ی ع اللهت ضي ار نه ع Page 36.

Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Juwayriyah bint al-Haarith ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .Page 38 ر

Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Ramlah bint Abi Sufyaan ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .Page 39 ر

Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Safiyyah bint Huyayy اللهر اضي نه ال یع ع ت Page 40.

Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Maymoonah bint al-Haarith ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .Page 42 ر

Hadhrat Maariyah al-Qibtiyyah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .Page 44 ر

The Daughters of Rasoolullaah ص يهو ل ال یع ع م لیاللهت ل س Page 45.

Hadhrat Ruqayyah bint Rasoolullaah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ر م ص و ل س يهو ل ال یع ع لیاللهت Page 47.

Hadhrat Zaynab bint Rasoolullaah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ر م ص و ل س يهو ل ال یع ع لیاللهت Page 50.

Hadhrat Umm Kulthoom bint Rasoolullaah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ر لمص و س يهو ل ال یع ع لیاللهت Page 53.

Hadhrat Faatimah bint Rasoolullaah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ر لمص و س يهو ل ال یع ع لیاللهت Page 55.

The Ruling on the One Who Slanders Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .Page 61 ر

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Acknowledgements: For whichever work a person is able to render on behalf of the Deen of Allaah Ta`aalaa, there is a need for vast Shukr (Gratitude) to Allaah `Azza wa Jall. This is because the person has been able to successfully carry out this work only with the Idhn (Permission) and Nusrah (Help) of Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta`aalaa. Then, Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta`aalaa commands us in the Qur’aan Kareem to be grateful to our parents; of all the people in our lives to whom we owe gratitude, we owe them the most gratitude. And, we know that Rasoolullaah

لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت :has said in a Hadeeth ص

حدثناىنادحدثناابومعاويةعنابنابيليلىوحدثناسفيانبنوكيعحدثناحميدبنعبدالرحمانالرواسيعنابنابيليلىعنعطيةعنابيسعيدقال،قالرسولاللهصلىاللهعليووسلم:منلم

يشكرالناسلميشكرالله

{رواهالترمذيفيسننو} “Hannaad narrated to us; Abu Mu`aawiyah narrated to us from Ibni Abi Laylaa, and Sufyaan bin Wakee` narrated to us; Humayd bin `Abdur Rahmaan ar-Ruwaasi narrated to us from Ibni Abi Laylaa, from `Atiyyah,

from Abi Sa`eed who said, “Rasoolullaah ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت لمص س said:

“The one who is not grateful to people will not be grateful to Allaah.” 1

Now that Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ,has expressed to us the importance of Shukr in this Hadeeth ص we learn from another Hadeeth the importance of being grateful to one’s parents in particular:

حدثنامحمدبنجعفرحدثناشعبةعنسليمانعنذكوانعنابيىريرةعنالنبيصلىاللهعليووسلمكلمولوديولدعلىالفطرةفأبواهيهودانووينصرانوويشركانو انوقال:

{رواهاحمدفيمسنده} “Muhammad bin Ja`far narrated to us; Shu`bah narrated to us from Sulaymaan, from Dhakwaan, from Hadhrat

Abu Hurayrah (Radhiyallaahu Ta`aalaa `Anhu), from Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت :that he said ص

“Every child is born upon the Fitrah. Thereafter, his parents (if they are Jews) make him a Jew, (and if they are Christians) they make him a Christian, (and if they are Mushrikeen) they make him a Mushrik.”

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So the kind of parents a person has is very important. Should his parents be Kuffaar, then this person will grow up as a Kaafir. Should they be Fussaaq, he too will grow up as a Faasiq. However, if his parents are pious Muslims, this will have a positive effect upon him from his birth. With the Fadhl of Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta`aalaa, such a person will grow up as a Muslim.

I have made mention of all of this, because even before the preface of this Kitaab I wish to firstly take this opportunity to express Shukr (gratitude) to my parents. It is with the Idhn (Permission) of Allaah `Azza wa Jall and the efforts of my father, Adam ibn Yusuf aal-Ebrahim, and my mother, that Allaah Ta`aalaa had allowed me to acquire the `Ilm of Deen, which is a more valuable than the Dunyaa and everything it contains. For this priceless Ni`mat (Bounty), I owe gratitude to Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta`aalaa, my parents, my Asaatidhah (Teachers), and my brothers and sisters.

1 Narrated by Imaam at-Tirmidhee ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .in his Sunan ر

2 Narrated by Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .in his Musnad ر

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My parents had exhausted every effort and made every sacrifice in order for me to acquire the `Ilm of Deen with the greatest of ease. For this, I make Du`aa that Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta`aalaa rewards them as only He is capable of doing. Also, I have been fortunate to have received the Du`aas of my grandfather, Imaam Yusuf

ibn Muhammad aal-Ebrahim ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ,and along with the Fadhl of Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta`aalaa ,ر whatever goodness I have attained in my life is through the Du`aas and Barakaat of my grandfather.

Then, with regards to my Asaatidhah, Mufti Rashid Ahmed Moosagie (Hafizhahullaahu Ta`aalaa) in particular, Maulana Hussain Muhammad (Hafizhahullaahu Ta`aalaa), and every person from whom I have acquired `Ilm, I ask Allaah `Azza wa Jall to bestow His Rahmat (Mercy) upon them, continue to exact Khidmah of Deen from them, and elevate their statuses, as Allaah Ta`aalaa Himself has promised to “raise the ranks of those who have Imaan from amongst you and those who have been granted `Ilm.” *Soorah al-Mujaadalah: 11]

آمينياربالعالمين

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Preface: In order to remedy a problem, it is essential to first of all know what its underlying cause is. A sickness cannot be treated without first ascertaining what caused it in the first place.

It goes without saying that, without knowing where the root causes of a problem lie a person can only be fooling himself in thinking he is in any way capable of putting an end to it. This is understood.

Then, one “sickness” which is rampant in the present age and which has, unfortunately, been plaguing the

Ummah of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت since the earliest days is the disease known as “Tash`ee”, or ص “Shi’ism”. This particular disease has been in existence since the time of the Khilaafah of Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen,

Dhun Noorayn (The Possessor of Two Lights), Hadhrat `Uthmaan ibn `Affaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي as for the ;ر reasons, then they are too many to enumerate in this short Kitaab and would require lengthy explanations, all of which are not the purport for the authoring of this Kitaab. In short, it was brought about by Shaytaan, and

the Kufr which was inherent and deeply embedded in the hearts of some Kuffaar لعنةاللهعليهم.

We will not deal here with the reason for the mushrooming up of this accursed sect, but rather with the reason for some alleged Muslims being confused/intimidated/deviated/influenced by it.

Firstly, understand well that the Deen of the Muslimeen comes from Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta`aalaa and from

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت انالله but was conveyed to us by none other than the Sahaabah ,ص رضو ل يهم ال یع ع Without them, we would have possessed no Qur’aan, no Sunnah and no Islaam. Allaah Ta`aalaa .ت

Himself selected each and every one of the As-haab of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت and entrusted ص them with the enormous duty of conveying the Kalaam of Allaah Ta`aalaa as well the speech, actions,

mannerisms, likes, dislikes, biography and lifestyle of His Rasool لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت collectively known ,ص as the “Sunnah”, to all those Muslims who would appear up until the Last Hour.

When the Kuffaar, shortly after the demise of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت witnessed with their ,ص own eyes how Islaam was spreading to every corner of the world, or, as Allaah Ta`aalaa Himself says,

افواجاللهيتالناسيدخلونفيديناأور {“And you see Mankind entering into the Deen of Allaah in groups and groups...”}

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When they saw this, they realised that, weaklings and cowards as they are, they would fail miserably to ever destroy Islaam by physically fighting and defeating the Muslim Armies. As a result, they devised a plan to attempt to do away with Islaam and with the very message which Islaam came with, by attacking it from within. The result of this Shaytaani plot is what is known as “Shi’ism”. The first step they took and their primary objective was to remove from the hearts of the Muslimeen the love, honour and reverence for the Sahaabah

(Companions) of Rasoolullaah س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت لمص as well as his Azwaaj (Wives) نهيل ع اللهانو ضر . Very

cunningly they professed severe and undying love for a small number of the close family of Rasoolullaah لی ص لم س ل يهو ال یع ع whilst hating, cursing, insulting, deriding, criticising, mocking and slandering the rest of the اللهت

beloved family of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت which includes his wives first of all, as well as the rest ص

of the Sahaabah ل يهم ال یع ع اناللهت .رضو

Coming now to the point of the discussion: Only those people will fall prey to the trap of the Shi`a Kuffaar who, from the very beginning, never had any love and reverence in their hearts for the Sahaabah of Rasoolullaah

لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت and his Azwaaj. Take note: A person who loves, respects and honours Hadhrat ص

`Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي will never be taken in by Kuffaar who accuse her of committing a Faahishah (a ر shameless act). This, then, is the primary objective of this Kitaab; if love for the wives and Sahaabah of

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت can be kindled, the snares of the Shi`a Rawaafidh shall be rendered ص entirely ineffectual. 1 Soorah an-Nasr, 111:2.

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Once the person begins to realise what was the status of each and every one of the Sahaabah of Rasoolullaah

لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت who have been described as “stars”, and understands what sacrifices they had ,ص undertaken and what difficulties they had undergone in the cause of Islaam, as well as understands their

Imaan, their love for Allaah and His Rasool لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت their Jihaad, their `Ibaadah, their ,ص Akhlaaq, etc, then, far from being talked over by a Kaafir Shi`a into believing that they were Kuffaar, Zhaalimeen (Oppressors) and Mujrimeen (Criminals), he will instead reach a state in which he loves whoever

loves them (the Sahaabah ل يهم ال یع ع اناللهت ل يهن and the Ummahaat-ul-Mu’mineen رضو ال یع ع اناللهت (رضو and hate whoever hates them. He will be willing to sacrifice his own life to uphold their honour.

When a person realises that the Azwaaj (Wives) of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت are, as Allaah ,ص Ta`aalaa Himself has described them, “The Ummahaat-ul-Mu’mineen) (The Mothers of The Mu’mineen), what heed will he give to the slanders of the vile Shi`as who declare them to be Kuffaar?

Allaah Ta`aalaa says,

۔۔۔هاتهمالنبياولیبالمؤمنينمنانفسهموازواجوام

{“An-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت is closer to the Mu’mineen than they are to their own selves, and his wives ص are their mothers... (Ilaa Aakhiril Aayah).”}

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If one examines this Aayah, Allaah Ta`aalaa says, “...And his wives are their mothers”, meaning, the mothers of the Mu’mineen. Allaah Ta`aalaa does not say that they are the mothers of the Kaafireen. Furthermore, Allaah

Ta`aalaa is clearly stating that for whoever the wives of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ,are mothers to ص those people are Mu’mineen. The Ahl-ut-Tash`ee (Shi`as) reject them, curse them, slander them and go as far

as to make Takfeer of them (declare them to be Kuffaar). Hence, the Azwaaj (Wives) of Rasoolullaah لیالله ص لم س ل يهو ال یع ع are not the mothers of the Shi`a, and the Shi`as are not Mu’mineen according to Allaah ت Rabbul `Izzah Himself.

Due to the enmity nurtured and displayed by the Shi`a Kuffaar towards Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat `Aa’ishah

ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم in particular, from amongst all the wives of Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت a ,ص special chapter in this Kitaab is dedicated to the ruling regarding the one who speaks ill of her.

I ask Allaah Ta`aalaa to accept this effort of mine and make it a means of benefit to all those who read it, and a benefit to myself in terms of Thawaab (Reward) both in this Dunyaa and in the Aakhirah, Aameen.

كلوخالصالوجهكالكريم اللهماجعلعملنا

- Muhammed Huzaifah ibn Adam ibn Yusuf ibn Muhammed Aal-Ebrahim.

(This Kitaab was completed on the 10th

of the Sacred Month of Muharram, the Day of `Aashoora, in the year 1435, conforming to Thursday, 14

th of November 2013.)

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1 Soorah al-Ahzaab, 33:6.

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The Noble Lineage of Rasoolullaah

ملسويولیعالعت للهیالص ورمعومساو–ماشىنب–دمحالةبيشومساو–بلطمالدبعنباللهدبعنبدمحمماسقالوب اوى

نبيؤلنببعكنبةرمنببلكنب–ديزومساو–يصقنبا–ةري غمالومساو–افنمدبعنب–نبدعمنبرزاننبرضمنباسيلانبةكردمنبةميزخنبةاننكنبرضالننبكالمنبرهفنببالغ

انندع He is Abu’l Qaasim Muhammad, ibn `Abdullaah, ibn `Abdul Muttalib (The real name of `Abdul Muttalib was Shaybah al-Hamd), ibn Haashim (The name of Haashim was `Amr), ibn `Abd Manaaf (His name was al-Mugheerah), ibn Qusayy (His name was Zayd), ibn Kilaab, ibn Murrah, ibn Ka`b, ibn Lu’ayy, ibn Ghaalib, ibn Fihr, ibn Maalik, ibn an-Nadhr, ibn Kinaanah, ibn Khuzaymah, ibn Mudrikah, ibn Ilyaas, ibn Mudhar, ibn Nizaar, ibn Ma`add, ibn Adnaan.

This is as far as the lineage of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت goes from authentic sources. Others add ص many more names onto this list, but it is unauthentic.

The lineage of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت as produced above has been narrated by `Allaamah ibn ص

Hazm al-Andalusi azh-Zhaahiri ةالله حم ل يهر ال یع ع ت in his “Jawaami`-us-Seerah”, as well as by Imaam ibn

Hishaam ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم لم in his renowned Kitaab on the Seerah of Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ,ص

as well as Haafiz adh-Dhahabi ة حم ل يهر ال یع ع اللهت in “Taareekh-udh-Dhahabi”, and by al-Mu’arrikh al-Kabeer,

`Allaamah ibn Sa`d ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ل يه the student of Imaam al-Waaqidi , ر ال یع ع ةاللهت حم in his , ر

“Tabaqaat”, and by `Allaamah ibn al-Qayyim ل يهر ال یع ع ةاللهت حم in “Zaad-ul-Ma`aad”.

`Allaamah ibn Hazm ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم :in “Jawaami`-us-Seerah” adds ر

علیورسولو،صلیاللهيمخليلاللهھ،بنابراوعدنانبلشکمنولداسماعيلالذبيحرسولاللهجميعرسلووانبيائوعلیوسيدنامحمد،وعليهما

“And `Adnaan was definitely from the progeny of the Rasool of Allaah Ismaa`eel, the one who had been chosen by Allaah to be sacrificed, who was the son of Ibraaheem, the Close Friend of Allaah and His Rasool;

Salaah (Salutations) be upon our master Muhammad لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت upon both of them and upon ,ص all of the Rusul and Ambiyaa of Allaah Ta`aalaa.”

The mother of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت was from Banu Zuhrah, and her lineage as mentioned by ص

`Allaamah ibn Hazm azh-Zhaahiri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم :is as follows ر

Aaminah bint Wahb, ibn `Abd Manaaf (whose name, as mentioned earlier, was al-Mugheerah), ibn Zuhrah. 1

And Zuhrah, the great-grandfather of Hadhrat Aaminah ضي ار نه ال یع ع اللهت , was from the progeny of Kilaab,

and it is by him that the lineage of both parents of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .connect ص

So she ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي :is ر

1 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibni-Hazm.

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Aaminah, bint Wahb, ibn `Abd Manaaf (al-Mugheerah), ibn Zuhrah, ibn Kilaab, ibn Murrah, ibn Ka`b, ibn Lu’ayy, ibn Ghaalib, ibn Fihr, ibn Maalik, ibn an-Nadhr, ibn Kinaanah, ibn Khuzaymah, ibn Mudrikah, ibn Ilyaas, ibn Mudhar, ibn Nizaar, ibn Ma`add, ibn Adnaan.

Imaam Abu Muhammad `Abdul Malik ibn Hishaam is amongst those who report a longer lineage of

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت than that reported by other Mu’arrikhoon. He quotes the lineage of ص

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت :in the following manner ص

“Muhammad, ibn `Abdullaah, ibn `Abdul Muttalib (Shaybah), ibn Haashim (`Amr), ibn `Abd Manaaf (al-Mugheerah), ibn Qusayy (Zayd), ibn Kilaab, ibn Murrah, ibn Ka`b, ibn Lu’ ayy, ibn Ghaalib, ibn Fihr, ibn Maalik, ibn an-Nadhr, ibn Kinaanah, ibn Khuzaymah, ibn Mudrikah (`Aamir), ibn Ilyaas, ibn Mudhar, ibn Nizaar, ibn Ma`add, ibn Adnaan, ibn ` Udd (and it is also said that his name was `Udad), ibn Muqawwim, ibn Naahoor, ibn

Tayrah, ibn Ya`rub, ibn Yashjub, ibn Naabit, ibn Ismaa`eel م ل ل يهالس م ibn Ibraaheem ,ع ل ل يهالس ibn Taarih ,ع (and he was Aazar), ibn Naahoor, ibn Saaroogh, ibn Ra`oo, ibn Faalakh, ibn `Aybar, ibn Shaalakh, ibn

Arfakhshadh, ibn Saam, ibn Nooh م ل ل يهالس ibn Lamikh, ibn Mitshowlakh, ibn Akhnookh (and this was said to ,ع

be the name of Nabi Idrees م ل ل يهالس م ibn Yard, ibn Mahlayl, ibn Qaynan, ibn Yaanish, ibn Sheeth ,(ع ل ل يهالس ,ع

ibn Aadam م ل ل يهالس ”.ع 1

However, the lineage of Rasoolullaah ال ی ع لیاللهت لمص س ل يهو ع produced earlier, which has been narrated by

`Allaamah ibn Hazm ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ل يه Allaamah ibn al-Qayyim` ,ر ال یع ع ةاللهت حم Allaamah ibn Sa`d` ,ر

ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ة Haafiz adh-Dhahabi ,ر حم ل يهر ال یع ع اللهت and others, is the authentic Nasab (Lineage).

1 Kitaab-us-Seerah of Imaam ibn Hishaam ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .ر

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The wives of Rasoolullaah

ملسويولیعالعت للهیالص

Hereunder begins the first part of this Kitaab, which is about the wives of Rasoolullaah لیالله ص ل يهو ال یع ع ت لم :and they are in the following order ,س

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1. Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Khadeejah al-Kubraa ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي . ر

2. Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Sawdah bint Zam`ah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي . ر

3. Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat `Aa’ishah as-Siddeeqah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي . ر

4. Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Hafsah bint `Umar ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي . ر

5. Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Zaynab bint Khuzaymah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي . ر

6. Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Umm Salamah, Hind bint Abi Umayyah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي . ر

7. Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Zaynab bint Jahsh ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي . ر

8. Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Juwairiyah bint al-Haarith ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي . ر

9. Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Ramlah bint Abi Sufyaan الله ضي ار نه ال یع ع ت .

10. Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Safiyyah bint Huyayy ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي . ر

11. Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Maymoonah bint al-Haarith ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي . ر

Thereafter, the Seerah of Hadhrat Maariyah al-Qibtiyyah اللهت ضي ار نه ال یع ع is given as well, even though she

was not from the wives of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت but was a slave-girl belonging to him, as has ص been shown in the pages dedicated to her in this Kitaab.

1 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibn Hazm ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

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01) Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Khadeejah al-Kubraa

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر بلکنبيصقنیبزعالدبعنبدسانبدليوختنبجةيدخ

She was the first wife of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت Hadhrat Khadeejah bint Khuwaylid ibn Asad :ص ibn `Abd-ul-`Uzzaa ibn Qusayy ibn Kilaab.

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Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت married her when he was twenty five years old, and she (Hadhrat ص

Khadeejah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم passed away three years prior to the Hijrah, and he ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ص did not marry any other woman during her lifetime.

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Prior to her marriage to Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت which took place when she was forty years of ص age, she was married to `Ateeq ibn `Aabid ibn `Abdullaah ibn `Umar ibn Makhzoom, and bore for him a child whose name was “`Abdullaah”.

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Thereafter, `Ateeq passed away and she married Abu Haalah, whose name was Hind ibn Zuraarah ibn an-Nabbaash, ibn `Adiyy, ibn Habeeb, ibn Surad, ibn Salaamah, ibn Jarwah, ibn Usayyid, ibn `Amr, ibn Tameem. And she bore for him two sons and one daughter. The two boys were Hind and Haarith, and the name of this daughter was Zaynab.

As for Hind ibn Hind, then he had accepted Islaam at the hands of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت and ص participated in the battle of Uhud, and later on moved to Basrah, which became the abode from which he departed from this Dunyaa. Amongst those who narrated Ahaadeeth from him is Hadhrat Hasan ibn `Ali ibn

Abee Taalib نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر

As for al-Haarith; what is known about him is that he had accepted Islaam, and was (the time is not known or mentioned by the Mu’arrikheen) killed at Ar-Rukn-ul-Yamaani.

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In my limited research, I have not discovered any information as to what happened to this daughter (from Abu Haalah) whose name was Zaynab. Allaahu A`lam.

After the passing away of both of her husbands, many noble people in the community were desirous of marrying her on account of her nobility, respect and wealth. However, Allaah Ta`aalaa decreed that she

become the wife of the greatest of His Makhlooq (Creation), Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .ص

At the age of twenty five, Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ,had, on the advice of his uncle, Abu Taalib ص

begun working as an agent for Hadhrat Khadeejah bint Khuwaylid ض ار نه ال یع ع اللهت ي . He would travel on business trips from Makkah Mukarramah to Shaam wherein which he would sell the merchandise of hers which he had brought with him. Being an excellent businessman (Allaah Ta`aalaa had granted him perfection

in every field), he did a much better job during his time as an agent for Hadhrat Khadeejah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ر than any other person had done, and the profits she reaped during this time were many times more than what

she was used to. Rasoolullaah لیالله لمص س ل يهو ال یع ع ت , therefore, was paid twice the amount any of the previous agents used to earn.

Hadhrat Khadeejah ض ار نه ال یع ع اللهت ي used to send her servant, by the name of Maysarah, with Rasoolullaah

ل س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت مص when he would go on these trips.

1 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibni-Hazm, p.31.

2 Ibid.

3 Ibn Sa`d, and Ibn Hishaam in his Seerah.

4 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibni-Hazm.

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Maysarah witnessed many strange incidents on these trips he would take with Rasoolullaah ل يه ال یع ع لیاللهت ص لم س .و

One such incident narrated by him is that one day, on the way to Shaam, they stopped over to rest by a tree.

Here a Raahib (Monk) met him (Maysarah), and inquired from him as to who was that man (Nabi ال ی ع لیاللهت ص لم س ل يهو لم Maysarah replied that he (Nabi .(ع س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت was a Qurayshi, from Makkah. The (ص Raahib replied that he is destined to become a Nabi, as I (the Monk) have seen in him two signs of the one who will be Khaatam-un-Nabiyyeen (The Seal of the Ambiyaa), and these are recorded in the scriptures of old.

Hadhrat Khadeejah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ال ی came to know of the noble qualities of Rasoolullaah ر ع لیاللهت ص لم س ل يهو لم from her servant Maysarah, who had observed Rasoolullaah ع س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت carefully, as ص

well as from others. Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت had already become famously known through-out ص Makkah Mukarramah as “Al-Ameen”, meaning “The One Who is Trustworthy”.

Hadhrat Khadeejah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ل يه had by now desired to get married to Rasoolullaah ر ال یع ع لیاللهت ص لم س .She sent a marriage proposal through Nafeesah, who was the sister of Ya`laa ibn Umayyah .و

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت accepted the proposal, and his uncles, Hadhrat Hamzah ibn `Abdul ص

Muttalib نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .and Abu Taalib, were pleased ر

The Nikaah was held at the home of Hadhrat Khadeejah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي and the uncles of Rasoolullaah , ر

لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت as well as some other members of his family, attended. At this time, the parents of ص

Hadhrat Khadeejah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي had already passed away, so from her family only her uncle, whose ر name was `Amr ibn Asad, participated in the occasion. The Mahr was five hundred Dirhams, and the Nikaah was completed.

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ا had seven children by Hadhrat Khadeejah ص نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي three ; ر sons and four daughters. The three sons were Qaasim, `Abdullaah and Taahir (or Tayyib, as it appears in other narrations. The Mu’arrikhoon have a difference of opinion in this matter). The four daughters were Zaynab, Ruqayyah, Faatimah and Umm-e-Kulthoom, who was the youngest. Radhiyallaahu Ta`aalaa `Anhum Ajma`een. 1 Something on the lives of each one of them will be mentioned later on in this Kitaab, Inshaa’Allaah.

عنعائشةأمالمؤمنينأنهاقالت:أولمابدىءبورسولاللهصلىاللهعليووسلممنالوحيالرؤيامثلفلقالصبح،ثمحببإليوالخلء،وكانيخلوبغارئتالصالحةفيالنوم،فكانلايرىرؤياإلاجا

اللياليذواتالعددقبلأنينزعإلىأىلو،ويتزودلذلك،ثميرجع-وىوالتعبد-حراء،فيتحنثفيووىوفيغارحراء،فجاوئإلىخديجةفيتزودلمثلها،حتىجا الملكفقال:اقرأ،قال:ماأناوئالحق

بقارئ.قال:فأخذنيفغطنيحتىبلغمنيالجهد،ثمأرسلنيفقال:اقرأ،قلتماأنابقارئ،فأخذنيفغطنيالثانيةحتىبلغمنيالجهد،ثمأرسلنيفقال:اقرأ،فقلت:ماأنابقارئ،فأخذنيفغطنيالثالثة،

يفقال:اقرأباسمربكالذيخلق.خلقالإنسانمنعلق.اقرأوربكالأكرم.فرجعبهاثمأرسلنففؤاده،فدخلعلىخديجةبنتخويلدرضياللهعنهافقال:جرسولاللهصلىاللهعليووسلمير

االخبر:لقدخشيتعلىنفسي.زملونيزملوني.فزملوهحتىذىبعنوالروع،فقاللخديجةوأخبرىكلواللهمايخزيكاللهأبدا،إنكلتصلالرحم،وتحملالكل،وتكسبالمعدوم،وتقري فقالتخديجة:

.فانطلقتبوخديجةحتىأتتبوورقةبننوفلبنأسدبنعبد الضيف،وتعينعلىنوائبالحق 1 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibni-Hazm رحمةاللهتعالیعليه.

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،فيكتبمنالإنجيلالعزى،ابنعمخديجة ،وكانامرءاتنصرفيالجاىلية،وكانيكتبالكتابالعبرانيكبيراقدعمي،فقالتلوخديجة:يابنعم!،اسمعمنابن بالعبرانيةماشاءاللهأنيكتب،وكانشيخا

ىاللهعليووسلمخبرمارأى،فقالأخيك.فقاللوورقة:يابنأخيماذاترى؟فأخبرهرسولاللهصللوورقة:ىذاالناموسالذينزلاللهبوعلىموسى،ياليتنيفيهاجذع،ليتنيأكونحياإذيخرجكبمثلما ىم.قال:نعم،لميأترجلقط قومك،فقالرسولاللهصلىاللهعليووسلم:أومخرجي

الوحيرعودي،وإنيدركنييومكأنصركنصرامؤزرا.ثملمينشبورقةأنتوفي،وفتجئتبوإلاالبخاری{اه}رو

Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي narrates: “The commencement of Wahi to ر

Rasoolullaah س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت لمص was in the form of good dreams which came true like bright day light, and then the love of seclusion was bestowed upon him. He used to go in seclusion in the cave of Hira where he used to worship (Allaah alone) continuously for many days before he would return to his family. He used to

take with him provisions for his stay there and then come back to (his wife) Hadhrat Khadeejah ال ی ع اللهت ضي ر ا نه to take his food like-wise until the Haqq descended upon him while he was in the cave of Hira. The Angel ع

(Jibreel م ل ل يهالس لم came to him and asked him to read. Rasoolullaah (ع س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت replied, "I do ص

not know how to read. Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت added, "The angel caught me (forcefully) and ص pressed me so hard that I could not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to read and I replied, 'I do not know how to read.' Thereupon he caught me again and pressed me a second time till I could not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to read but again I replied, 'I do not know how to read (or what shall I read)?' Thereupon he caught me for the third time and pressed me, and then released me and said, 'Read in the Name of your Rabb, who has created (all that exists) has created Insaan from a clot.

Read! And your Rabb is the Most Generous." (Soorat-ul-Iqra’, 96: 1, 2, 3) Then Rasoolullaah ل يه ال یع ع لیاللهت ص لم س returned with the Wahi and with his heart beating severely. He went to Hadhrat Khadeejah bint و

Khuwaylid ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي and said, "Cover me! Cover me!" So she covered him until the fear departed ر from him, and after that he told her everything that had happened and said, "I fear that something may happen to me." Hadhrat Khadeejah (Radhiyallaahu `Anha) replied, "Never! Wallaahi, Allaah will never disgrace you. You keep good relations with your kith and kin, help the poor and the destitute, serve your guests

generously and assist the deserving calamity-afflicted ones." Hadhrat Khadeejah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي then ر accompanied him to her cousin Waraqah ibn Nawfal ibn Asad ibn `Abdul `Uzzaa, who, during Ayyaam-ul-Jaahiliyyah (The Period of Ignorance) had become a Christian and used to write Hebrew; He would write from the Injeel in Hebrew as much as Allaah wished him to write. He was an old man and had lost his eyesight.

Hadhrat Khadeejah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي said to Waraqah, "Listen to the story of your nephew!" Waraqah ر

asked, "O my nephew! What have you seen?" Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت described whatever he ص

had seen. Waraqah said, "This is the same Naamoos (Angel) whom Allaah had sent to Nabi Moosaa ل يه ع م ل ال ی I wish I could live up to the time when your people would turn you out." Rasoolullaah .الس ع لیاللهت ص لم س ل يهو asked, "Will they drive me out?" Waraqah replied in the affirmative and said, "Anyone (man) who ع came with something similar to what you have brought was treated with hostility; and if I should remain alive till the day when you will be turned out then I would support you strongly." But after a few days Waraqah died and the Wahi was also paused for a while.”

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An idea of the amount of love Rasoolullaah لیالله لمص س ل يهو ال یع ع ت had for Hadhrat Khadeejah الله ضي ر ا نه ال یع ع ا can be grasped from the Hadeeth of Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ت نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي :where she says ,ر

1 Narrated by Imaam-ul-Muhadditheen, Al-Bukhaari رحمةاللهتعالیعليه.

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ماغرتعلىأحدمننساءالنبيصلىاللهعليووسلمماغرتعلىخ كانالنبي ديجة،ومارأي تها،ولكنعثهافيصدائقخديجة، صلىاللهعليووسلميكثرذكرىا،وربماذبحالشاة،ثمي قطعهاأعضاء،ثمي ب

كانت،وكانت،وكانليمن كأنولميكنفيالدنياامرأةإلاخديجة،فيقول:)إنها هاولدفربماق لتلو:البخاری{اه}رو )

“I was not jealous of any other of the wives of Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت as much as I was jealous of ص

(Hadhrat) Khadeejah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لی even though I had never seen her. However, Nabi , ر ال یص ع اللهت لم س ل يهو used to mention her very frequently. Many times he would slaughter a sheep, cut it into portions ع

and send it to the friends of (Hadhrat) Khadeejah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي I would often say to him, “(The way you . ر

treat her) it is as though there was never any woman on earth except Khadeejah.” He (Rasoolullaah لیالله ص لم س ل يهو ال یع ع ا would say, “She (Hadhrat Khadeejah (ت نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي was such-and-such, and from her I ر had children.”

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كانمعالنبيصلىاللهعليووسلمفجائتخديجةفقالرسولاللهصلىاللهعليووسلميا انجبريليثمیفیمجمعهالاهجبريلىذهخديجةفقالجبريلعليوالسلمأقرئهامناللهالسلمومني}رو

الزوائد{`Allaamah ibn Hajar al-Haythami ة حم ل يهر ال یع ع اللهت narrates in his “Majma`-uz-Zawaa’id”:

“Hadhrat Jibreel م ل ل يهالس لم was with Rasoolullaah ع س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت when Hadhrat Khadeejah ص ضي ر ا نه ال یع ع ا entered. Rasoolullaah اللهت ع لیاللهت لمص س ل يهو ل یع said, “Yaa Jibreel, this is Khadeejah.” So

Hadhrat Jibreel م ل ل يهالس ”.said, “Convey Salaam to her, from Allaah and from me ع

Hadhrat Abu Hurayrah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي :narrates ر

صلىاللهعليووسلم فقال:يارسولالله،ىذهخديجةقدأتت،معهاإناءفيوإدامأوأتىجبريلالنبي

رىاببيتفيالجنةمنقصبلا طعامأوشراب،فإذاىيأت تكفاقرأعليهاالسلممنربهاومني،وبش

البخاری{اه}روصخبفيوولانصب “Hadhrat Jibreel ل يهالس مع ل came to Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت لی and said to him, “Yaa Rasoolallaah ص ص لم س ل يهو ال یع ع ا Khadeejah (Hadhrat) !اللهت نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي is coming to you with a dish of food or ر something to drink. So when she arrives, convey Salaam to her from her Rabb and from me, and give her the glad tidings of a palace in Jannah made of Qasab (pearls), in which there is neither any noise nor any fatigue.”

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Hadhrat Khadeejah al-Kubraa ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي -was known by two titles: “Al-Kubraa” (The Great) and At ر Taahirah (The Pure One).

1 Narrated by Imaam al-Bukhaari رحمةاللهتعالیعليه.

2 Narrated by Imaam al-Bukhaari رحمةاللهتعالیعليه.

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Hadhrat Khadeejah al-Kubraa bint Khuwaylid ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي passed away three years prior to the Hijrah ر

of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت to Madeenah, which corresponds to the year 620 C.E., and she is ص buried in Jannat-ul-Ma`laa, in Makkah Mukarramah.

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر

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20) Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Sawdah bint Zam`ah

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر مسبنعبدودبننصربنمالكبنحسلبنعامربنلؤيسودةبنت زمعةبنق يسبنعبدالش

After the demise of Hadhrat Khadeejah al-Kubraa ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ل Rasoolullaah , ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت مص

married Hadhrat Sawdah bint Zam`ah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي :and her Nasab (lineage) is as follows , ر

Sawdah bint Zam`ah ibn Qays ibn `Abd ash-Shams ibn `Abd Wudd (with a Dhammah on the Waaw; however, with a Fat-hah is also valid)

1 ibn Nasr ibn Maalik ibn Hisl ibn `Aamir ibn Lu’ayy.

2

The name of her mother was Ash-Shamoos bint Qays ibn Zaid of Bani `Adiyy ibn An-Najjaar of the tribe of Khazraj.

Her first husband was As-Sakraan ibn `Amr ibn `Abd ash-Shams Radhiyallaahu Ta`aalaa `Anhu, the brother of Suhail ibn `Amr, and he passed away whilst married to her.

3 Allaah Rabbul `Aalameen had made her (Hadhrat

Sawdah Radhiyallaahu Ta`aalaa `Anhaa), a Sabab (cause) for her husband (Hadhrat Sakraan ibn `Amr Radhiyallaahu Ta`aalaa `Anhu) accepting Islaam, on account of her Da`wah to him.

She and her husband (Radhiyallaahu Ta`aalaa `Anhumaa) were amongst the earliest Muslims who accepted

Islaam at the hands of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت and were therefore from amongst the ص

Muhaajiroon. On the occasion of the second Hijrah to Habash (Abyssinia), she and Hadhrat Sakraan الله ضي ر ا نهم ال یع ع joined the other Muslims and also left to settle in Habash, where they lived until a rumour ت appeared that the Quraysh of Makkah had concluded a truce with the Muslimeen who could now live in peace. Believing this, they undertook a journey back to Makkah Mukarramah. On this journey, the husband of

Hadhrat Sawdah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .Hadhrat Sakraan ibn `Amr (Radhiyallaahu Ta`aalaa `Anhu) passed away , ر

Hadhrat Sawdah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي arrived back in Makkah, but the situation was the same as it had been at ر the time of her departure; the Muslimeen were still being persecuted by the Kuffaar. She was now in a difficult situation, as he husband had passed away (Radhiyallaahu Ta`aalaa `Anhu) and her brother and father were from the Mushrikeen, so she was alone.

This was a few days after the demise of Hadhrat Khadeejah al-Kubraa ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي and Rasoolullaah ر

لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ا was unmarried. Hadhrat Khawlah bint Hakeem ص نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي who was the , ر

wife of Hadhrat `Uthmaan ibn Mazh`oon (Radhiyallaahu Ta`aalaa `Anhu), came to Rasoolullaah ال ی ع لیاللهت ص لم س ل يهو لم and asked him, “Will you not remarry?” Rasoolullaah ع س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت asked “Who (will I ص

get married to)?” She said, “If you want, a virgin, and if you want, a widow.” Rasoolullaah ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ص لم ;asked, “Who is the virgin?” She replied, “The daughter of the most beloved of people towards you س

`Aa’ishah bint Abee Bakr ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم So Rasoolullaah ”.ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت got married to ص

Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي who was six years old at this time. As she was still young, a Nikaah was ر

performed but she only came to live with Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت a few years later. Her story ص will Inshaa’Allaah be mentioned later on in this Kitaab.

Now, Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ا had gotten married to Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ص نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي but , ر

she was not yet capable of seeing to his family. As a result, the Sahaabah (ل يهم ال یع ع اناللهت as well as (رضو

Hadhrat Khawlah bint Hakeem ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم encouraged Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت to get ص married again; this time to a lady who was close to his age (he was 53 at the time and she was 50) and who

1 `Allaamah ibn Hazm in his “Jawaami`-us-Seerah”, p. 32.

2 Ibid.

3 Ibid.

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could take care of him and his daughters. This lady was Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Sawdah bint Zam`ah

ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي . ر

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت الله agreed to put in a proposal. Hadhrat Khawlah bint Hakeem ص ضي ر ا نه ال یع ع ا went to the house of Hadhrat Sawdah ت نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ,where she was living with her father ر Zam`ah, who had not become Muslim.

Entering the house of Hadhrat Sawdah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ا Hadhrat Khawlah , ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ,said to her ر

“What Khair and Barakah Allaah has brought to you!” “What is that?” Hadhrat Sawdah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ر

asked. Hadhrat Khawlah ا ع اللهت ضي ار نه ل یع replied, “Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت has sent me to ص

you to put in a proposal of marriage to you on his behalf.” Hadhrat Sawdah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي said, “I would ر

like it if you would mention this to my father.” At this time, the father of Hadhrat Sawdah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي , ر

Zam`ah, was a very old man whose old age forced him to sit back from Hajj 1. Hadhrat Khawlah ال ی ع اللهت ضي ر

ا نه entered upon him and greeted him with the greeting of Al-Jaahiliyyah ع 2. He asked, “Who is this?” She

replied, “Khawlah bint Hakeem.” He asked, “What do you need?” She said, “Muhammad ibn `Abdullaah لی ص لم س ل يهو ال یع ع has sent me to put in a marriage proposal for Sawdah on his behalf.” He said, “A perfect اللهت

match. What does your friend (i.e. Hadhrat Sawdah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي الله say?” She (Hadhrat Khawlah ر ضي ر ا نه ال یع ع الله replied, “She would love that.” He said, “Call her here for me.” When Hadhrat Sawdah ت ضي ر ا نه ال یع ع ال ی arrived, her father said to her, “O my beloved daughter, this one (Hadhrat Khawlah ت ع اللهت ضي ر ا نه لم claims that Muhammad ibn `Abdullaah ibn `Abdul Muttalib ع س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت has put in a ص proposal for you, and he is a perfect match. Would you like that I marry you to him?” She said, “Yes.” He said,

“Call him for me.” So Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت came and he (Zam`ah) married Hadhrat Sawdah ص

ا) نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ا to him. So the brother of Hadhrat Sawdah ( ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي Abd ibn Zam`ah came` ,ر back from Hajj pouring sand upon his head.

3

He said after accepting Islaam, “By your life!4 Indeed I was foolish the day I poured sand upon my head on

account of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ا marrying Sawdah bint Zam`ah ص نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ”. ر

Hadhrat Sawdah bint Zam`ah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ا and Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .were very close ر

Knowing the love Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ا had for Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ص نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي in ر

particular, Hadhrat Sawdah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ceded her night to her. It was her wish to be the wife of ر

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .in the Aakhirah as she had been his wife in the Dunyaa ص

She passed away ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي -during the Khilaafah of Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat `Umar ibn al ر

Khattaab نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر 1 Not only the Muslims, but the Kuffaar too in those days used to perform Hajj.

2 As he was not Muslim, she did not use the greeting of Islaam for him.

3 He did this out of frustration, after hearing about the Nikaah. He had not yet accepted Islaam at this stage.

4 This is a form of Qasam (Oath).

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03) Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat `Aa’ishah as-Siddeeqah

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر نبانمثعنبللهادب،عقيدالصرکبيباتنبةشائعللهادبعم،انينمؤمالم،انيلسرمالريخةجوزيى

يميالت يشرقالبالغنبلؤينببعکنبةرمنبميت نبدعسنببعکنوبرمعنبرامع She is the wife of the greatest of the Mursaleen (those sent by Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta`aalaa), the mother of

the Mu’mineen, Umm `Abdullaah 1 Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي الله bint Abi Bakr as-Siddeeq ,ر ضي ر

نه ال یع ع whose name was `Abdullaah ibn `Uthmaan ibn `Aamir ibn `Amr ibn Ka`b ibn Sa`d ibn Taym ibn ,ت Murrah ibn Ka`b ibn Lu’ayy ibn Ghaalib al-Qurashi at-Taymi.

2

ثارحالنبانمىدنبعيب سنبةني ذانبابتعنبسمالشدبعنبرميوعنبرامعةنب ا،انمورمااهماوةياننکلاةنانکنبکالمنبمنغنب

Her mother was Hadhrat Umm Roomaan ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي the daughter of `Aamir ibn `Uwaymir ibn `Abd ,ر ash-Shams ibn `Attaab ibn Udheenah ibn Subay` ibn Dahmaan ibn al-Haarith ibn Ghanam ibn Maalik ibn Kinaanah al-Kinaaniyyah.

3

Al-Imaam Shams-ud-Deen adh-Dhahabi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ا said about Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ,ر “She was from those who were born into Islaam (i.e. she was not from those who converted).”

4

وسلمفيشوال،وبنیبيفييوعلللهصلیاللهقالت:تزوجنيرسولانهاعللهرضياشةوعنعائکاناحظیعنيوعلللهصلیاللهشوال،فاينساءرسولا مني؟دهوسلم

Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم narrates, “Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت married me in the ص month of Shawwaal and consummated the marriage with me in the month of Shawwaal, so who of his wives was more favoured by him than me?”

5

Al-Imaam adh-Dhahabi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم said, “The `Arabs used to see it as preferable that the marriages ر with their wives be consummated in the month of Shawwaal.”

6

Al-Imaam Badr-ud-Deen az-Zarkashi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ا said, “Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي lived ر

with Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت for eight years and five months, and he passed away when she ص was eighteen years old.”

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1 She had no son named `Abdullaah, but was named “Umm `Abdullaah” after the son of her youngest sister,

Hadhrat Asma ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي نه whose son was Hadhrat `Abdullaah ibn az-Zubayr ,ر ال یع ع اللهت ضي She .ر had no children of her own. This is as it has been stated by Imaam Abu Daawud and Imaam al-Haakim. 2 Al-Kunnaashah fee Ba`dhi Khasaa’isi `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .lish-Shaykh Turki ibn Mubaarak al-Ban`ali ,ر

3 Ibid.

4 Siyar A`laam an-Nubalaa’.

5 Saheeh Muslim.

6 Siyar A`laam an-Nubalaa’.

7 Al-Ijaabah li-Eeraadi maa Istadrakat-hu `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .alas Sahaabah` ر

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،فقالتتهاماامستحتیفرقلله،فوارىمالفدئةبماشةالیعائرةبعثميةبنالزبيرانمعاووةوعنعرلحما؟فقالتالاقلتلي؟رىمبدنها:لواشتريتلنامتهامولالها

Hadhrat `Urwah ibn az-Zubayr نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي narrates, “Once, Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Mu`aawiyah ر

نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ا sent a gift of one hundred Dirhams (silver coins) to Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ,ر and Wallaahi it was not yet nightfall when she had already departed from it (by giving every last coin in Sadaqah), causing one of her slave-women to say to her, “If only you had kept one Dirham to purchase some

meat for us (i.e. for Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي الله and herself).” Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر ضي ار نه ال یع ع ت asked her, “Why didn’t you tell me?”

1

Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .passed away in the year 57 A.H ر 2

Hadhrat Saalim ibn Sabalaan ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ال ی narrates that Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر ع اللهت ضي ار نه ع passed away on the 17

th night of Ramadhaan and was buried in Jannat-ul-Baqi.

3

Al-Imaam ibn `Abd al-Barr ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم نه narrates, “Hadhrat Abu Hurayrah ر ال یع ع اللهت ضي performed ر

her Janaazah Salaah and five got into her Qabr; Hadhrat `Urwah ibn az-Zubayr نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي Hadhrat ,ر

`Abdullaah ibn az-Zubayr نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ل يه Hadhrat Qaasim ibn Muhammad ,ر ال یع ع ةاللهت حم Hadhrat ,ر

`Abdullaah ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr ع ةاللهت حم ل يهر ال یع and Hadhrat `Abdullaah ibn `Abdur Rahmaan ibn

Abu Bakr ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ”.ر 4

وسلم:اريتکفيالمناميوعلللهصلیاللهقالت:قالرسولانهاعللهرضياشةعنامالمؤمنينعائفاذاىيانت،فاقول:انيکنفهاکشأتک،فأحريرفيقول:ىذهامرقةمرتيناذارجليحملکفيسر

ضويمللهىذامنعندا Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم narrates, “Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت :said ص

“I was shown you in a dream two times, in which a Malak (pl. Malaa’ikah) came carrying you in a silk cloth and said, “This is your wife”, so I opened it and found it to be you. I said, “If this is from Allaah, He will cause it to come to pass.”

5

Al-Imaam ibn al-Atheer al-Jazari ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم لم said, “Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت married her ص prior to the Hijrah (to Madeenah), and she was a virgin.”

6

Al-Imaam ibn `Abd al-Barr ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم لم said, “Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت never married any ص virgin besides her.”

7

کانفيالاسلمحبالنبيصلیانوعللهقالانسبنمالکرضيا شةوسلملعائيوعللله:اولحبنهاعللهرضيا

Hadhrat Anas ibn Maalik نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ,said ر

1 Narrated in Hilyat-ul-Awliyaa wa Tabaqaat-ul-Asfiyaa.

2 This is according to Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Imaam Khaleefah ibn Khayaat. According to Imaam al-

Waaqidi, she passed away in the year 58 A.H. Wallaahu Ta`aalaa A`lam. 3 According to Imaam ibn Sa`d in at-Tabaqaat al-Kubraa.

4 Al-Istee`aab fee Ma`rifatil As-haab.

5 Saheeh al-Bukhaari.

6 Asad-ul-Ghaabah, fee Ma`rifatis Sahaabah.

7 Al-Istee`aab fee Ma`rifatil As-haab.

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“The first love in Islaam was the love of Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ال ی for Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ص ع اللهت ضي ر ا نه ”.ع

1

علیجيشثووسلمبعيوعلللهصلیاللهانرسولانوعللهعنابيعثماناخبرنيعمروبنالعاصرضياقلت:منالرجال؟قال:ابوىا،قلت:،شةفقلت:ايالناساحباليک؟قال:عائتوذاتالسلسلفاتي

ثممن؟قال:عمربنالخطاب،فعدرجالاHadhrat Abu Uthmaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي نه narrates, “Hadhrat `Amr ibn al-`Aas ر ال یع ع اللهت ضي informed me ر

that Rasoolullaah ل س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت مص placed him in an army which was headed to (a place called) Dhaat-us-Salaasil.

I (these are the words of Hadhrat `Amr ibn al-`Aas نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ال ی came to Rasoolullaah (ر ع لیاللهت ص لم س ل يهو and asked him, “Of all people, who is (this could be before leaving for the battle or after returning) ع

most beloved to you?” He replied, “`Aa’ishah.” ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي I asked, “From the men?” He said, “Her .ر

father.” I asked, “Then who?” He said, “`Umar ibn al-Khattaab نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي and thereafter he went on ,”ر to mention some others.”

2

شةوسلميقول:فضلعائيوعلللهصلیاللهقال:سمعترسولانوعللهوعنانسبنمالکرضياکفضلالثريدعلیسائرالطعام علیالنساء

اباداود[الاعةالجمااه]رو Hadhrat Anas ibn Maalik ضي ال یاللهر ع نهت ع narrates that, “I heard Rasoolullaah لی ال یاللهص ع ل يهت لمو ع س

saying, “The superiority of Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ضي ال یاللهر ع ات نه ع over all other women is like the superiority of Thareed over all other foods.”

3

Imaam Badr-ud-Deen az-Zarkashi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ا said, “Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي was the ر

youngest of the wives of Rasoolullaah لی لمص س ل يهو ال یع ع اللهت , and the most beloved to him.” 4

Imaam adh-Dhahabi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ”.said, “He never loved any woman as much as he loved her ر 5

Imaam ibn Katheer ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ا said, “As for Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي then she was the ,ر

most beloved of the wives of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ”.to him ص 6

منالبقيع،فوجدنيوانااجدصداعازةوسلممنجنايوعلللهصلیاللهقالت:رجعرسولاشةعنعائ!اهسأ،وارشة!فقال:بلاناياعائاهسأانااقول:وارسي،وأفير

Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم narrates, “Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت returned from a ص Janaazah in al-Baqi`, and he found me suffering from a headache. I was saying, “What a terrible headache I have!” So he said, “No `Aa’ishah, rather, what a terrible headache I have!”

1

1 Narrated in Hilyat-ul-Awliyaa wa Tabaqaat-ul-Asfiyaa.

2 Muttafaqun `Alayh.

3 All of the Six A’immah of Hadeeth narrate this except Imaam Abu Daawud (i.e. it is narrated by Bukhaari,

Muslim, Tirmidhi, Nasaa’i and Ibn Maajah.) 4 Al-Ijaabah li-Eeraadi maa Istadrakat-hu `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .alas Sahaabah` ر

5 Siyar A`laam an-Nubalaa’.

6 Al-Bidaayah wan Nihaayah.

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Imaam Badr-ud-Deen az-Zarkashi ال ی ع ةاللهت حم ل يهر ع , while commenting on this Hadeeth, says, “This (Hadeeth) is a demonstration of what is the utmost level of compatibility and agreement, so much so that even if she experiences some pain he too experiences pain.”

2

وسلمعلیبابييوماقطيوعلللهصلیاللهقالت:مامررسولانهاعللهرضياشةفعنامالمؤمنينعائکل عينيبهاتقرمةالاقال

Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم narrates, “Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت never passed by door ص even once (in my life) except that he would say some words which would cool my eyes (i.e. which would make me happy).”

3

وسلمفقبلمابينعينيوقال:جزاکيوعلللهصلیاللهقالت:قاماليرسولانهاعللهرضيانهاوعکسروريمنکشةياعائللها خيرا،ماسررتمني

Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم also narrates, “Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت stood by me (one ص day), kissed me between the eyes and said to me, “May Allaah reward you with all goodness, Yaa `Aa’ishah; You have not even gotten so much joy from me like the joy (I have experienced) from (being with) you.”

4

The As-haab of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت الله knew of his great love for Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ص ضي ر ا نه ال یع ع so when they intended to give him some Hadyah (Gift), they would wait until he was in the home of ,ت

Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .and would take it to him there ر 5

آلافوۃالمؤمنينعشرمهاتمصعببنسعدقال:فرضعمرلاجهةمنكوواخرجالحاکمفيمستدروسلميوعلللهصلیاللهرسولابةحبيهاالفينوقال:انشةزادعائ

Hadhrat Mus`ab ibn Sa`d نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ال ی narrates, “Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat `Umar ر ع اللهت ضي ر نه allotted ten thousand (Dinaars or Dirhams) for each of the Ummahaat-ul-Mu’mineen (Mothers of the ع

Mu’mineen) but added an extra two thousand for Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي so she would receive) ر

twelve thousand), and Hadhrat `Umar نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي would say: “She was the Habeebah (Beloved) of the ر

Rasool of Allaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ”.ص 6

کليب،عناب للهرسولالة،فقال:خليشةفذکرعائنوعللهناالیعليرضياتهيقال:انيووعنعاصمبنوسلميوعلللهصلیا

Hadhrat `Aasim ibn Kulayb ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم narrates from his father, who said, “We went to Hadhrat `Ali ر

نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ا and, (during the conversation) Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .was mentioned ر

Hadhrat `Ali نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم said, “She was the best friend of Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ”.ص 7

1 Al-Kunnaashah fee Ba`dhi Khasaa’isi `Aa’ishah ن ال یع ع اللهت ضي ار ه , lish-Shaykh Turki ibn Mubaarak al-Ban`ali.

2 Al-Ijaabah li-Eeraadi maa Istadrakat-hu `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .alas Sahaabah` ر

3 Narrated by Imaam Abu Ya`laa al-Mowsili in his Musnad.

4 Hilyat-ul-Awliyaa wa Tabaqaat-ul-Asfiyaa.

5 Al-Kunnaashah fee Ba`dhi Khasaa’isi `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .lish-Shaykh Turki ibn Mubaarak al-Ban`ali ,ر

6 Narrated by Imaam al-Haakim in his Mustadrak.

7 Siyar A`laam an-Nubalaa’.

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Imaam adh-Dhahabi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم commenting on this in “Siyar” said, “This is a Hasan (authentic) ,ر

Hadeeth, and Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen (i.e. Hadhrat `Ali ال ی ع اللهت ضي نهر ع ) said this despite what took place between them, so may Allaah be pleased with both of them.”

کانمسروقاذاحدثعنعائ منأة،المبرللهحبيبابةبنتالصديق،حبيقةقال:حدثنيالصديشةوبهافوقسبعسماوات،فلماکذ

When Imaam Masrooq ةالله حم ل يهر ال یع ع ت would narrate from Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي he ,ر would say, “This was narrated to me by As-Siddeeqah bint As-Siddeeq, the Habeebah (Beloved) of the Habeeb (Beloved) of Allaah, the one who was declared innocent from above the seven heavens, so I would never lie against her.”

1

Imaam adh-Dhahabi ة حم ال یاللهر ع ل يهت ع said, “Rasoolullaah لی ال یاللهص ع ل يهت لمو ع س loved Hadhrat `Aa’ishah

ضي ال یاللهر ع ات نه ع with a love which was most intense, and he would make this love known (or apparent).” 2

شة:}ولنتستطيعواانتعدلوابينالنساءولوحرصتم{،فيعائيةقال:نزلتىذهالاكةوعنابنملي Imaam ibn Mulaykah ة حم ال یاللهر ع ل يهت ع narrates that, “This Aayah: “And you will never be able to do perfect justice between your wives even if you desire ardently to do so...”

3 was revealed regarding Hadhrat `Aa’ishah

ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ”.ر 4

Explaining further, Imaam ibn Katheer ل يهر ال یع ع ةاللهت حم said, “It means that Rasoolullaah ل يه ال یع ع لیاللهت ص لم س ا loved her (Hadhrat `Aa’ishah و نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي more than those other than her (i.e. the other Azwaaj (ر

of Rasoolullaah ال ع لیاللهت لمص س ل يهو یع ).” 5

،الستتحبينماة:"ايبنينهاعللهرضيامةوسلمقاللفاطيوعلللهاخرجمسلمانالنبيصلیاشة"اي:عائىذهاحب؟"فقالت:بلی،قال:"فاحبي

Imaam Muslim narrates that Rasoolullaah لی ال یاللهص ع ل يهت لمو ع س asked Hadhrat Faatimah ضي ال یاللهر ع ت ا نه O my beloved daughter, do you not love that which I love?” She said, “Most certainly.” He“ ,(one day) ع

said, “Then love this one”, meaning, Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر 6

رالوجوباى:وىذاالامرظللهاموبدرالدينالزرکشيرحقالالامام Commenting on this, Imaam Badr-ud-Deen az-Zarkashi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم said, “And this Amr (Command of ر

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ا makes it clear that (loving Hadhrat `Aa’ishah (ص نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي is (ر Waajib.”

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Ash-Shaykh Haafizh al-Hakami ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم narrates that, “Wahi would come down on Rasoolullaah ر

لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ا while he would be in the home of Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ص نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ”.ر 1

1 Narrated in Al-Isaabah, in Hilyat-ul-Awliyaa wa Tabaqaat-ul-Asfiyaa, and in Siyar A`laam an-Nubalaa’.

2 Siyar A`laam an-Nubalaa’.

3 Soorah an-Nisaa, 4:129.

4 Al-Kunnaashah fee Ba`dhi Khasaa’isi `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .lish-Shaykh Turki ibn Mubaarak al-Ban`ali ,ر

Ban`ali. 5 Tafseer ibn Katheer.

6 Al-Kunnaashah fee Ba`dhi Khasaa’isi `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .lish-Shaykh Turki ibn Mubaarak al-Ban`ali ,ر

Ban`ali. 7 Al-Ijaabah li-Eeraadi maa Istadrakat-hu `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .alas Sahaabah` ر

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؟توالکلبي،فقال:وقدراييةوانتقائمتکلمدحللهقالت:رايتکيارسولاشةمنعائمةعنابيسل

منزائرللهااهوجز،للهامةالسلمورحيووعلجبريلوىويقرئکالسلم،قالتنوقالت:نعم،قال:فا ودخيل،فنعمالصاحبونعمالدخيل

Hadhrat Abu Salamah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لی narrates that Hadhrat `Aa’ishah said, “I saw, Yaa Rasoolallaah ر ص لم س ل يهو ال یع ع نه standing and talking with Hadhrat Dihyah al-Kalbi ,اللهت ال یع ع اللهت ضي لی Rasoolullaah ”.ر ص لم س ل يهو ال یع ع ل م asked, “You saw him?” She replied, “Yes.” He said, “That was Jibreel اللهت ل يهالس and he ,ع

sends his Salaam to you.” She replied, “Wa ل م ل يهالس wa Rahmatullaah. And may Allaah reward the visitor ع

and guest, for excellent is the host (Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت and excellent is the guest (Hadhrat (ص

Jibreel ل م ل يهالس ”.(ع 2

بهافکلکفیالاةمنالفضائلالاقصشةلميکنلعائ:ولوللهاموقالالامامابنالاثيرالجزريرحمةمنالقرآنمايتلیالیيومالقيايهانزلفهافضلوعلومجد،فان

Imaam ibn al-Atheer al-Jazari ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ا said, “Even if Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي were to ر have had no other special Fadheelah (Virtue) other than the Story of Ifk (mention in the Qur’aan in which her name is cleared and she is praised more highly), then that alone would have sufficed as a (great enough) Fadheelah and lofty rank, for indeed there was revealed concerning her (innocence, purity and high status) in the Qur’aan that which will be read until the Day of Qiyaamah.”

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The story of Ifk being referred to above is explained in detail in Saheeh al-Bukhaari and is reproduced below:

Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي narrates that, “Whenever Rasoolullaah intended to go on a journey he ر

would draw lots amongst his wives, and would take with him the one on whom the lot fell. Rasoolullaah لی ص لم س ل يهو ال یع ع drew lots amongst us for one of the Ghazawaat (battles) in which he fought, and the lot اللهت fell to me so I went with him. This was after the Amr (Order) of Hijaab had been revealed.

I was carried (on the back of a camel) in my Howdaj and would be placed down when we stopped. We went on

until Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت completed that Ghazwah (battle) of his and returned. When we ص

approached Madeenah, (we had been travelling but had stopped for rest and) Rasoolullaah ع لیاللهت ل يهص ال یع لم س announced during the night that it was time for departure. So when they announced the news of و departure, I got up and went away from the army camps, and after answering the call of nature I came back to my camel. However, I found that a necklace belonging to me made from Zhifaar beads was missing. I returned (to where I had gone earlier when answering the call of nature) to look for my necklace and this search delayed me (from proceeding with the army).

In the meantime, the people who used to carry me put the Howdaj on the camel and carried it along, thinking that I was in it. In those days, the women used to be very light for they did not get fat, and flesh did not cover their bodies in abundance because they only ate very little food. On account of this, the lightness of the Howdaj did not cause them to think anything was amiss when they lifted it, and on top of that, I was a very young girl at that time. So, they let the camel rise and all of them left along with it.

I found my necklace after the army had already proceeded on their journey some distance. I came to their camping place and found no caller and no answerer. I decided to go back to the place where I used to stay, thinking that they would find out that I was missing and would return to get me. Whilst I was sitting there, I fell

asleep. Hadhrat Safwaan ibn al-Mu`attal as-Sulami adh-Dhakwaani نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي was behind the army (in ر

1 Ma`aarij-ul-Qubool, bi-Sharhi Sullamil Wusool ilaa `Ilm-il-Usool.

2 Al-Kunnaashah fee Ba`dhi Khasaa’isi `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .lish-Shaykh Turki ibn Mubaarak al-Ban`ali ,ر

3 Asad-ul-Ghaabah fee Ma`rifatis Sahaabah.

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those days, when the armies would travel it was their habit to keep one man a bit of a distance behind, so if they lost anything during the course of the journey, he would recover it on his way). In the morning, he reached my place and saw the figure of a person sleeping. He recognised me as he had seen me before the order of Hijaab had been revealed. When he saw me, he recited the Istirjaa` (Innaa Lillaahi wa Innaa Ilayhi Raaji`oon), and I woke up. I covered my face with my veil immediately, and Wallaahi, he did not speak a single

word to me and I did not hear a single word from him other than the Istirjaa` . He made his camel kneel down and placed his legs on its front legs (so that I could mount the camel easier) and I mounted it. He went ahead, leading the camel until we arrived by the army who had halted on account of the mid-day heat. Thereafter, (on account of this event) those who were destroyed were destroyed (on account of spreading the slander of Ifk), and the one who headed the spreading of the slander was `Abdullaah ibn Ubayy ibn Salool.

After we returned to Madeenah, I became ill for a month. The people were spreading the statements of the people of Ifk whilst I was unaware of any of it. However, I detected that in my present illness, I was not

receiving the same kindness of Rasoolullaah ل س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت مص like how I used to receive when I

became ill. Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت would only come, greet me and ask, “How are you?” and ص would leave thereafter. That raised my doubts (that everything was okay), but I did not discover the evil until

after I had gone out following my recovery. I went out with Hadhrat Umm Mistah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي -to al ر Manaasi`, the place where we would answer the call of nature, and we never used to go out except at night, and this was before we had latrines near to our homes. This affair of ours was similar to the old `Arabs, for it

would be troublesome for us to take latrines near our houses. So I and Umm Mistah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي who ,ر was the daughter of Abu Ruhm ibn al-Muttalib ibn `Abd Manaaf, and whose mother was the daughter of Sakhr

ibn `Aamir, the Aunt of Hadhrat `Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي and whose son was Mistah ibn ,ر

Uthaathah, went out. I and Umm Mistah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي returned to my house after we had finished ر

answering the call of nature. Umm Mistah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي stumbled as he foot got tangled in her covering ر sheet, and she said, “Let Mistah be ruined!” I said, “Evil is that which you have said. Do you abuse a man who took part in the Battle of Badr?” She replied, “O Hantaah! Did you not hear what he said?” I asked, “What did he say?” She told me about the slander of the people of Ifk. (Hearing this) added sickness to my sickness.

When I reached my home, Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت entered and, after greeting me, asked, “How ص are you?” I said, “Will you allow me to go my parents?” At that time, I wanted to confirm by them if the news

was true. Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت allowed me and I went to my parents. I asked my mother, “O ص mother! What are the people talking about?” She replied, “O my daughter, do not worry, for there has hardly ever been a woman who is both good-natured as well as beautiful, and is married to a man who loves her, except that they (i.e. women) would find faults with her.” I said, “Subhaanallaah! Are the people really talking like this?” I kept on weeping that night until dawn, and got no sleep.

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت نه called Hadhrat `Ali ibn Abi Taalib ص ال یع ع اللهت ضي and Hadhrat ر

Usaamah ibn Zayd نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي when the Wahi (concerning my affair) was delayed, consulting them ,ر

about divorcing his family (i.e. divorcing me). As for Hadhrat Usaamah ibn Zayd نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي then he ,ر said that which he knew of my innocence, and the respect preserved in himself for me. He said, “Yaa

Rasoolallaah ل س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت مص , (she is) your family, and we do not know anything except goodness about her.”

Hadhrat `Ali ibn Abi Taalib نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم said, “Yaa Rasoolallaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت Allaah does ,ص not put you in difficulty and there are plenty of women other than her; nevertheless, if you ask the slave-girl

and she will tell you the truth.” So Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت -called Bareerah (who was the slave ص

girl) and asked her, “O Bareerah, have you ever seen anything (from Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي (ر which aroused your suspicion?” She replied, “By the One Who sent you with the Haqq! I have never seen anything regarding her which I would conceal, except that she is a young girl who sleeps while leaving the dough of her family exposed and because of that, the goats come and eat it.”

On that day, Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت stood on the Mimbar, complained about `Abdullaah ibn ص Ubayy ibn Salool

1 and said, “O Gathering of Muslimeen! Who will relieve me from that man who has hurt me

1 `Abdullaah ibn Ubayy ibn Salool was the leader of the Munaafiqeen.

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with his evil statement about my family? 1 Wallaahi, I know nothing except goodness about my family, and

they (the slanderers) have blamed a man about whom I know nothing except good and who never entered upon my family except with me.”

Hadhrat Sa`d ibn Mu`aadh al-Ansaari نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي stood up and said, “Yaa Rasoolallaah Sallallaahu ر

`Alayhi wa Sallam, I will relieve you of him; if he is from the clan of al-Aws, I will strike his neck (with the sword), and if he is from our brothers, (the clan of) al-Khazraj, then command us and we will fulfil your order.”

Hadhrat Sa`d ibn `Ubaadah الله ضي نهر ال یع ع ت , who was the leader of al-Khazraj, stood up and said, “You have lied! He was a pious man, but his love (i.e. `Asabiyyah) clan caused him to say to Hadhrat Sa`d ibn Mu`aadh

نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي By Allaah, you have lied! Neither will you kill him (a man from our clan of al-Khazraj) nor“ ,ر

will you be able to kill him!” Hadhrat Usayd ibn Hudhayr نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي who was a cousin of Hadhrat Sa`d ,ر

ibn Mu`aadh نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ضي said to Hadhrat Sa`d ibn `Ubaadah ,ر نهر ال یع ع اللهت , “(It is) You (who have) lied! By Allaah, we will kill him, and you are a Munaafiq arguing on behalf of the Munaafiqeen!”

On this, the two clans (al-Aws and al-Khazraj) became excited to the point that they were about to fight whilst

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت was on the Mimbar, so he did not cease quietening them until they ص became silent and so did he.

All of that day I kept on weeping with my tears never ceasing, and I could not sleep. In the morning my parents were with me, and I remained in this condition (i.e. crying incessantly) until I thought that my liver would burst.

Whilst this was taking place; i.e. I was crying and my parents were sitting with, a woman from the Ansaar sought permission to enter and, when she came in, sat down and also began weeping with me.

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت entered, greeted us and sat down. He had not sat with me since the ص

day of the slander. A month had passed and no Wahi had come regarding my case. Rasoolullaah ال ی ع لیاللهت ص لم س ل يهو -first recited the Tashah-hud and then said, “Ammaa Ba`d! O `Aa’ishah, I have been informed so ع and-so about you; if you are innocent, Allaah will soon reveal your innocence, and if you have committed a sin, then make Istighfaar (seek forgiveness from Allaah) and make Tawbah (repent), for when a slave realises his sin and turns to Allaah in repentance, Allaah accepts his repentance.”

When Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت completed his speech, my tears stopped flowing completely such ص

that I no longer felt a single drop of tea flowing. I said to my father, “Reply to Rasoolullaah ل يه ال یع ع لیاللهت ص لم س on my behalf concerning what he has said.” My father said, “Wallaahi, I do not know what to say to و

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت I then said to my mother, “Reply to Rasoolullaah ”.ص ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ص لم on my behalf concerning what he has said.” She replied, “Wallaahi, I do not know what to say to س

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ”.ص

So I said, and at that time I was a young girl who had not read much of the Qur’aan, “Wallaahi, I know that you people have heard this story and that is has settled into yourselves (minds) so much so that, if I were to say to you that I am innocent and Allaah knows that I am innocent, you will not believe me. However, if I admit to something which Allaah knows I am innocent of, you will believe me. Wallaahi, I do not find for (me and) you

an example except the statement of the father of Nabi Yusuf ل م ل يهالس who said, “(For me) Sabr is most ,ع beautiful (i.e. most fitting) and Allaah is the One Whose Help is sought against that which you claim.” Thereafter, I turned to the side and lay down on my bed, and I knew that I was innocent and that Allaah would reveal that I was innocent; however, Wallaahi, I had never thought that Allaah would reveal concerning my case, Wahi which would be recited (for all eternity) as I considered myself unworthy of Allaah speaking

1 In this complaint and the resultant response from Hadhrat Sa`d ibn Mu`aadh نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي is a Daleel ر

from many Dalaa’il against the one who says it is not permissible to kill the person who harms Rasoolullaah

لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ,whether by insulting (i.e. whether by harming him or harming those whom he love) ص slandering or in whichever way it might be.

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regarding my matter with something recited. However, I hoped that Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ص

would see a dream through which Allaah would declare my innocence. But, Wallaahi, before Rasoolullaah لی ص لم س ل يهو ال یع ع had even left his seat and before any of the family members had left, the Wahi came to اللهت him. So there overcame him the hard condition which used to overcome him (when he would receive Wahi). The perspiration was dripping from his body like pearls even though it was a wintry day, and that was due to the weighty statement which was being revealed to him.

When that state passed from Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ,he smiled, and the first thing he said was ,ص “O `Aa’ishah, Allaah `Azza wa Jall has exonerated you.”

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My mother said to me, “Stand up and go to him (Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ,I replied, “Wallaahi ”.(ص I will not go to him, and I will praise none but Allaah `Azza wa Jall.” And Allaah revealed (the Aayaat):

۔۔۔منکمبةانالذينجآؤوبالافکعص }“Verily! Those who spread the slander are a gang among you...”{

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The Ten Aayaat in their entirety.

When Allaah revealed these Aayaat declaring me to be innocent, Hadhrat Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq ال ی ع اللهت ضي ر نه ,who used to give money to Mistah ibn Uthaathah due to his relationship to him and his poverty, said ,ع “Wallaahi, I will never again give a single thing to Mistah ibn Uthaathah after what he has said regarding

Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ”.ر

However, Allaah revealed:

وليعفواللهجرينفيسبيلامهاانيئتوااوليالقربیوالمساکينوالعةولاياتلاولوالفضلمنکموالسغفوررحيمللهلکمواللهوليصفحوا،الاتحبونانيغفرا

“And let not those among you who are good and wealthy swear not to give to their relatives, those in need and those who have left their homes in the Path of Allaah; let them pardon and forgive. Do you not love that Allaah should forgive you? And Allaah is oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

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Hadhrat Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي said, “Definitely, I love that Allaah should forgive me.” So he ر returned to giving Mistah that which he used to give him before, and said, “Wallaahi, I will never take it (this expenditure) away from him.”

Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم continues, “Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت used to ask Hadhrat ص

Zaynab bint Jahsh ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي about my case. He asked her, “What do you know or what did (his wife) ر

you see?” She replied, “Yaa Rasoolallaah لیالله لمص س ل يهو ال یع ع ت , I refrain from claiming falsely that I have

heard or seen anything. Wallaahi, I know nothing except goodness (about Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ال ی ع اللهت ضي ر ا نه ا From amongst the wives of Rasoolullaah ”.(ع ع لیاللهت لمص س ل يهو ل یع , she was my peer, but Allaah protected her (from falling into the evil) because of her piety. However, her sister, Hamnah, started struggling on her behalf (i.e. took part in the Ifk) and was destroyed along with those who were destroyed from the people of Ifk.”

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(End of the Hadeeth.)

1 The Ten Aayaat of the Qur’aan which came down declaring the innocence of Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat

`Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .and rebuking the people, can be found in Soorah an-Noor, Aayaat 11 to 20 ر 2 Soorah an-Noor, 24:11.

3 Soorah an-Noor, 24:22.

4 This entire incident is as it appears in Saheeh al-Bukhaari.

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الآيات:مناذنبذنباثمتابىذهوقدسئلعنفةيومعررةاقالبالبصنهمعللهعنابنعباسرضيا:يوسفبالوليد،وموسیعةربأبعةربأللهاأ،ثمقال:برشةالامنخاضفيافکعائتوقبلتتوبنوم

مةالآياتالعظيبهذهشةعائأ،وبردىامريمبانقاقولبالحجر،و Hadhrat `Abdullaah ibn `Abbaas نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي maa said in Basrah, on the Day of `Arafah, when askedر about these (Ten) Aayaat: “Whoever commits a sin and thereafter makes Tawbah, his Tawbah is accepted

except the one who take part in spreading the slander against Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ”.ر

Thereafter he said, “Allaah exonerated four by four: Nabi Yusuf ل م ل يهالس ل يه by the child, Nabi Moosaa ع ع ل م ,by the stone, Hadhrat Maryam `Alayhas Salaam by the speaking of her child الس

And He exonerated Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ”.by these Great Aayaat ر 1

علیلسانللهاأهبرشةالتحقيق:انيوسفلمارميبالفاحاىل:قالبعضللهامووقالالامامالقرطبيرح،ويوعلللهعيسیصلواتاتهاعلیلسانابنللهاأىابرشة،وانمريملمارميتبالفاحعهدصبيفيالم

للهاأىاصبيولانبيحتیبرئةببرالهاتعالیبالقرآن،فمارضيللهاأىابرشةلمارميتبالفاحشةانعائتانبهمنالقذفوالموبکل

Imaam al-Qurtubi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ,said, “Some of the Ahl-ut-Tahqeeq said ر

“When Nabi Yusuf ل م ل يهالس was accused with (committing) a Faahishah (shameless act), Allaah exonerated ع him on the tongue of a child in the cradle. When Hadhrat Maryam `Alayhas Salaam was accused of

(committing) a Faahishah (shameless act), Allaah exonerated her on the tongue of her son, Nabi `Eesa ل يه ع ل م ا However, when Hadhrat `Aa’ishah .الس نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي was accused of (committing) a Faahishah, Allaah ر exonerated her with The Qur’aan; He was not pleased with simply exonerating her by means of a child or (even) a Nabi, but chose to exonerate her by His Kalaam from the lies and slander.”

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کثيررح منتهاالافکماقالوا،فانزلبراءاىللها،حينقاللهالله:وقدغاراللهامووقالالعمادابنفيعشرآياتتتلیعلیالزمان،فسماتها،وانزلبراءلهاللهفوقسبعسماوات،وقالايضا:فغارا

ورةبمغفدىامنالطيبات،ووعهابانلهاللهاشهد،فباىاوىيفيصفها،لتسمععفاأنهاوعلشرىاذککريم رزق

Imaam ibn Katheer ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم said, “Allaah became Angry when the People of Ifk said to her (Hadhrat ر

`Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ”.that which they said, and He exonerated her from above the seven heavens (ر

He (Imaam ibn Katheer ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم said also, “Allaah became Angry on her behalf and exonerated her (ر in Ten Aayaat which will be recited for all eternity; therefore, lofty is her mention and elevated is her status.

All were made to hear that she is chaste whilst she was still in her youth. Allaah (Himself) testified that she is from the Tayyibaat (The Pure Ones), and He (Allaah) promised her Maghfirah (Forgiveness) and a Noble Reward.”

1 Al-Ijaabah li-Eeraadi maa Istadrakat-hu `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .alas Sahaabah` ر

2 Al-Jaami` li-Ahkaam-il-Qur’aan.

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Imaam Adh-Dhahabi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم said, “She was the greatest Faqeeh from all the women of this ر Ummah.”

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He said, also, “I do not know anyone from the women of the Ummah of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ص who is more knowledgeable than her.”

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عنالفرائضنهالوأوسلميسيوعلللهاصحابمحمدصلیاةخوقالمسروق:رايتمشي Imaam Masrooq ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم لیالله said, “I saw the learned people from the As-haab of Rasoolullaah ر ص لم س ل يهو ال یع ع الله asking her (Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ت ضي ار نه ال یع ع ت ) about the Faraa’idh.”

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Imaam Qaasim ibn Muhammad ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ا said, “Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي used to give ر

Fataawaa during the Khilaafah of Hadhrat Abu Bakr نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي نه Hadhrat `Umar ,ر ال یع ع اللهت ضي and ر

Hadhrat `Uthmaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ”.up until the time that she passed away ,ر 4

Imaam ibn `Abdul Barr ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ا said, “She (Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي was unique in (ر her time for her expertise in three branches of `Ilm; i.e. `Ilm-ul-Fiqh (The Knowledge of Fiqh), `Ilm-ut-Tibb (The Knowledge of Medicine) and `Ilm-us-Shi`r (The Knowledge of Poetry).”

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Imaam adh-Dhahabi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ال ی said, “We bear witness that she (Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر ع اللهت ضي ر ا نه لم is the wife of our Nabi (ع س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت both in this Dunyaa and in the Aakhirah; can there be ص anything worthier of boasting about than that (i.e. which she has attained)?”

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Imaam az-Zuhri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم said, “If the knowledge of all women were to be gathered (on one side) ر

and the knowledge of Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي were to be gathered (on the other), then the ر

knowledge of Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي would prove to be superior to the knowledge of all ر women.”

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–وسلميوعلللهصلیاللهاصحابرسولا–:مااشکلعلينانوعللهقالابوموسیالاشعريرضياعلمانوماىاالاوجدنشةحديثقط،فسالناعائ

Hadhrat Abu Moosaa al-Ash`ari نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي said, “We never experienced difficulty in (understanding) ر

any Hadeeth except that when we would ask Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي about it, we would find ر her possessing `Ilm regarding it.”

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لله:توفيالنبيصلیانهاعللهرضياشةقال:قالتعائكة:عنابنابيمليحوواخرجالبخاريفيصحي،قالت:دخلعبدقوريقيوريينبللهوسلمفيبيتيوفينوبتيوبينسحريونحريوجمعايوعل

بوتوثمسننتوفمضغتوفاخذنووسلمعيوعلللهالرحمانبسواکفضعفالنبيصلیا Imaam ibn Abi Mulaykah ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ا narrates that, “Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي said, “Nabi ر

لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت passed away in my house, in my turn, (with his head resting) between my chest and ص

1 Siyar A`laam an-Nubalaa’.

2 Ibid.

3 Sunan at-Tirmidhi.

4 Imaam ibn Sa`d in at-Tabaqaat al-Kubraa.

5 As-Istee`aab fee Ma`rifatil As-haab.

6 Siyar A`laam an-Nubalaa’.

7 Al-Kunnaashah fee Ba`dhi Khasaa’isi `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .lish-Shaykh Turki ibn Mubaarak al-Ban`ali ,ر

8 Sunan at-Tirmidhi.

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my neck, and Allaah made my saliva mix with his saliva.” She said, “Hadhrat `Abdur Rahmaan ال ی ع اللهت ضي ر نه ع

1 entered with a Siwaak but Nabi لیالله لمص س ل يهو ال یع ع ت was too weak to use it, so I took it and chewed

it (until it became soft), and thereafter I cleaned his teeth with it.” 2

کانرسولاشةعنعائوةوعنعر :اينانااليوم،اينضووسلمليتعذرفيمريوعلللهصلیاللهقالت:انکانيوميقبشةا،استبطاءليومعائاناغد بينسحريونحريودفنفيبيتيللهاضو،فلما

Hadhrat `Urwah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ا narrates that Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ,said ر

“Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت used to enquire during his final illness, “Where will I be today? Where ص

will I be tomorrow?” Anxiously waiting for when it would be the day of Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر So when it was my day, Allaah took him (i.e. his Rooh) whilst (his head was resting) between by neck and my chest, and he was buried in my house.”

3

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر

1 `Hadhrat `Abdur Rahmaan ibn Abi Bakr الله ضي نهر ال یع ع ت .

2 Saheeh al-Bukhaari.

3 Muttafaqun `Alayhi.

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04) Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Hafsah bint `Umar

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر نبيدعنباحزرنبطرق نبللهادبعنباحيرنیبزالعدبعنبليفن نبابطخالنبرمعتنبةصفح

ةيودعالةيشرقالبالغنبيؤلنببعک

نوعظمنبانمثعتخاحمجنبةافذحنببىونببيبحنبنوعظمتنببني ازهما She was Hadhrat Hafsah bint `Umar ibn al-Khattaab ibn Nufayl ibn `Abdul `Uzzaa ibn Riyaah ibn `Abdullaah ibn

Qurut ibn Razaah ibn `Adiyy ibn Ka`b ibn Lu’ayy ibn Ghaalib, al-Qurashiyyah al-`Adawiyyah, ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ر .

1

Her mother was Hadhrat Zaynab bint Mazh`oon ibn Habeeb ibn Wahb ibn Hudhaafah ibn Jumah ال ی ع اللهت ضي ر ا نه نه the sister of Hadhrat `Uthmaan ibn Mazh`oon ,ع ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر

2

She was born eighteen years prior to the Hijrah to Madeenah. 3

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .married her two years and a couple of months after Hijrah ص 4 Prior to

her marriage to Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ا Hadhrat Hafsah ,ص نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي was married to ر

Hadhrat Khunays ibn Hudhaafah as-Sahmi ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي who had also become Muslim upon the , ر emergence of Islaam as she had done. He made Hijrah with her to Madeenah and passed away there.

5 He was

from the tribe of Banu Sahm and had participated in Badr, and is therefore from the Badriyyeen. He then participated in the Battle of Uhud and was injured, and passed away on account of his injuries.

6

After the demise of Hadhrat Khunays ibn Hudhaafah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي when her `Iddah was over, Hadhrat ,ر

`Umar نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي نه asked Hadhrat Abu Bakr ر ال یع ع اللهت ضي if he would like to marry her, but he ر

kept silent and neither rejected the proposal nor accepted it. Thereafter, Hadhrat `Umar ال یع ع اللهت ضي نهر

asked Hadhrat `Uthmaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي الله if he would like to marry her, but Hadhrat `Uthmaan ر ضي ر نه ال یع ع الله told him that he needed some time to think over it. A few days later, Hadhrat `Uthmaan ت ضي ر نه ال یع ع ”.came to him and said that, “I have no desire to get married at present ت

Hadhrat `Umar نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم then went to Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت and told him what had ص

taken place. Rasoolullaah ال ی ع لیاللهت لمص س ل يهو ع said, “Hafsah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي will marry someone who ر

is better than `Uthmaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي نه and `Uthmaan ,ر ال یع ع اللهت ضي will marry someone who is ر

better than Hafsah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ار .” Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت then got married to Hadhrat ص

Hafsah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .himself ر 7

The Hadeeth detailing this incident, although slightly different, is also narrated by Imaam al-Bukhaari ةالله حم ر ل يهت ال یع ع in his Saheeh and is produced hereunder:

1 Nisaa-un-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت نه lis-Sayyid al-Jameeli; `Umar ibn al-Khattaab ص ال یع ع اللهت ضي ,ر

Shakhsiyyatuhu wa `Asruhu lish-Shaykh `Ali Muhammad as-Sallaabi. 2 Tabaqaat-ul-Kubraa li-ibn Sa`d ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

3 Nisaa-un-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .lis-Sayyid al-Jameeli ص

4 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibn Hazm azh-Zhaahiri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

5 Nisaa-un-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .lis-Sayyid al-Jameeli ص

6 Ibid.

7 Ibid.

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عمربنالخطاب،حينتأيمتحفصةبنتعمرمنخنيسبنحذافةالسهمي أن

وكانمنأصحابرسولاللهصلىاللهعليووسلمقدشهدبدرا،توفيبالمدينة،قالعمر:فلقيتعثمانفعرضتعليوحفصة،فقلت:إنشئتأنكحتكحفصةبنتعمر،قال:سأنظرفيأمري،بنعفان،

فلبثليالي،فقال:قدبداليأنلاأتزوجيوميىذا.قالعمر:فلقيتأبابكر،فقلت:إنشئتشيئا،فكنتعليوأوجدمني علىعثمان،أنكحتكحفصةبنتعمر،فصمتأبوبكرفلميرجعإلي

فلبثتلياليثمخطبهارسولاللهصلىاللهعليووسلمفأنكحتهاإياه،فلقينيأبوبكرفقال:لعلكحفصةفلمأرجعإليك؟قلت:نعم،قال:فإنولميمنعنيأنأرجعإليك حينعرضتعلي وجدتعلي

رسولفيماعرضت،إلاأنيقدعلمتأنرسولالله صلىاللهعليووسلمقدذكرىا،فلمأكنلأفشيسر اللهصلىاللهعليووسلم،ولوتركهالقبلتها

Hadhrat `Umar ibn al-Khattaab نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ا narrates: (after Hadhrat Hafsah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي had ر

become widowed from Hadhrat Khunays ibn Hudhaafah as-Sahmi نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي -who was from the As ر

haab of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت had participated in Badr and passed away in Madeenah) “I met ,ص

`Uthmaan ibn `Affaan ع اللهت ضي نهر ال یع and mentioned Hafsah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي to him. I said, “If you ر

wish, I will marry you to Hafsah bint `Umar ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي He replied, “I will think about it.” So he ”.ر waited a few nights and then said, “It has become clear to me that I have no wish to get married this day.”

Hadhrat `Umar نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي نه said, “Then I met Abu Bakr ر ال یع ع اللهت ضي ,and said to him, “If you wish ر

I will marry you to Hafsah bint `Umar ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي He kept quiet and did not return anything (i.e. any ”.ر

response) to me, and this was more saddening upon me than (the response of) `Uthmaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر

So I waited a few nights, and thereafter Rasoolullaah ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت لمص س put in a proposal and I married

her to him. I met Abu Bakr نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي after that and he said, “Perhaps you became angry at me when ر

you mentioned Hafsah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي to me and I did not return (any reply) to you?” I said, “Yes.” He ر said, “Indeed, nothing prevented me from returning (a reply) to you regarding what you had mentioned other

than that I knew Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت had made mention of her (i.e. of marrying her) and I ص

did not wish to spread the secret of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت and if he had left her (i.e. not ,ص married her) I would have accepted her.”

1

Hadhrat Hafsah bint `Umar ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي passed away during the reign of reign of Marwaan ibn `Abdul ر Malik in the year 45 A.H., and it was he who led her Janaazah Salaah.

2

Hadhrat Jibreel ل م ل يهالس لم said to Rasoolullaah ع س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت one day, referring to Hadhrat Hafsah ص

bint `Umar ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي : ر

إنهاصوامةقوامة،وإنهازوجتكفيالجنة“She is a woman who fasts very often and stands (in Salaah) very often, and she will be your wife in Jannah.”

3

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر 1 Saheeh al-Bukhaari.

2 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibn Hazm azh-Zhaahiri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

3 Majma`-uz-Zawaa’id of Imaam ibn Hajar al-Haythami and Al-Jaami`-us-Sagheer of Imaam as-Suyooti.

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05) Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Zaynab bint Khuzaymah

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر نبرامعنبللىنبافنمدبعنبللهادبعنوبرمعنبللهادبعنبثارحالنبةميزختنببني ز

ةعصعص She was Hadhrat Zaynab bint Khuzaymah ibn al-Haarith ibn `Abdullaah ibn `Amr ibn `Abdullaah ibn `Abd

Manaaf ibn Hilaal ibn `Aamir ibn Sa`sa`ah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ار . 1

Prior to her marriage to Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت -she was married to Hadhrat `Ubaydah ibn al ص

Haarith ibn `Abdul Muttalib ibn `Abd Manaaf نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .who became Shaheed on the Battle of Badr ,ر

However, a different opinion is given by Imaam Az-Zuhri 2ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم who stated that she was first ر

married to Hadhrat `Abdullaah ibn Jahsh al-Asadi نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي who became Shaheed on the Battle of ,ر Uhud.

3

Al-Imaam ibn Katheer ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم :narrates ر

لكثرةإطعامهابذلكوىيأمالمساكينسميتتزوجالنبيصلىاللهعليووسلمزينببنتخزيمة المساكينوىيمنبنيعامربنصعصعةوتوفيتورسولاللهصلىاللهعليووسلمحي

“An-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت -married Zaynab bint Khuzaymah, and she was known as “Umm-ul ص Masaakeen” (The Mother of the Poor). She was named that due to her excessive feeding of the poor people.

She was from the tribe of Banu `Aamir ibn Sa`sa`ah. She passed away whilst Rasoolullaah ص ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت لم ”.was still alive س

4

Imaam ibn Hajar al-Haythami ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم :narrates ر

كانتقبلوعندالحصينأو تزوجرسولاللهصلىاللهعليووسلمزينببنتخزيمةالهلليةأمالمساكيننةأولنسائوموتاعندالطفيلبنالحارثماتتبالمدي

“An-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت -married Zaynab bint Khuzaymah al-Hilaaliyyah, who was known as “Umm ص ul-Masaakeen” (The Mother of the Poor), and who had first been married to Al-Husayn or At-Tufayl ibn al-Haarith. She passed away in Madeenah, and was the first of his wives

5 to pass away.”

6

As can be seen from the narrations cited above, the Mu’arrikhoon (Historians) have differences of opinion over

who was the first husband of Hadhrat Zaynab bint Khuzaymah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ار .

1 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li ibn Hazm azh-Zhaahiri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

2 Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn `Ubaydullaah ibn `Abdullaah ibn Shihaab az-Zuhri [d. 124 A.H. – 741 C.E.]

3 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li ibn Hazm azh-Zhaahiri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

4 Al-Bidaayah wan Nihaayah lil Imaam ibn Katheer ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

5 Imaam al-Haythami is excluding here Hadhrat Khadeejah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر

6 Majma`-uz-Zawaa’id li ibn Hajar al-Haythami ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

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After her death, Rasoolullaah ال ی ع لیاللهت لمص س ل يهو ع performed her Janaazah Salaah and buried her in Jannat-ul-Baqi.

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر

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06) Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Hind bint Abi Umayyah (Ummu Salamah)

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر ةظقي نبموزخمنبرمعنباللهدبعنبةري غمالنب،اةفي ذحومسا،وةيمايباتنبدناىهمساوةملسما

يؤلنببعکنبةرمنب She was Hadhrat Hind bint Abi Umayyah (the name of Abu Umayyah was “Huzaifah”) ibn al-Mugheerah ibn `Abdullaah ibn `Umar ibn Makhzoom ibn Yaquzhah ibn Murrah ibn Ka`b ibn Lu’ayy.

1

Her father, Huzaifah (Abu Umayyah) ibn al-Mugheerah was given the title of “Zaad-ur-Rakab” (Provision of the Riders) due to his generous nature that, when setting out on a journey, he would take with provisions for all those accompanying him.

2

Before Rasoolullaah ال ی ع لیاللهت لمص س ل يهو ع married her, she was married to Hadhrat Abu Salamah Radhiyallaahu Ta`aalaa `Anhu, whose name was `Abdullaah ibn `Abd al-Asad al-Makhzoomi and had four

children by him; i.e. `Umar, Salamah, Durrah (some narrations say “Ruqayyah) and Zaynab, ال ی ع اللهت ضي ر نه مع .

3

Hadhrat Abu Salamah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ال ی was both the cousin and foster-brother of Rasoolullaah ر ع لیاللهت ص لم س ل يهو .ع

4

She was amongst the earliest to accept Islaam along with her husband (Hadhrat Abu Salamah ال ی ع اللهت ضي ر ا نه and the two of them, during the time the time the Muslimeen were being persecuted in Makkah ( ع Mukarramah by the Quraysh, made Hijrah to Habash (Abyssinia).

5

Rasoolullaah س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت لمص married her four years after Hijrah. 6

She was the last of the wives of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت to pass away. She passed away in the ص year 59 A.H. Imaam Abu Hassaan al-Hasan ibn `Uthmaan az-Ziyaadi mentioned the same in his “Taareekh”; i.e.

that she had passed away fifty-nine years after the Hijrah to Madeenah. Imaam ibn Abi Khaythamah ةالله حم ر ل يه ال یع ع however, states that she passed away one year prior to the demise of Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen , ت

Hadhrat Mu`aawiyah ibn Abi Sufyaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر 7

Imaam `Ataa ibn Abi Rabaah ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم states a different view, that the last of the wives of ر

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ال ی to pass away was in fact Hadhrat Safiyyah bint Huyayy ص ع اللهت ضي ر ا نه ل يه However, Imaam ibn Hazm .ع ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .has declared this opinion to be incorrect ر

8

1 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li ibn Hazm azh-Zhaahiri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .ر

2 Nisaa-un-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .lis-Sayyid al-Jameeli , ص

3 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li ibn Hazm azh-Zhaahiri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .ر

4 Nisaa-un-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .lis-Sayyid al-Jameeli , ص

5 Ibid.

6 Ibid.

7 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li ibn Hazm azh-Zhaahiri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .ر

8 Ibid.

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Before Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت نه Hadhrat Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq ,ص ال یع ع اللهت ضي had first ر

proposed to her, but the proposal was turned down. Thereafter, when Rasoolullaah ال ی ع لیاللهت لمص س ل يهو ع put in a proposal, she said, “I am not suitable for marriage. I have become old and cannot beget. Furthermore, I am a woman who becomes very angry, and I have children of my own.”

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت sent a message to her saying, “With regards to the matter of age, I am ص older than you. With regards to the anger, Allaah will remove that. And as for the children, then (they belong)

to Allaah and His Rasool لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت لم i.e. Rasoolullaah) ص س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت will take care of ص

them).” Thereafter, Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .got married to her and consummated the marriage ص 1

اذاحضرتمالمريضاوالميتيووسلم:"علاللهصلیاللهعنهاقالت:قالرسولاللهعنامسلمةرضیعليووالله"قلتفلماماتابوسلمة،اتيتالنبیصلیفقولواخيرافانالملئکةيؤمنونعلیماتقولون

قولیاللهماغفرلیولوواعقبنيمنوعقبی،اناباسلمةقدمات،فقالاللهسلمفقلت،يارسولالصلةثمقالعليو۔ عليووسلماللهصلیاللهمنىوخيرمنو؛رسولاللهقالتفقلت،فاعقبني۔حسنة

واغفرلنا،واخلفوفیعقبوفیالغابرين،وارفعدرجتوفیالمهديين،سلمةيوالسلم:اللهماغفرلابوافسحلوفیقبرهونورلوفيو،ولوياربالعالمين

مسلم{اه}رو Hadhrat Umm Salamah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم narrates that, “Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت :said ص “When you visit the sick person or the Mayyit (deceased) then speak goodness, for the Malaa’ikah say Aameen

over what you say.” I said, “So when Abu Salamah passed away, I came to an-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ص and said, “Yaa Rasoolallaah, indeed Abu Salamah has passed away.” So he said, “Say: O Allaah, forgive me and him and grant me goodness after him.” She said, “I said that, so Allaah gave me after him someone who was

better than him; Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت مل سلاو ۃل صلاهيل ع Then he ”.ص said, “O Allaah, forgive Abu Salamah, raise his rank amongst those who are guided, compensate those whom he has left behind, forgive him and us Yaa Rabb-al-`Aalameen, make his Qabr spacious for him and illuminate it for him.”

2

After the demise of Hadhrat Abu Salamah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم Rasoolullaah ,ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت recited ص

nine Takbeers over him (i.e. in Janaazah Salaah). It was asked, “Yaa Rasoolallaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ,ص

were you unmindful or did you forget?” So Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت said, “I was not unmindful ص nor did I forget. Indeed, if I were to have performed one thousand Takbeers upon Abu Salamah, he would have been deserving of that.”

3

Before his demise, Hadhrat Abu Salamah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ,used to make the following Du`aa, “O Allaah ر grant Umm Salamah after me a man who neither causes her any grief nor any harm.”

4

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر 1 Nisaa-un-Nabi ال ع لیاللهت لمص س ل يهو یع , lis-Sayyid al-Jameeli.

2 Narrated by Imaam Muslim ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

3 Narrated by `Allaamah ibn Hajr in al-Isaabah, and Imaam at-Tabari in his Taareekh.

4 Narrated by Imaam ibn Sa`d ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .in his Tabaqaat ر

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07) Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Zaynab bint Jahsh

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر ةميزخنبدسانباندودنبمنغنبريبکنبةرمنبةربصنبرمعي نبابئرنبشحجتنببني ز

She was Hadhrat Zaynab bint Jahsh ibn Ri’aab ibn Ya`mur ibn Sabirah ibn Murrah ibn Kabeer ibn Ghanam ibn

Doodaan ibn Asad ibn Khuzaymah, نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ار . 1

Her mother was Umaymah bint `Abdul Muttalib, the paternal aunt of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .ص 2

Her brother was Hadhrat `Abdullaah ibn Jahsh نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر 3

Prior to her marriage to Rasoolullaah ال ی ع لیاللهت لمص س ل يهو ع , she was married to his freed slave, Hadhrat

Zayd ibn Haarithah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر 4

Originally, when Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت put in the proposal on behalf of Hadhrat Zayd ibn ص

Haarithah الله ضي ار نه ال یع ع ت , she refused due to the fact that he was a freed slave whilst she was from the most noble of the Quraysh.

5 Thereafter, this Aayah was revealed:

کانلمؤمنولامؤم وللهاومنيعصرىممنامرةالخيلهمامراانيکونلوورسوللهاذاقضیانةومافقدضلضللامبينالورسو

{“It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allaah and His Rasool decree any matter, that they should have any choice in their matter. And, whosoever disobeys Allaah and His Rasool has deviated with a

clear deviation.”} 6

After the revelation of this Aayah, Hadhrat Zaynab bint Jahsh ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي agreed to marry Hadhrat ر

Zayd ibn Haarithah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر 7

However, after the marriage, there were frequent quarrels, and Hadhrat Zayd نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي would ر

complain about her to Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت :This is mentioned in the following Aayah .ص

وتخفيفينفسکماللهعليووانعمتعليوامسکعليکزوجکواتقياللهواذتقولللذیانعما،فلماقضیزيدمنهاوطرازوجناکهالکيلايکونعلیاهاحقانتخشللهمبديووتخشیالناسواللها

کانامرالله مفعولاالمؤمنينحرجفیازواجادعيائهماذاقضوامنهنوطرا،و {“And (remember) when you said to the one whom Allaah favoured (by guiding him to Islaam) and you

favoured (by freeing him), “Keep your wife, and fear Allaah”, and you hid in yourself that which Allaah will make manifest, and you feared the people whilst Allaah is more worthy that you should fear Him. So when

1 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibn Hazm azh-Zhaahiri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

2 Nisaa-un-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .lis-Sayyid al-Jameeli , ص

3 Tafseer ibn Katheer, Nisaa-un-Nabi س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت لمص lis-Sayyid al-Jameeli.

4 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibn Hazm azh-Zhaahiri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

5 Tafseer ibn Katheer: Soorah al-Ahzaab.

6 Soorah al-Ahzaab, 33:36.

7 Tafseer ibn Katheer, Nisaa-un-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .lis-Sayyid al-Jameeli ص

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Zayd had accomplished his desire concerning her (i.e. divorced her), We married her to you, so that in future there may be no difficulty for the Mu’mineen in marrying the wives of their adopted children when the latter

have no desire to keep them (i.e. have divorced them).

And the Command of Allaah must be fulfilled.”} 1

The meaning of “You hid in yourself that which Allaah will make manifest” is that Allaah Ta`aalaa had informed

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ال ی that Hadhrat Zaynab bint Jahsh ص ع اللهت ضي ار نه ع will be from

amongst his wives, but when Hadhrat Zayd ibn Haarithah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي used to come to him, he would ر advise him, saying, “Keep your wife, and fear Allaah”, and he would not mention this.

2

After the revelation of this Aayah, Allaah Ta`aalaa Himself conducted the marriage of Rasoolullaah لیالله ص لم س ل يهو ال یع ع ا to Hadhrat Zaynab bint Jahsh ت نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي hence there was no marriage contract, no , ر Wali, no Mahr (Dowry) and no witnesses.

3

She was the first of the wives of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت to pass away after his demise; she ص passed away during the very beginning of the Khilaafah of Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat `Umar ibn al-

Khattaab ن ال یع ع اللهت ضي هر . 4

However, `Allaamah ibn Sa`d ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ل يه and Imaam ibn al-Atheer ر ال یع ع ةاللهت حم hold a ر different view; according to them, she passed away in the year 20 A.H., and that means her death was in the

end of the Khilaafah of Hadhrat `Umar نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .during in the beginning ,ر 5

She was that wife of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت who, when the lands were conquered by the ص Muslimeen and she was given her share of the spoils of war, (due to the immensity of the wealth) she cried, lamented and asked Allaah `Azza wa Jall that He let her not see the following year, but rather let her meet

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت in the same condition she was in along with him when he departed ص from this world; that of possessing little in the Dunyaa. She passed away before the end of the year.

6

From the Ummahaat-ul-Mu’mineen, Hadhrat Zaynab ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي was the one who gave the most in ر

Sadaqah. Hence, prior to the demise of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت he said, “The one from ,ص amongst you who will meet with me again the soonest is the one with the longest hands.” The wives of

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت had taken this literally and began measuring their hands to see who ص

possessed the longest, but after the demise of Hadhrat Zaynab ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي they understood what , ر

Rasoolullaah لیالله لمص س ل يهو ال یع ع ت had meant. 7

Hadhrat Anas ibn Maalik نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ا narrates that Hadhrat Zaynab ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي used to brag to ر

the other wives of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ,saying, “Your families conducted your marriages ,ص but Allaah conducted my marriage from above the Seven Heavens.”

8

The Mufassiroon have explained that the reason for Hadhrat Zaynab ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي declining the ر

proposal to marry Hadhrat Zayd ibn Haarithah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي in the beginning, is because she had wanted ر

to marry Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .himself ص 9

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر 1 Soorah al-Ahzaab, 33:37.

2 Tafseer ibn Katheer: Soorah al-Ahzaab.

3 Ibid.

4 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibn Hazm azh-Zhaahiri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

5 `Allaamah ibn Sa`d in his “Tabaqaat” and Imaam ibn al-Atheer in “Asad-ul-Ghaabah”.

6 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibn Hazm azh-Zhaahiri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

7 Nisaa-un-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .lis-Sayyid al-Jameeli , ص

8 Tafseer ibn Katheer: Soorah al-Ahzaab.

9 Ibid.

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08) Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Juwayriyah bint al-Haarith

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر وى،وةميذجنبکالمنبدابعنبثارحالن،ببيبحومسا،واررضيبانبثارحالتنبةيريوج

ةعازخن،مقلطصمال She was Hadhrat Juwariyah bint al-Haarith ibn Abi Dhiraar (the name of Abu Dhiraar was “Habeeb”), ibn al-Haarith ibn `Aabid ibn Maalik ibn Jadheemah (and his name was “al-Mustaliq”), from the tribe of Khuzaa`ah,

ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر 1

Prior to her marriage to Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت she was married to Hadhrat `Abdullaah ibn ,ص

Jahsh al-Asadi نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ا the brother of Hadhrat Zaynab bint Jahsh ,ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر 2

She passed away in the year 56 A.H., in the month of Rabee`-ul-Awwal, and the Janaazah Salaah was performed by Marwaan

3, one of the Khulafaa (pl. Khaleefah) of Banu Umayyah.

4

Before accepting Islaam, she was taken captive in the Battle of Banu Mustaliq when her father, Hadhrat

Haarith ibn Abi Dhiraar نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي the chief of the tribe of Banu Mustaliq, had gathered an army ,ر

against Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .and was defeated ص 5

Thereafter, her father, intending to ransom her, prepared two goats and hid them in one of the valleys of

Makkah. He then entered upon Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ,and, in the course of the discussion ص

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت asked him about these two goats he had hidden away in one of the ص valleys without him having mentioned it, and without him having told a single person about it. When

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت asked him the question, he knew that he was a true Nabi and accepted ص

Islaam. After that, Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت gave him a choice; either he can ransom his daughter ص

and take her back with him, or he can keep the Fidyah (Ransom) and Rasoolullaah لیاللهت لمص س ل يهو ال یع ع

would marry her. He asked his daughter, Hadhrat Juwairiyah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي and she chose Rasoolullaah , ر

لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت and chose to accept Islaam. Her name at this time was still “Barrah”. After ,ص

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .”converted her to Islaam and married her, he named her “Juwairiyah ص At this time, she was close to twenty years old.

6

Then, due to the fact that she was now related to Rasoolullaah لیالله لمص س ل يهو ال یع ع ت by virtue of marriage,

all of the Sahaabah ل يهم ال یع ع اناللهت who had as a slave a person from her tribe of Banu Mustaliq, freed رضو that slave out of honour for this family. In this manner, approximately one hundred families of the Banu Mustaliq tribe were set free.

7

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر 1 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibn Hazm azh-Zhaahiri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

2 Ibid.

3 Marwaan ibn al-Hakam, known as Marwaan the First. He was the fourth Khaleefah of Banu Umayyah.

4 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibn Hazm, and also narrated by Imaam al-Waaqidi according to Imaam ibn Sa`d.

5 Nisaa-un-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .lis-Sayyid al-Jameeli , ص

6 Ibid.

7 Ibid.

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09) Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Ramlah bint Abi Sufyaan

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر سمالشدبعنبةيمانببرحنبرخان،صيفسيباتن،بدنىليق،وةلمراهمسا،وةبيبحما

She was Hadhrat Umm Habeebah, and her name was Ramlah (others say it was Hind), bint Abi Sufyaan, Sakhr

ibn Harb ibn Umayyah ibn `Abd ash-Shams, ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر 1

Rasoolullaah لیالله لمص س ل يهو ال یع ع ت married her whilst she was in Habashah (Abyssinia) via Najaashi (the

King of Abyssinia) who put in the marriage proposal on behalf of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت At this .ص

time, Hadhrat Umm Habeebah, Ramlah bint Abi Sufyaan ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي had made Hijrah to Habashah and ر was living there to avoid the persecution of the Quraysh.

2

Prior to her marriage to Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت -she was married to `Ubaidullah ibn Jahsh al ,ص Asadi, who later on became Murtadd, died as such and landed himself in Jahannam for all eternity.

3

She passed away during the Khilaafah of her brother, Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Mu`aawiyah ibn Abi

Sufyaan ض نهر ال یع ع اللهت ي , in the year 44 A.H. 4

At the time of her marriage to Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ال ی Hadhrat Umm Habeebah ,ص ع اللهت ضي ر ا نه .was in her thirties. The Najaashi gave her four hundred Dinaars on this occasion ع

5

Dhun Noorayn, Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat `Uthmaan ibn `Affaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي was overjoyed when ر

he heard of the marriage of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ال ی to Hadhrat Umm Habeebah ص ع اللهت ضي ر ا نه ا as he was her maternal uncle. The mother of Hadhrat Umm Habeebah , ع نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي was the sister ر

of Hadhrat `Uthmaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .Being her uncle, he himself organised the Waleemah .ر 6

On one occasion, her father, Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan ibn Harb نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ,prior to becoming Muslim ,ر visited her house in Madeenah. As he was about to sit on the carpet, she pulled it away from him and folded it up. He asked her, “O my daughter, did you fold up the carpet because it is not good enough for me or because

I am not good enough for it?” She replied, “This is the carpet of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت and ,ص you are a Mushrik. Hence, I did not like that you should sit on it.” Hearing this, he said, “O my daughter, evil has definitely afflicted you after me.”

7

Hadhrat Umm Habeebah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي is buried in Jannat-ul-Baqi`, next to the other wives of ر

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .ص

اهن عیالعت اللهيضر 1 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibn Hazm ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

2 Ibid.

3 Ibid.

4 This has been stated by Imaam Abu Hassaan az-Ziyaadi, Imaam al-Waaqidi and Imaam ibn Hazm.

5 Nisaa-un-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .lis-Sayyid al-Jameeli ص

6 Ibid.

7 Ibid.

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10) Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Safiyyah bint Huyayy

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر يخاانرمعنبنوراىملسوويلعللهیالصللهالوسردلونمريضالنينبنمبطخانبييحتنبةيفص

ملسوويلعللهیالصللهالوسرنبيولانبثاىاقنبانرمعوى،وملالسامهيلعانرمعنیبسومللهالوسرمياىرب املسوويلعللهیالصللهالوسرنباقحساملسوويلعللهیالصاللهلوسرنببوقعي

ولي لخو She was Hadhrat Safiyyah bint Huyayy ibn Akhtab ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ,from the tribe of Banu an-Nadheer , ر

from the descendants of the Rasool of Allaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت Haaroon ibn `Imraan, the brother of ,ص

the Rasool of Allaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت Moosaa ibn `Imraan, and he was `Imraan ibn Qaahaath ibn ,ص

Laawi ibn Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت لی Ya`qoob, ibn Rasoolullaah ص لمص س ل يهو ال یع ع اللهت Is-haaq,

ibn Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .Ibraaheem, the Rasool and Khaleel (Close Friend) of Allaah ص 1

The name of her mother was Barrah bint Shamwaal al-Qurazhiyyah (i.e. from the tribe of Banu Qurayzhah.) 2

Prior to her marriage to Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت she had been married twice; the first time was ,ص to Salaam ibn Mushkim al-Qurazhi (i.e. from the tribe of Banu Qurayzhah), but they divorced. Thereafter she married Kinaanah ibn ar-Rabee` ibn Abi al-Huqayq an-Nadhri (i.e. from the tribe of Banu an-Nadheer), who was killed at the Battle of Khaybar.

3

At the time she married Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .she was seventeen years of age ,ص 4

When she was still married to Kinaanan ibn ar-Rabee` an-Nadhri, she had a dream one night wherein she saw the moon falling into her lap. Upon awakening, she narrated this dream to him. When he heard it, he became extremely angry and said, “This is nothing other than you desiring to marry the King of Hijaaz, Muhammad

لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .and struck her face, leaving a mark behind ”!ص 5

It used to happen that sometimes, Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ال یر and Hadhrat Hafsah ر ع اللهت ضي ا نه ا would tease Hadhrat Safiyyah ع نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .on account of her being a Jew ر

It should be known clearly that there was no malice involved in this action of theirs; rather, this was simply a manifestation of the natural jealousy Allaah Ta`aalaa has made inherent in women for their husbands, and in fact, if this jealousy is not found, it is a sign that the wife, in reality, has no love for her husband.

Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ا and Hadhrat Hafsah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي had overwhelming love for ر

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت and therefore, naturally felt a bit of jealousy due to the great beauty of ص

Hadhrat Safiyyah bint Huyayy ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي despite the fact that they themselves possessed beauty , ر which was unmatched.

1 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibn Hazm ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

2 Nisaa-un-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .lis-Sayyid al-Jameeli , ص

3 Ibid.

4 Ibid.

5 Ibid.

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Nevertheless, this was the reason for this teasing of theirs, and it caused Hadhrat Safiyyah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ار

to cry to Rasoolullaah ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت لمص س , who advised her to respond by saying, “How will the two of

you be better than me when my husband is (Rasoolullaah) Muhammad لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت my father is ,ص

Nabi Haaroon ل م ل يهالس ل and my uncle is Nabi Moosaa ع ل مع يهالس ?” 1

Hadhrat Safiyyah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .passed away in the year 50 A.H ر 2

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر

1 Ibid.

2 Stated by Imaam al-Waaqidi, Imaam Abu Hassaan az-Ziyaadi and Imaam ibn Hazm azh-Zhaahiri.

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11) Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat Maymoonah bint al-Haarith

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر ةعصعصنبرامعنبللىنبللهادبعنابةبي ورنبمرىنبريجبنبنزحنبثارحالتنبةنوميم

She was Hadhrat Maymoonah bint al-Haarith ibn Hazan ibn Bujayr ibn Haram 1 ibn Ruwaybah ibn `Abdullaah

ibn Hilaal ibn `Aamir ibn Sa`sa`ah, ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي . ر 2

She was the maternal aunt of Hadhrat Khaalid ibn al-Waleed نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي and Hadhrat `Abdullaah ibn ر

`Abbaas نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر 3

Prior to her marriage to Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت she was married to Abu Ruhm ibn `Abdul ,ص `Uzzaa ibn Abu Qays ibn `Abdu Waddin ibn Nasr ibn Maalik ibn Hisl ibn `Aamir ibn Lu’ayy.

However, according to a different opinion given by Imaam `Abdullaah ibn Muhammad ibn `Aqeel ibn Abi Taalib

ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .she was first married to Huwaytib ibn `Abdul `Uzzaa, the brother of Abu Ruhm , ر 4

She was the last wife of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت He married her in Makkah, and consummated .ص the marriage with her at a place called “Sarif”, located approximately ten miles away.

She passed away in this exact same place (Sarif) during the Khilaafah of Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat

Mu`aawiyah ibn Abi Sufyaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .in the year 51 A.H., and was buried there ,ر 5

Like Hadhrat Juwairiyah bint al-Haarith ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي her name was also originally “Barrah”, but was , ر

changed by Rasoolullaah ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت لمص س to “Maymoonah”. 6 Her nephew, Hadhrat `Abdullaah ibn

`Abbaas نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .led the Janaazah Salaah ,ر

The name of her mother was Hind bint `Awf ibn Zuhayr ibn al-Haarith ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي about whom it was , ر said that she was the most honoured lady with regards to family relations, seeing as she was related to

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت نه Hadhrat Abu Bakr ,ص ال یع ع اللهت ضي Hadhrat Hamza ibn `Abdul ,ر

Muttalib نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي نه Hadhrat `Abbaas ,ر ال یع ع اللهت ضي ال ی Hadhrat Ja`far ibn Abi Taalib ,ر ع اللهت ضي ر نه نه and Hadhrat `Ali ibn Abi Taalib ع ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر

7

Hadhrat Maymoonah bint al-Haarith ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي -had many maternal half-sisters, including: Umm-ul ر

Mu’mineen Hadhrat Zaynab bint Khuzaymah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ”who was known as “Umm-ul-Masaakeen - ر

(The Mother of the Poor) - Hadhrat Asma bint `Umays al-Khash`amiyyah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ار - who was the

wife of Hadhrat Ja`far ibn Abi Taalib نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي who was known as “Dhul Janaahayn” (The One of ,ر

Two Wings) and also as “At-Tayyaar” (The Flyer) – and Hadhrat Salmaa bint `Umays ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي the , ر

1 “Haram” according to Imaam ibn Hajr, and “Hazam” according to Imaam ibn Sa`d and Imaam ibn al-Atheer.

2 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibn Hazm ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

3 Ibid.

4 Ibid.

5 Ibid.

6 Nisaa-un-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .lis-Sayyid al-Jameeli , ص

7 Ibid.

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wife of Hadhrat Hamza ibn `Abdul Muttalib نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي who was known as “Asadullaah” (The Lion of ,ر Allaah).

1

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر

1 Ibid.

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Hadhrat Maariyah al-Qibtiyyah اهن یعالعت اللهيضر

ةيطبقلناوعمشتنبةيارميى She was Hadhrat Maariyah bint Shum`oon al-Qibtiyyah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر

1

According to the `Ulamaa, she was not of the wives of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت -but was a slave ص girl belonging to him.

2

For a person to have relations with his slave-girl, despite not being married to her, is something permissible as stated by Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta`aalaa many places in the Qur’aan Majeed, i.e.:

غيرملومينهمنفانهماوماملکتايماجهمازوايحافظون،الاعلجهمذينىملفرووال {“And those who guard their private parts, except from their wives or (the slaves and captives) that their right

hands possess; for then, they are free from blame.”} 3

Hadhrat Maariyah al-Qibtiyyah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ل يه had been sent as a gift to Rasoolullaah ر ال یع ع لیاللهت ص لم س .from Al-Muqawqis, the then ruler of Misr (Egypt), and this was in the year 7 A.H و

4

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت presented Islaam to her and she accepted, along with her sister whose ص

name was “Seereen”, ا نهم ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم Rasoolullaah .ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت -kept Hadhrat Maariyah al ص

Qibtiyyah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي for himself and gave her sister as a gift of to the Shaa`ir (Poet) of Islaam, Hadhrat ر

Hassaan ibn Thaabit نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر 5

She was the mother of one of the sons of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت whose name was ,ص

“Ibraaheem”, ضي نهر ال یع ع اللهت . 6 She passed away during the Khilaafah of Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat

`Umar ibn al-Khattaab نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .and was buried in Jannat-ul-Baqi`, in Madeenah ر 7 Her Janaazah

Salaah was led by Hadhrat `Umar ibn al-Khattaab نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .himself ر 8

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر 1 Nisaa-un-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .lis-Sayyid al-Jameeli , ص

2 According to `Allaamah al-Aloosi in Rooh-ul-Ma`aani - and he quotes from Hadhrat `Abdullaah ibn `Abbaas

نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي that the opening Aayah of Soorah at-Tahreem was revealed concerning Hadhrat Maariyah ر

ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم and that she was a slave-girl belonging to Rasoolullaah ,ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت and – ص this is also according to Imaam ibn Katheer in his Tafseer (see Soorah at-Tahreem, 66:1-5), Imaam as-Suyooti in Jalaalayn (Ibid), Imaam ibn Hazm in Jawaami`-us-Seerah, Shaykh Ismaa`eel Haqqi in Rooh-ul-Bayaan, Imaam Nizhaam-ud-Deen an-Naysaaboori in his Tafseer (Ibid), Imaam Abu Hayyaan al-Andalusi in Al-Bahr Al-Muheet (Ibid), Imaam al-Qurtubi in his Tafseer (Ibid), Imaam ibn al-Jawzi in Zaad-ul-Maseer fee `Ilm-it-Tafseer (Ibid), Imaam ath-Tha`labi in his Tafseer (Ibid), Imaam Abul Layth as-Samarqandi in Bahr-ul-`Uloom (Ibid), Imaam at-Tabari in his Tafseer (Ibid), and Imaam Muhammad al-Ameen ibn Mukhtaar ash-Shinqeeti in Adhwaa-ul-Bayaan (Ibid). 3 Soorah al-Mu’minoon, 23:5, 6.

4 Nisaa-un-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .lis-Sayyid al-Jameeli , ص

5 Ibid.

6 Ibid.

7 Ibid.

8 Ibid.

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The daughters of Rasoolullaah

ملسوويلیعالعت للهیالص We begin now with the second part of this Kitaab, which deals with the Siyar (Biographies) and Manaaqib

(Virtues) of the daughters of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .ص

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت had four daughters; all of them were from his first wife, Hadhrat ص

Khadeejah al-Kubraa ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي :They were .ر 1

1. Hadhrat Ruqayyah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر

2. Hadhrat Zaynab ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر

3. Hadhrat Umm Kulthoom ال ی ع اللهت ضي ار نه ع .

4. Hadhrat Faatimah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر

A different view was held by Imaam ibn Hazm ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم namely, that Hadhrat Umm Kulthoom ,ر ضي ر ا نه ال یع ع لی was actually the youngest daughter of Rasoolullaah اللهت لمص س ل يهو ال یع ع اللهت , but this view is incorrect. The correct view is the one held by the other Mu’arrikhoon (Historians), such as Imaam Abu Bishr Muhammad ibn Ahmad ad-Doolaabi (d. 310 A.H.), whose Kitaab is quoted extensively in the following section.

Before beginning with the biography of the first of the daughters of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ,ص

Hadhrat Zaynab ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .a few narrations shall be quoted here ,ر

للهلرسولاجةيونسبنبکير،عنمحمدبناسحاق،قالولدتخديثنااحمدبنعبدالجبار،حدثناحدکلثومورقيالوحيوقبلانينزلعللهمکدهوسلموليوعلللهصلیا اسمووالقمةوفاطية:زينبوام

قبلالاسلمجميعاوىميرضعونوبالقاسمفهلكواوالطيباىرفاماالقاسموالط۔والطيباىرالطبووآمننوواتبععوفادرکنالاسلموىاجرنمتويکنی،وامابناکان

“Ahmad ibn `Abdul Jabbaar narrated to us; Yoonus ibn Bukayr narrated to us from Muhammad ibn Is-haaq,

who said, “Hadhrat Khadeejah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ال ی gave birth to all the children of Rasoolullaah ر ع لیاللهت ص لم س ل يهو ,prior to the commencement of Wahi upon him, and they were: Zaynab, Umm Kulthoom, Ruqayyah ع Faatimah, al-Qaasim, at-Taahir and at-Tayyib. As for al-Qaasim, at-Taahir and at-Tayyib, they all passed away

prior to Islaam whilst still in infancy, and it was by al-Qaasim نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لیالله that Rasoolullaah ر ص لم س ل يهو ال یع ع was titled (i.e. Abu’l Qaasim). Then, as for the daughters of Rasoolullaah ت ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ص لم ”.they had lived in the time of Islaam, made Hijrah with him, followed him and believed in him ,س

2

As for who amongst the children of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت was the eldest and who was the ص youngest, then that is mentioned in the following narration:

کاناکبربنبنعبدالرللهاحمدبنعبدايثنحد القاسمثميوحيم،سمعتعبدالملکبنىشاميقول،کلثومثمفايةرقتورواکبربنااىالطالطيبثم طمةثمزينبثمام

“Ahmad ibn `Abdullaah ibn `Abdur Raheem narrated to me, “I heard `Abdul Malik ibn Hishaam saying:

1 Adh-Dhurriyyat-ut-Taahirah, lil-Imaam ad-Doolaabi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم . ر

2 Ibid.

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“The oldest of the sons of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت -was al-Qaasim, then at-Tayyib, then at ص Taahir, and from his daughters the oldest was Ruqayyah, then Zaynab, then Umm Kulthoom and then

Faatimah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي عين ر ما جم .” 1

With that, the second part of this Kitaab can begin, wa Billaahit Tawfeeq...

1 Adh-Dhurriyyat-ut-Taahirah, lil-Imaam ad-Doolaabi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .ر

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01) Hadhrat Ruqayyah bint Rasoolullaah

ملسويولیعالعت للهیالص

اهن یعالعت اللهيضرو ،قال:واماىريعنالزيمنيع،حدثناجديثناحجاجبناب،حدمةاسايبنمحمدبنابللهثناعبداحدبنللهعبدالوفولدتةىلياعثمانبنعفانفیالجاجهمفتزووسليوعلللهصلیاللهبنترسولاةيرق

کانيکنیثمةرکانيکنیاولمبوعثمانو کنیبعدذلکبعمروبنعثمانوبکلقد ةيتوفيترقحتیکانعثمانشهانيعوافذلکمننهزمنبدرفتخلفعثمانعلیدف وشةجرالیارضالحبىادبدراوقد

وسلميوعلللهصلیاللهبنترسولاةيوسلموتوفيترقيوعلللهصلیاللهبنترسولاةيبرقعورمجىاوسلمبشيرابفتحبدريوعلللهصلیاللهمولیرسولاثةيومقدمزيدبنحار

“`Abdullaah ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Usaamah narrated to us; Hajjaaj ibn Abi Manee` narrated to us; my

grandfather narrated to us from az-Zuhri, who said, “As for Ruqayyah bint Rasoolullaah ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ص لم نه then Hadhrat `Uthmaan ibn `Affaan ,س ال یع ع اللهت ضي married her during Ayyaam-ul-Jaahiliyyah (The ر

Days of Ignorance), and she gave birth from him to `Abdullaah ibn `Uthmaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي and it was , ر

by `Abdullaah that Hadhrat `Uthmaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي was originally titled (Abu `Abdillaah), until he was ر titled after that by (the name of another son) `Amr ibn `Uthmaan (so his title was Abu `Amr), and by both these

names he had been titled. Thereafter, Hadhrat Ruqayyah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي passed away during the time of ر

Badr and Hadhrat `Uthmaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي attended to her burial, and it was that which prevented him ر from being present in the battle.

Hadhrat `Uthmaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي had, (in the early days of Islaam) made Hijrah to al-Habashah ر

(Abyssinia) and Hadhrat Ruqayyah bint Rasoolullaah لمص س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت had made Hijrah along with him.

Hadhrat Ruqayyah bint Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت passed away on the very day that Hadhrat Zayd ص

ibn Haarithah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم the freed-slave of Rasoolullaah , ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت approached , ص (Madeenah) with the glad-tidings of the victory at Badr.”

1

،قال،دة،عنقتابةعرويثناسعيدبنابربنالعلء،حدىيثنازثنااحمدبنالمقدامابوالاشعث،حدحدوسلمفلماانزليوعلللهحتیبعثالنبیصلیاهافلميبنبهبليبنعبدالعزیاببةعندعتةيکانترق

ذلکةيرقتووسئلةيقرطلقبةوسلمعتيوعلللهصلیايوتب،سئلالنبهب:تبتيداابیلللهاقهاقدصبت،فطلهانفابنيياقهاالحطب،طللةحماةيامجميلبنتحرببنامومالوفقالت

“Ahmad ibn al-Miqdaam narrated to us Abu’l Ash`ath narrated to us; Zuhayr ibn al-`Alaa’ narrated to us;

Sa`eed ibn Abi `Aroobah narrated to us from Qataadah, who said, “Hadhrat Ruqayyah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي was ر first married to `Utbah ibn `Abdul `Uzzaa Abu Lahab, but he had never consummated the marriage with her.

1 Adh-Dhurriyyat-ut-Taahirah, lil-Imaam ad-Doolaabi ةالله حم ل يهر ال یع ع ت .

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Thereafter, Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .was conferred with Nubuwwah ص

Then, when Allaah revealed, “Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab, and perish he!” 1 an-Nabi ل يه ال یع ع لیاللهت ص

لم س ا asked `Utbah to divorce Hadhrat Ruqayyah و نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي and she too asked him this. So the , ر mother of `Utbah, Umm Jameel bint Harb ibn Umayyah, who Allaah Ta`aalaa called “Hammaalat al-Hatab” (The One who will carry Firewood in Jahannam), said to her son, `Utbah, “Divorce her, O my son, for she has apostasised (i.e. from our religion).”

2

،حدثنايونسبنبکير،عنيعبدالرحمانبنصالحالازديبنخرزاذ،حدثنللهثناعثمانبنعبداحد،قالت،مشواالیشةعنعائيوبنالزبيرعنابللهيحيیبنعبادبنعبدايمحمدبناسحاق،قال،حدثن

منقريششئت،قالانزوجتمونيأةمحمدونحننزوجکايامرنة،طلقابلوفقالوالهببنابيبةعتبهاولميکندخلقهاوفاروه،فزوجتهاسعيدبنالعاصفارقنةابانبنسعيدبنالعاصاوابنةاب

نوعللهعثمانبنعفانرضيايهاوخلفعللوناىواولهامةکرايومنيدللهاجهافاخر “`Uthmaan ibn `Abdullaah ibn Khurrazaadh narrated to us; `Abdur Rahmaan ibn Saalih al-Azdi narrated to me; Yoonus ibn Bukayr narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Is-haaq, who said, “Yahyaa ibn `Abbaad ibn `Abdullaah

ibn az-Zubayr narrated to me from his father, from Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ن ال یع ع اللهت ضي ار ه , who said, “They

(The Quraysh) went to `Utbah ibn Abi Lahab and said to him, “Divorce the daughter of Muhammad لیالله ص لم س ل يهو ال یع ع and we will marry you to whichever woman of Quraysh you desire.” He replied, “If you marry ت me to the daughter of Abaan ibn Sa`eed ibn al-`Aas of the daughter of Sa`eed ibn al-`Aas, I will divorce her.” So

they got him married (to one of the two) and he divorced her (Hadhrat Ruqayyah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي and he ,( ر had never consummated the marriage with her. So Allaah removed her from his hands as an honour to her and

a disgrace to him (`Utbah ibn Abi Lahab), and Hadhrat `Uthmaan ibn `Affaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي married her ر after that.”

3

بنتيةبکير،عنابناسحاققال،تزوجعثمانبنعفانرقحدثنااحمدبنعبدالجبار،حدثنايونسبنکانيکنیبووللهغلميسمیعبدايةمنرقلوقال،ولدنووسلمويزعمونايوعلللهصلیاللهرسولا

للهرسولاجوعندعثمانفلماماتتزوىيويةصغيررضيعوماتترقىووذىبفللهعثماناباعبداکلثوميوعلللهصلیا وسلمام

“Ahmad ibn `Abdul Jabbaar narrated to us; Yoonus ibn Bukayr narrated to us from ibn Is-haaq, who said,

“Hadhrat `Uthmaan ibn `Affaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لیالله married Hadhrat Ruqayyah bint Rasoolullaah ر ص

ع لمت س ل يهو ال یع ,” and they (the above mentioned narrators) claim that he (ibn Is-haaq) said, “A child was

born to Hadhrat `Uthmaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ا from Hadhrat Ruqayyah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي whose name was ر

`Abdullaah, and it was by him that Hadhrat `Uthmaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .”was titled, i.e. “Abu `Abdillaah ر

However, the child passed away whilst still in infancy, and Hadhrat Ruqayyah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي passed away ر

when she was still married to Hadhrat `Uthmaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ال ی After that, Rasoolullaah .ر ع لیاللهت ص لم س ل يهو ا got him married to Hadhrat Umm Kulthoom ع نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ”.ر

4

لهيعةحدثنيعليومحمدابناعمروبنخالدقالاحدثناابوناعمروبنخالدحدثناابن 1 Soorah al-Masad, 111:1.

2 Adh-Dhurriyyat-ut-Taahirah, lil-Imaam ad-Doolaabi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .ر

3 Ibid.

4 Ibid.

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بنعفانوسلمقسملعثمانيوعلللهصلیالله،قال:بلغنيانرسولاشهابعنيونسبنيزيدعنابنکانعثمانتخلفعلیام بةالحصبهالمواصاوسيوعلللهصلیاللهبنترسولايةرقرأتويومبدرو

نهايدفيةبدروعثمانقائمعلیقبررقعةبشيرابوقثةفجاءزيدبنحار “`Ali and Muhammad, the two sons of `Amr ibn Khaalid narrated to us; our father, `Amr ibn Khaalid narrated to us; ibn Lahee`ah narrated to us from Yoonus ibn Yazeed, from ibn Shihaab, who said, “It has reached me that

Rasoolullaah لی ال یاللهص ع ل ت لمو يهع س divided a portion (a portion of the spoils of war for) Hadhrat `Uthmaan

ibn `Affaan ضي ال یاللهر ع نهت ع on the Day of Badr, whilst Hadhrat `Uthmaan ضي ال یاللهر ع نهت ع had been kept

back (from the battle) on account of his wife, Hadhrat Ruqayyah bint Rasoolullaah لی ال یاللهص ع ل يهت لمو ع س who had been suffering from measles.

Hadhrat Zayd ibn Haarithah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي came with the good news of the victory at Badr at the same ر

time as Hadhrat `Uthmaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ال ی was standing over the Qabr of Hadhrat Ruqayyah ر ع اللهت ضي ر ا نه ”.burying her ,ع

1

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر

1 Adh-Dhurriyyat-ut-Taahirah, lil-Imaam ad-Doolaabi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .ر

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02) Hadhrat Zaynab bint Rasoolullaah

ملسويولیعالعت للهیالص

اهن یعالعت اللهيضرو According to Imaam ibn Hazm azh-Zhaahiri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم she was the eldest of the four daughters of ,ر

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت However, we have presented earlier on in this Kitaab the narration .ص

from Imaam Abu Bishr Muhammad ibn Ahmad ad-Doolaabi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم -in his “Adh-Dhurriyyat-ut ر

Taahirah”, wherein it is mentioned that the eldest of the daughters of Rasoolullaah ل لمص س ل يهو ال یع ع یاللهت

was in fact Hadhrat Ruqayyah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .and this is the more authentic opinion ,ر 1

Hadhrat Zaynab ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي -married Hadhrat Abu’l `Aas ibn ar-Rabee` ibn `Abdul `Uzzaa ibn `Abd ash ر

Shams ibn `Abd Manaaf نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .She had no other husband besides him .ر 2

“Abu’l `Aas”, meaning “The Father of al-`Aas” was his Kunyah (title); as for his actual name, there is excessive

Ikhtilaaf (differences of opinion) amongst the Mu’arrikheen. Imaam Balaadhuri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم says that ر

his name was “Laqeet”, Imaam ibn `Abdul Barr ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم says that his name was Hasheem or ر

Muhshim and Imaam Abu Na`eem ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .says that his name was Yaasir ر 3 Wallaahu Ta`aalaa

A`lam.

Hadhrat Khadeejah al-Kubraa ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ال ی was the maternal aunt of Hadhrat Abu’l `Aas ر ع اللهت ضي ر نه .ع

4

From Hadhrat Abu’l `Aas نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ا Hadhrat Zaynab ,ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي gave birth to two children; a ر boy, whose name was `Ali and who died whilst he was still in his teens, and a daughter whose name was

Umaamah, whom Hadhrat `Ali ibn Abi Taalib ه جه م اللهو ر married after the death of Hadhrat Faatimah bint ک

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .ص 5

الازدي،حدثنايونسبنبکيرعنبنخرزاذ،حدثناعبدالرحمانبنصالحللهحدثناعثمانبنعبداکانابوالعاصشةعنعائيوبنالزبيرعنابللهييحيیبنعبادبنعبدانمحمدبناسحاق،حدث ،قالت:

کاننةوامارةالمعدودينمالاوتجاةكبنالربيعبنعبدالعزیبنعبدالشمسمنرجالم بنتلهالةوکانرسولاجووسلم،زويوعلللهصلیاللهلرسولاجة،فقالتخديتوخالجةخويلدفخدي للهصلیاللهو

جةخديبوآمنتتوبنبووينبللهزينبفلمااکرماجوفزويوزلعلوذلکقبلانينفهاوسلملايخاليوعلکانرسولاتووبنا کلثومفلمابادةيرقلهببنابيتبةوسلمقدزوجعيوعلللهصلیالله،و قريشأاوام

ابيالعاصبن،فمشواالیبهنوهفاشغليوعلىنفردوتوقالواانکمقدفرغتممحمدامنبناللهمراأب لاافارقللهاىيمشئتمنقريشفقال،لاأةالربيعفقالوا:فارقصاحبتکونحننزوجکبايامر

1 See the chapter, “The Daughters of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .”ص

2 Jawaami`-us-Seerah lil Imaam ibn Hazm ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .ر

3 Ibid.

4 Adh-Dhurriyyat-ut-Taahirah lil-Imaam ad-Doolaabi and Jawaami`-us-Seerah lil-Imaam ibn Hazm.

5 Ibid.

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منقريشأةصاحبتيومايسرنيانليبامرئتيافضلامر “`Uthmaan ibn `Abdullaah ibn Khurrazaadh narrated to us; `Abdur Rahmaan ibn Saalih al-Azdi narrated to us; Yoonus ibn Bukayr narrated to us from Muhammad ibn Is-haaq; Yahyaa ibn `Abbaad ibn `Abdullaah ibn az-

Zubayr narrated to me from his father, who narrated from Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ضي ال یاللهر ع ات نه ع that she said:

“Hadhrat Abu’l `Aas ibn ar-Rabee` ibn `Abdul `Uzzaa ibn `Abd ash-Shams ضي ال یاللهر ع نهت ع was from the few men of Makkah who were wealthy, good in business and trustworthy, and he was the son of Hadhrat Haalah

bint Khuwaylid ضي ال یاللهر ع ات نه ع so Hadhrat Khadeejah ضي ال یاللهر ع ات نه ع was his maternal aunt. Hence,

Hadhrat Khadeejah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم said to Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .Let him marry (i.e“ ,ص

Hadhrat Zaynab ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم and Rasoolullaah ,”(ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت never used to go against her ص wishes, and the time this took place was prior to the (commencement of) revelation upon him, so Rasoolullaah

لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ا got him married to Hadhrat Zaynab ص نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر

After that, when Allaah honoured His Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت with Nubuwwah, Hadhrat Khadeejah ص

ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .and her daughters believed in him ر

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت had gotten `Utbah ibn Abi Lahab married to either Hadhrat Ruqayyah ص

ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ا or Hadhrat Umm Kulthoom ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي hence, when the Quraysh began ;ر (opposing) the Law of Allaah (i.e. Islaam), they said, “Indeed you people have freed up the time of Muhammad

ال ع لیاللهت لمص س ل يهو یع with (your getting married to) his daughters, so return them to him so that his time

may be occupied with them. With this intention, they went to Hadhrat Abu’l `Aas ibn ar-Rabee` ال ی ع اللهت ضي ر نه ”.and said to him, “Divorce your wife and we will marry you to whichever woman of Quraysh you desire ع He said, “I will never ever do it. Why would it please me to divorce my wife when I am married to the best woman of all the Quraysh?”

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حدثناابوخالديزيدبنسنانوابوبکراحمدبنعبدالرحيمقالا،حدثناسعيدبنابيمريمقال،انبئنازوجالنبيشةبنالزبير،عنعائوةبنعرلله،حدثنيعمربنعبداالهاديحيیبنايوب،حدثنييزيدبن

ةكمنمتوخرجتزينبابننةلملماقدمالمديوسيوعلللهصلیاللهوسلم،انرسولايوعلللهصلیاکنا کنانةمع لقتأوعهاحتیصررىابنالاسودفلميزليطعنبعيارىبكهافادررىااثفخرجوافينةاوابن

کانتتحتبهانحناحقةيفقالتبنوامةيوبنوامىاشمبنويهايقتدمافاشتجرفاىرونهامافيبط وکانتعندهمعمابن يوعلللهصلیاللهفيسببابيکفقالرسولاىذافکانتتقولىندابيالعاصو

،طاىا،قال:فخذخاتميفاعلله:الاتنطلقفتجيبنيبزينب؟قالبلیيارسولاثةوسلملزيدبنحارالغنم؟قالىذهفانطلقزيدفلميزليتلطفحتیلقيراعيافقاللمنترعی؟قاللابيالعاص،قالفلمن

لاحد؟قالرهولاتذکاهاييهالکاناعطيکشيئاتعطىللوشيئاثمقالعولزينببنتمحمد،فسارم؟ىذافقالت،مناعطاکتوالخاتمفعرفاىاواعطموالخاتمفانتلقالراعيفادخلغناهنعم،قالفاعط

کذافسکتتتوقالرجل،قالتواينترک کذاو کانالليلخرجتالحتی؟قالمکان توفلماجائيواذاحتیفوزيدارکبيبينيديعلیبعيري،قالتلاولکنارکبانتبينيدي،فرکبورکبتخللهاقال

کانرسولانةاتتالمدي افضلبناتياصيبتبيىيوسلميقول:يوعلللهصلیاللهو

1 Adh-Dhurriyyat-ut-Taahirah lil-Imaam ad-Doolaabi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .ر

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“Abu Khaalid Yazeed ibn Sinaan and Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn `Abdur Raheem narrated to us, saying; Sa`eed ibn Maryam narrated to us, saying; Yahyaa ibn Ayyoob informed us; Yazeed ibn al-Haad narrated to me; `Umar ibn

`Abdullaah ibn `Urwah ibn az-Zubayr narrated to me from Hadhrat `Aa’ishah اللهت ضي ار نه ال یع ع , the wife of

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت لم that when Rasoolullaah ,ص س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت migrated to ص

Madeenah, his daughter, Hadhrat Zaynab ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي also set out (for Madeenah) with Hadhrat ر

Kinaanah or ibn Kinaanah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي but they (the Kuffaar of Makkah) intercepted them on their ,ر journey and Habbaar ibn al-Aswad began stabbing at her camel with his spear until he caused her to fall down and her blood was spilt, and as she was pregnant at the time, she had a miscarriage.

The two tribes of Banu Haashim and Banu Umayyah which were present began quarrelling over who would take custody of her, so Banu Umayyah said, “We are more worthy of her”, and this was due to the fact that

she was married to their cousin, Hadhrat Abu’l `Aas نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي Banu Umayyah then (winning the .ر

quarrel) took custody of her, and she was placed in the care of Hadhrat Hind ال ی ع اللهت ضي ار نه ع , the wife of

Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan ibn Harb نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .both of whom were, at that time, not Muslim ,ر

Hadhrat Hind ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ا used to say to Hadhrat Zaynab ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي This (the trouble you“ ,ر are going through) is because of your father.”

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت نه said to Hadhrat Zayd ibn Haarithah ص ال یع ع اللهت ضي Will you not go“ ,ر

and report back to me about (the condition) of Hadhrat Zaynab الله ضي ار نه ال یع ع ت ?” He replied, “Definitely,

Yaa Rasoolallaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت لم Rasoolullaah ”!ص س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت replied, “Then take this ص ring of mine and give it to her.”

Hadhrat Zayd ال یع ع اللهت ضي ار نه went and did not stop until he found a shepherd and asked him, “On whose

behalf are you shepherding?” He replied, “On behalf of Hadhrat Abu’l `Aas نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي Hadhrat Zayd ”.ر

نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي inquired, “To whom do these sheep belong?” He replied, “To Hadhrat Zaynab bint ر

Muhammad لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ا و ص نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي نه Hadhrat Zayd ”.ر ال یع ع اللهت ضي travelled with ر him for a distance and then asked, “Is it possible that I can give you something to give to her, and you do not

make mention of this to anybody?” He said, “Yes.” So Hadhrat Zayd نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي gave him the ring (of ر

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت The shepherd continued until he entered Makkah (where they had .(ص

returned Hadhrat Zaynab ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ,along with the sheep and gave the ring to her. She asked him (ر “Who gave you this?” He replied, “A man.” She asked, “Where did you leave him?” He replied, “In such and

such a place.” Hadhrat Zaynab ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي kept silent until it was night-time, and thereafter she left ر

for the place the shepherd mentioned. When she met him (Hadhrat Zayd نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ,he said to her ,(ر “Climb up onto the camel, in front of me.” She replied, “No, rather, you sit in the front and I will sit behind

you.” So Hadhrat Zayd نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي mounted the camel and she mounted it behind him, and they ر proceeded to Madeenah.

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت used to say: “She is the most virtuous of all my daughters; she was ص afflicted (by calamities) on account of me.”

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Hadhrat Zaynab ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي passed away in the eight year after Hijrah, and her husband, Hadhrat ر

Abu’l `Aas ibn ar-Rabee` نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي -passed away many years later during the Khilaafah of Ameer-ul ر

Mu’mineen Hadhrat `Umar ibn al-Khattaab نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر 2

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر 1 Adh-Dhurriyyat-ut-Taahirah lil-Imaam ad-Doolaabi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .ر

2 Jawaami`-us-Seerah li-ibn Hazm azh-Zhaahiri ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .ر

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03) Hadhrat Umm Kulthoom bint Rasoolullaah

ملسويولیعالعت للهیالص

اهن یعالعت اللهيضرو الحلبي،حدثناحجاجبنابيمنيع،حدثناجديعنمحمدبنامةبنمحمدبنابياسللهحدثناعبدا

کلثومبنترسولاشهابمسلمبن ايضاعثمانجهاوسلمفتزويوعلللهصلیاللهالزىري،قال:واماامشيئالوولمتلددهوسلمثمتوفيتعنيوعلللهصلیاللهبنترسولاةيرقتهابنعفانبعداخ

“`Abdullaah ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Usaamah al-Halabi narrated to us; Hajjaaj ibn Abi Manee` narrated to us; my grandfather narrated to us from Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Shihaab az-Zuhri, who said, “As for Hadhrat

Umm Kulthoom ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم the daughter of Rasoolullaah ,ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت then Hadhrat ,ص

`Uthmaan ibn `Affaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي had married her as well, after the demise of her sister, Hadhrat ر

Ruqayyah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ”.She passed away whilst married to him and never had any children .ر 1

قال:ودةعنقتابةربنالعلء،حدثناسعيدبنابيعروزىيمقدامابوالاشعث،حدثناحدثنااحمدبنالکلثومبنترسولالهببنعبدالعزیابيبةتزوجعتي حتیبعثبهاوسلمفلميبنيوعلللهصلیاللهام

کانترقيولعللهالنبيصلیا :تبتيداللهفلماانزلالهببنعبدالعزیابيبةعتيوعنداخيةوسلم،و:رئسيمنرؤوسکماحرامانلمتطلقاابنتيمحمد،بةوعتيبةعتيولابنلهبوتب،قالابولهبابي

کلثوموجاءالیالنبيصلیابةفطلقعتي کفرتبدينکويوعلللهام کلثومفقال: وسلمحينفارقامخارجىووسلمويوعلللهفشققميصالنبيصلیايوتحبنيولااحبک،ثمسطاعلفارقتابنتک،لا

کلللهوسلم:اماانياسئلايوعلللهنحوالشامتاجرافقالالنبيصلیا فخرجفي۔بوانيسلطعليکبةفجعلعتيلةتلکالليالاسدبهمطافأالزرقاءليلفلوتجرمنقريشحتینزلوامکانامنالشاميقال

کمادعامحمدعلياقاتلىويقول:ياويلامي کبياکلي يووانابالشامفعداعلكةبمىووشةابنابيغوفدمةضغموفضغسوأبرذهالاسدمنبينالقومواخ

“Ahmad ibn al-Miqdaam Abu’l Ash`ath narrated to us; Zuhayr ibn al-`Alaa’ narrated to us; Sa`eed ibn Abi `Uroobah narrated to us from Qataadah, who said, “`Utaybah ibn `Abdul `Uzzaa Abu Lahab married Hadhrat

Umm Kulthoom ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم the daughter of Rasoolullaah ,ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت but never ,ص

consummated the marriage with her. Thereafter, an-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .was raised up (as a Nabi) ص

At this time Hadhrat Ruqayyah ال ی ع اللهت ضي ار نه ع was married to the brother of `Utaybah, who was `Utbah ibn `Abdul `Uzzaa Abu Lahab.

When Allaah revealed: “Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab and perish he!” Abu Lahab said to his two sons, `Utbah and `Utaybah, “It is Haraam for me to have any dealings with you if you do not divorce the two

1 Adh-Dhurriyyat-ut-Taahirah lil-Imaam ad-Doolaabi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .ر

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daughters of Muhammad لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت الله So `Utaybah divorced Hadhrat Umm Kulthoom ”.ص ضي ر ا نه ال یع ع .ت

After divorcing her, he came to an-Nabi ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت لمص س and said, “I have disbelieved in your Deen and divorced your daughter. You do not love me and I do not love you.” He then grabbed onto the Qamees

(Kurtah) of an-Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .and tore it ص

Nabi ال ی ع لیاللهت لمص س ل يهو ع said to `Utaybah, who was planning a business trip to Shaam, “I ask Allaah that He sends upon you one of His dogs.” `Utaybah left and went on this business trip of the Quraysh.

Him (`Utaybah) and his group travelled until they came to a place in Shaam known as “az-Zarqaa’” at night and stopped over. A lion began circling their group that night, causing `Utaybah to say, “Woe to my mother! He

(this lion) is going to eat me in the same way that Muhammad ل س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت مص made Du`aa against me! Will the son of Abu Kabshah kill me whilst he is in Makkah and I am in Shaam?”

The lion raced towards him between his people, seized his head with its jaws and crushed it. 1

کلثومبنتنةقال:فيسعنمحمدبنعمريويمبنىاشم،عناباىاخبرنيمحمدبنابر تسعماتتاموسلمفيشعبانيوعلللهصلیاللهرسولا

“Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem ibn Haashim informed me from his father, Muhammad ibn `Umar who said,

“Hadhrat Umm Kulthoom ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم the daughter of Rasoolullaah ,ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت passed ,ص away in the ninth year after Hijrah, in the month of Sha`baan.”

2

للهصلیاللهرسولايهاقال:صلیعلرةبنزيدالليثيعنمحمدبنعبدالرحمانبنزرامةحدثنياسابنزيدمةعليوالفضلواساتهاوسلموجلسعلیحفريوعل

“Hadhrat Usaamah ibn Zayd al-Laythi نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي narrated to me from Hadhrat Muhammad ibn `Abdur ر

Rahmaan ibn Zuraarah نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم who said, “Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت performed the ص

(Janaazah) Salaah upon her and Hadhrat `Ali نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي نه Hadhrat Fadhl ,ر ال یع ع اللهت ضي and ر

Hadhrat Usaamah ibn Zayd نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ”.sat around the Qabr ر 3

تدمعانيووسلمجالساعلیقبرىافرئيتعينيوعلللهصلیاللهوقالانسبنمالک،رئيترسولا،قال:انزلللهانايارسولاحة؟فقالابوطللةفقال:منکماحدلميقارفاللي

“Hadhrat Anas ibn Maalik نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم narrates that, “I saw Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت the) ص

day Hadhrat Umm Kulthoom ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي passed away) sitting by her Qabr, and his eyes were flowing ر with tears. He asked, “Is there anyone from amongst you who did not have relations (with his wife) last night?”

Hadhrat Abu Talhah ضي نهر ال یع ع اللهت replied, “Me, Yaa Rasoolallaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت So ”.ص

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ”.said, “Climb in (i.e. to place her body inside) ص 4

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر 1 Adh-Dhurriyyat-ut-Taahirah lil-Imaam ad-Doolaabi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .ر

2 Ibid.

3 Ibid.

4 Ibid.

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04) Hadhrat Faatimah bint Rasoolullaah

ملسويولیعالعت للهیالص

اهن یعالعت اللهيضرو Hadhrat Faatimah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي was the youngest of the daughters of Rasoolullaah ر ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ص لم .س

1

She married Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat `Ali ibn Abi Taalib Karramallaahu Wajhah, and gave birth to

Hadhrat Hasan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ال ی and he was the oldest of their children – Hadhrat Husayn – ر ع اللهت ضي ر نه الله Hadhrat Zaynab ,ع ضي ار نه ال یع ع ت , Hadhrat Umm Kulthoom ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي and finally, another ,ر son who died in infancy and whose name was “Muhassin”.

2

Their first daughter, Hadhrat Zaynab ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي married Hadhrat `Abdullaah ibn Ja`far ibn Abi Taalib ,ر

نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .”and gave birth to a son whose name was “`Ali ر 3

Their second daughter, Hadhrat Umm Kulthoom ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي married Ameer-ul-Mu’mineen Hadhrat ,ر

`Umar ibn al-Khattaab نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .”and gave birth to a son whose name was “Zayd ر 4

Hadhrat Faatimah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي passed away six months after the demise of her father, Rasoolullaah ر

لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت نه and had no husband other than Hadhrat `Ali ,ص ال یع ع اللهت ضي .ر 5

بنابينجيحللهحدثنااحمدبنعبدالجبار،حدثنايونسبنبکيرعنابناسحاق،قال:حدثنيعبدايوسلمفقالتليوعلللهصلیاللهالیرسولامةعنعليبنابيطالبقال:خطبتفاطىدعنمجا

وسلم؟قلت:لا،قالت:فقديوعلللهصلیاللهقدخطبتالیرسولامةعلمتانفاطىللي:لاةمو؟بوشيئاتزوجوسلمفيزوجک،فقلت:وعندييوعلللهصلیاللهخطبتفمايمنعکانتئتيرسولا

مازالتترجينيحتیدخلتعلیللهوسلمزوجک،فوايوعلللهصلیاللهفقالت:انکانجئترسولاکانتلرسولايوعلللهصلیاللهارسول ،فلماقعدتىيبةولةوسلمجليوعلللهصلیاللهوسلم،و

؟فسکتفقال:لعلکجةمااستطعتاناتکلمفقال:ماجاءبک؟الکحاللهافحمتفوايوبينيد،للهيارسولالله؟فقلت:لاوابولهاعندکمنشيئتستحفها؟فقلت:نعم،فقال:مةجئتتخطبفاط

نهاماثمةلحطمينهااده؟فقلت:عنديوالذينفسعليبيكهافقال:مافعلتالدرعالذيسلحتکانتلصداقفاطبهافابعثكها،قال:قدزوجتىمدرائةاربعم ويوعلللهصلیاللهبنترسولامة،فان

سلم“Ahmad ibn `Abdul Jabbaar narrated to us; Yoonus ibn Bukayr narrated to us from ibn Is-haaq, who said,

1 Adh-Dhurriyyat-ut-Taahirah lil-Imaam ad-Doolaabi ةاللهت حم ل يهر ال یع ع .

2 Jawaami`-us-Seerah lil Imaam ibn Hazm. (Other Mu’arrikheen say his name was “Muhsin”, Wallaahu A`lam.)

3 Ibid.

4 Ibid.

5 Ibid.

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“`Abdullaah ibn Abi Nujayh narrated to me from Mujaahid, from Hadhrat `Ali ibn Abi Taalib نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ,ر

who said, “Proposals to marry Hadhrat Faatimah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ل يه came to Rasoolullaah ر ال یع ع لیاللهت ص لم س الله so a slave-girl of mine asked me, “Do you know that proposals to marry Hadhrat Faatimah ,و ضي ر ا نه ال یع ع لم has come to Rasoolullaah ت س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت I said, “No.” She said, “She has been proposed ”?ص

to, so why do you not also go to Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت that he might marry her to you?” I ,ص

asked, “I have something to get married to her with (i.e. money)?” She replied, “If you go to Rasoolullaah لی ص لم س ل يهو ال یع ع ”.he will marry her to you ,اللهت

This did not stop giving me hope until I entered upon Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ,However .ص

Rasoolullaah ل يه ال یع ع لیاللهت لمص س و possessed this majesty and awe, such that when I sat in front of him, I became dumbstruck and Wallaahi I was unable to speak.

He asked, “What brought you here? Are you in need of something?”

I kept quiet, until he said, “Perhaps you have come here to put in a proposal to marry Hadhrat Faatimah ضي ر ا نه ال یع ع I said, “Yes.” He asked, “Do you have anything (to give as Mahr) by which to make her Halaal ”?اللهت

for you?” I replied, “No, Wallaahi Yaa Rasoolallaah ل ي ال یع ع لیاللهت لمص س هو .” He asked, “What happened to the suit of armour I gave you?” I said, “I still have it, by the One in whose Hand is the life of `Ali. Its price is four hundred Dirhams (silver coins).”

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ”.said, “I have married her to you, so bring it (the Mahr) ص

That was the dowry of Hadhrat Faatimah bint Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت او ص نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ر . 1

عناسحاقبنعبدرةعنمحمدبنعمر،قالحدثنيابنسبيويمبنىاشمعناباىاخبرنيمحمدبنابرفيذيبهاوبنیيةالثاننةفيصفرفيالسمةعنجعفربنمحمدقال:تزوجعليفاطوةبنابيفرللها

جةالح “Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem ibn Haashim informed me from his father, from Muhammad ibn `Umar, who said, “Ibn Saburah narrated to me from Is-haaq ibn `Abdullaah ibn Abi Fowrah, from Ja`far ibn Muhammad, who

said, “Hadhrat `Ali نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ا married Hadhrat Faatimah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي in the month of Safar in ر the second year (after Hijrah), and consummated (the marriage) with her in the month of Dhul Hijjah.”

2

نعاني،حدثناالمعتمربنسليمانقال:بيبي،حدثنامحمدبنعبدالاعلیالصالزللهيمبنعبدااىحدثناابرالسلم،ارئيتحينيهاعلمةقالتلفاطهااننهاعللهرضياشةعنعائمةسمعتمحمداعنابيسل

ميتمنووسلمفبکيتثماکببتفضحکت؟قالتاخبرنيانيوعلللهصلیاللهاکببتعلیرسولاالاةالجنىلانساءدةفضحکت،قال:وانتسيبولحوقاىلوافبکيت،فاخبرنيانياسرعذاىعووج

مريمبنتعمرانفضحکت“Ibraaheem ibn `Abdullaah az-Zabeebee narrated to us; Muhammad ibn `Abdul A`laa as-San`aani narrated to us; al-Mu`tamar ibn Sulaymaan narrated to us, saying: “I heard from Muhammad, from Hadhrat Abu Salamah

نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ا from Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي الله that she said to Hadhrat Faatimah ,ر ضي ر ا نه ال یع ع لم Do you remember when Rasoolullaah“ ,ت س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت called you and mentioned ص something to you, after which you cried? Thereafter he called you again and mentioned something to you, and

1 Adh-Dhurriyyat-ut-Taahirah lil-Imaam ad-Doolaabi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .ر

2 Ibid.

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you laughed. What was the reason behind this?” She said, “He informed me that he was to pass away from this sickness of his, so I cried. Thereafter, he informed me that from his family, I was the one

Who would meet with him again the first (in the Aakhirah), so I laughed. And he said to me,

“And you are the Leader of all the Women in Jannah, excluding Hadhrat Maryam bint `Imraan `Alayhaa as-Salaam.”

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بنمحمدالبغوي،حدثناسريجبنيونس،حدثنايوسفبنيعقوبالماجشونيعنمحمدللهحدثناعبداوسلم:يوعلللهصلیاللهقالت،قالليرسولانهاعللهرضيامةبنعمروبنعثمانانفاطللهاعبدبن

ةانتاولاىليلحوقابيوانترفيقيفيالجن “`Abdullaah ibn Muhammad al-Baghawi narrated to us; Surayj ibn Yoonus narrated to us; Yoosuf ibn Ya`qoob al-Maajishoonee narrated to us from Muhammad ibn `Abdullaah ibn `Amr ibn `Uthmaan, that Hadhrat

Faatimah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ل يه said, “Rasoolullaah ر ال یع ع لیاللهت لمص س و said to me,

“You are the first of my family who will meet with me again, and you will be my close companion in Jannah.” 2

ناحفصبنأنبأ،ائةنايونسبنسابققرأنبأداني،لهمحدثنااحمدبنمحمدبنسعيدبنعبدالرحمانا،عنبهدلةناعبدالملکبنالوليدبنمعدان،وسلمبنسليمانالقاري،عنعاصمبنأنبأعمرالابلي،

جهاحصنتفرمةوسلم:انفاطيوعلللهصلیاللهبناليمانقال:قالرسولافةزربنحبيش،عنحذيعنالنارتهاوذريللهامهافحر

“Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa`eed ibn `Abdur Rahmaan al-Hamdaani narrated to us; Yoonus ibn Saabiq informed us “Qiraa’atan”; Hafs ibn `Umar al-Aballi informed us; `Abdul Malik ibn al-Waleed ibn Ma`daan and Salaam ibn Sulaymaan al-Qaari informed us from `Aasim ibn Bahdalah, from Zurr ibn Hubaysh, from Hadhrat

Huzaifah ibn al-Yamaan نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم who said, “Rasoolullaah ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت said, “Indeed ص

Hadhrat Faatimah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي protected her chastity so Allaah made the Fire (Jahannam) Haraam ر upon her and her progeny.”

3

حدثنااحمدبنمحمدبنيزيدالزعفراني،حدثنايوسفبنمحمدبنصاعد،حدثناليثبنداودالقيسيکانيقالف ،عنالحسنقال،قالعمرانبنحصين:خرجتيومافاذالةفضانناالمبارکبأنبأخيرا،يوو

؟قال:دىالکانتعوفهلضةمريمةلي:ياعمران،انفاطوسلمقائمفقاليوعلللهصلیاللهانابرسولاويوعلللهصلیالله؟قال:فانطلق،فانطلقرسولاىذاقلتفداکابيوامي،وايشرفاشرفمن

دخل؟قالت:وعليکم،ادخل،فقالرسولأأحتیاتیالبابفقال:السلمعليکم،عوسلمفانطلقتم،وقال:وئةالعباىذهوسلم:اناومنمعي؟قالت:والذيبعثکبالحق،ماعليالايوعلللهصلیاللها

سک،ففعلت،ثمأعلیربها،فقال:شدييهاالبهافرمیةقخلئةوسلممليوعلللهصلیاللهمعرسولا

1 Fadhaa’ilu Faatimah Binti Rasoolillaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ل يه lil-Imaam ibn Shaaheen ص ال یع ع ةاللهت حم .ر

2 Ibid.

3 Ibid.

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کيفتجدک؟ة،فقال:ايبنينووقعدتقريبامأسهافقعدعندرعوقالت،ادخل،فدخلودخلتموجعاالیوجعيانليسعنديماآکل،قالفبکیوانيليزيدنيعةانيلوجللهيارسولاللهقالتوا

،تصبري،ة،تصبري،ايبنية:ايبنيلها،فقالعهماوسلموبکتوبکيتميوعلللهصلیاللهرسولاماتت،تهانساءالعالمين؟قالت:ياليدةتکونيسي،اماترضينانة:ايبنيلهامرتيناوثلثا،ثمقال

نساءعالمک،والذيدةوانتسيمهانساءعالدة،تلکسية:ايبنيلهافاينمريمبنتعمران؟قالکلمنافقضو،لاتبغۃبعثنيبالحق،لقدزوجتکسيدافيالدنياوسيدافيالآخر الا

“Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yazeed az-Za`faraani narrated to us; Yoosuf ibn Muhammad ibn Saa`id narrated to us; Layth ibn Daawud al-Qaysi narrated to us, and we was from amongst those who were spoken of with

goodness; al-Mubaarak ibn Fadhaalah informed us from Imaam al-Hasan al-Basri ة حم ل يهر ال یع ع اللهت who said,

“Hadhrat `Imraan ibn Husayn نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي said, “I left (my house) one day and bumped into ر

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ضي who was standing, and who said to me, “Hadhrat Faatimah ص اللهر نه ا ال یع ع نه is ill, so will you not visit her?” He (Hadhrat `Imraan ت ال یع ع اللهت ضي said, “I said, “May my father (ر

and mother be sacrificed for you! What honour could be greater than this?” He (Rasoolullaah ال ی ع لیاللهت ص لم س ل يهو said, “Then come (with me).” So he left and I left with him, until he came to the door (of the house (ع

of Hadhrat Faatimah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي and said, “Assalaamu `Alaykum! Can I enter?” She replied, “Wa (ر

`Alaykum (as-Salaam). Enter.” Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت enquired, “I and the one with me?” She ص replied, “By the One Who sent you with the Haqq! I am only wearing this cloak.” He (Hadhrat `Imraan ibn

Husayn نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي لم said, “With Rasoolullaah (ر س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت was a sheet of cloth, so he ص

passed it to her.” He said, “Cover your head with this.” She did so, and then said, “Enter.” So Rasoolullaah لی ص لم س ل يهو ال یع ع .entered and I entered with him, and he sat by her head and I sat near to him اللهت

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ,asked, “O my beloved daughter, how are you feeling?” She replied ص

“Wallaahi Yaa Rasoolallaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت I am in pain, and what adds to my pain is that I have no ,ص

food to eat.” He (Hadhrat `Imraan ibn Husayn نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي says, “Rasoolullaah (ر ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ص لم ا and Hadhrat Faatimah س نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .began to weep, and I wept with them ر

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت said to her, “O my beloved daughter! Be patient. O my beloved ص daughter! Be patient.” He repeated this twice or thrice. Thereafter he said to her,

“O my beloved daughter, does it not please you that you will be the queen of the women of all the worlds?”

She replied, “Would that she had passed away! What about Hadhrat Maryam bint `Imraan `Alayhaa as-

Salaam?” Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت replied, “O my beloved daughter, she was the queen of the ص women of her time and you are the queen of the women of your time. By the One Who sent me with the Haqq! I married you to the one who is a leader in this Dunyaa and who will be a leader in the Aakhirah (i.e. Hadhrat `Ali Karramallaahu Wajhah).”

1

و،انيوبنسليمانبنالاشعث،حدثنانصربنعلي،حدثناسفيانعنابننجيح،عنابللهحدثناعبدايوعلللهصلیاللهيقول:اردتاناخطبالیرسولافةالسلمعلیمنبرالکويوسمعرجلسمععلياعل

عندکشيئ؟قلت:لا،ىل،قال:تهافخطبتووصلتوثمذکرتانلاشيئثمذکرتعائدتووسلمابنکذا؟قلت:عندي،قال:فاعةقال:فايندرعکالحطمي کذاو فزوجنيتها،فاعطيطهاالتياعطيتکيوم

1 Ibid.

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کساءيوعلللهصلیاللهوسلمفدخلعليرسولايوعلللهصلیاللهرسولا فةاوقطيوسلموعلياحباليمنکوانتىي؟قال:ىي،انااحباليکامللهفقال:مکانکما،قلت:يارسولاتهافتحشش

نهااعزعليم “`Abdullaah ibn Sulaymaan ibn al-Ash`ath narrated to us; Nasr ibn `Ali narrated to us; Sufyaan narrated to us

from ibn Najeeh, from his father who said that he heard from a man who heard Hadhrat `Ali ال ی ع اللهت ضي ر نه لیالله saying whilst upon the Mimbar of Koofah, “I desired to propose to the daughter of Rasoolullaah ع ص لم س ل يهو ال یع ع but I remembered that I have nothing (i.e. wealth to offer as Mahr); however, I remembered ,ت my being close family of him, so I proposed to her.

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ,asked, “Do you have anything (for Mahr)?” I replied, “No.” He asked ص “What happened to the armour I gave you on such-and-such a day?” I replied, “I have it.” He said, “Bring it.” I brought it, and he married me to her.

Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت entered upon me (i.e. entered the room we were in) and upon me was ص

a garment or a piece of velvet cloth, so I moved it in order to get up. Rasoolullaah ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت لمص س

said, “(Stay in) your place, both of you.” I asked him, “Yaa Rasoolallaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت am I more ,ص beloved to you or is she?” He replied, “She is more beloved to me than you, but you are more honourable to me than her.”

1

ةماطفتالقف برکالاهشغت ي لعجملسوويلعللهیالصيبالنلقاث مال:لقونعللهايضرسنانعوک:واهن عللهايضر ابجا،اهتب اات:يالقاتامملم،ف وي الدعب برککيبیالعسي:لالق!ف اهتب ابرا:اهن عللهايضرةماطفتالقنفادمل،ف اهعن لن يربیجلا،اهتب ااي،اهوأمسودرفالةنج،اهتب اا،ياهعادبر

اب؟رالت ملسوويلعللهیالصللهالوسیرلاعوث حتنامکسفن اتابطأ Hadhrat Anas (ibn Maalik) نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي ال ی narrates, “When the final illness of Rasoolullaah ر ع لیاللهت ص لم س ل يهو ا began causing him to lose consciousness, Hadhrat Faatimah ع نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي said, “Alas, the ر

pain of my beloved father!” So Rasoolullaah لیالله لمص س ل يهو ال یع ع ت said, “There will be no pain for your father after this day.”

When Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ,passed away, she said ص

“O my beloved father, Allaah called you back and you responded to His Call.

O my beloved father, Jannat-ul-Firdows is your abode.

O my beloved father, to Jibreel we announce your death...”

After the burial of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت was completed, she said, “Does it please you to pour ص

sand over the (Mubaarak Body) of the Rasool of Allaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ”?ص 2

It is essential to mention here that this last statement of Hadhrat Faatimah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي i.e. “Does it ,ر

please you to pour sand over the (Mubaarak Body) of the Rasool of Allaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت was not ”?ص

one of objection. She was most attached to Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت and was simply expressing ص her grief.

1 Ibid.

2 Saheeh al-Bukhaari.

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Every person who passes away has to be buried, whether he is a Nabi or not, so of course she was not

objecting to the As-haab of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت .burying him ص

A second, very important point to note also is that all of the Sahaabah of Rasoolullaah ال ی ع لیاللهت ص ل يهو ع لم لم loved her – as they knew of the immense love Rasoolullaah س س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت had for her – and she ص loved all of them. There existed no enmity between in the least, contrary to what is believed by the Shi`a Kuffaar.

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر

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The Ruling on the One Who Slanders

Umm-ul-Mu’mineen HadHrat `aa’isHaH:

اهن یعالعت اللهيضر کذلکيرونتعظيمقدر قالالامامابوعثمانالصابونيرحمواللهفيمجملعقيدةالفرقةالناجية:و

ازواجورضياللهعنهن،والدعاءلهن،ومعرفةفضلهن،والاقراربأنهنامهاتالمؤمنينAl-Imaam Abu `Uthmaan as-Saabooni Rahimahullaah, explaining in brief the `Aqeedah (creed; belief) of the

Saved Sect, said, “They accord to all the wives of Rasoolullaah لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت the respect they are ص deserving of, and make Du`aa for them, and recognise their virtue, and proclaim that they are the Mothers of the Mu’mineen.”

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بنعمارقال:سمعتمالکبنانسيقول:منسباباىشاماخرجالامامابنحزمفيالمحلي:عنشةتعالیيقولفيعائللها؟لانشة:لميقتلفيعائلوقتل،قيلشةبکروعمرجلد،ومنسبعائ

کنتممؤمنين،قالمالک:فمنرملوانتعودوالمثلله:يعظکمانهاعللهرضيا فقدخالفاىاابداانومةتادةرىيصحيحوىهنا:قولمالکللهاموالقرآن،ومنخالفالقرآنقتل،قالابومحمدرح

تهاببراءعوتعالیفيقطللهتکذيبا Imaam ibn Hazm narrates in his Kitaab “Al-Mahalli” from Imaam Hishaam ibn `Ammaar who said, “I heard

Imaam Maalik ibn Anas ة حم ال یاللهر ع ل يهت ع saying, “Whoever insults Hadhrat Abu Bakr Radhiyallaahu `Anhu and Hadhrat `Umar Radhiyallaahu `Anhu is to be whipped, and whoever insults Hadhrat `Aa’ishah Radhiallaahu

`Anhaa is to be killed.” He was asked, “Why is the one who insults Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي to be ر

killed?” He replied, “Because Allaah Ta`aalaa said regarding Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي in the ر Qur’aan, “Allaah warns you from ever repeating something like this again if indeed you are Mu’mineen...” Imaam Maalik said, “So whoever accuses her (of having committed a shameless act) has opposed the Qur’aan,

and whoever opposed the Qur’aan is to be killed.” Imaam Abu Muhammad ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم said, “The ر

Qowl (Verdict) of Imaam Maalik ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم here is Saheeh, and it (accusing Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر ضي ر

ال یع ع االلهت نه ) is complete Riddah (apostasy) and belying Allaah Ta`aalaa in His Clear Exoneration of her.” 2

،للهارأىافبشةبالفاحطهرةالمشةالافکرمواعائاىل:انللهامووقالالامامابنالعربيالمالکيرحکذباللهمکذبافهونومللهاأىابمابرهامنسبفکل کافرفهولله،ومن

Imaam ibn al-`Arabi al-Maaliki ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم الله said, “The People of Ifk accused Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر ضي ر ا نه ال یع ع of (committing a) Faahishah, so Allaah exonerated her. Therefore, whoever accuses her of that ت which Allaah exonerated her from is rejecting Allaah, and whoever rejects Allaah is a Kaafir.”

3

1 Al-Kunnaashah fee Ba`dhi Khasaa’isi `Aa’ishah ع اللهت ضي ار نه ال یع , lish-Shaykh Turki ibn Mubaarak al-Ban`ali.

1 Ibid.

2 Ibid.

3 Al-Kunnaashah fee Ba`dhi Khasaa’isi `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي .lish-Shaykh Turki ibn Mubaarak al-Ban`ali ,ر

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کتاللهاأىابنتالصديقالتيبرقةالصديشة:عائللهاموالمقدسيرحمةوقالالامامابنقدا ،زوجبوفيکفربانومللهاأىابمابرفها،فمنقذرةوسلمفيالدنياوالآخيوعلللهالنبيصليا العظيمللهفقد

Imaam ibn Qudaamah al-Maqdisi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم ا said, “Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي -is As ر Siddeeqah the daughter of As-Siddeeq, the other whom Allaah exonerated in His Kitaab, the wife of An-Nabi

لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت in this Dunyaa and in the Aakhirah. Therefore, whoever accuses her of that which ص Allaah exonerated her from, has disbelieved in Allaah al-`Azheem.”

1

Imaam Abus Saa’ib al-Qaadhi ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم said, “I was once in the presence of Imaam Hasan ibn Zayd ر

ل يه ال یع ع ةاللهت حم نه when a man spoke badly about Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ر ال یع ع اللهت ضي ار . He said (to one of the youth present), “O Young man, strike his neck!” The `Alawiyyoon (i.e. The Shi`as) said, “This man is from

our Shi`a.” He said, “Ma`aadhallaah! This man has insulted Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت ,for Allaah has said ,ص “Evil women are for evil men and evil men are for evil women. Pure women are for pure men and pure men are for pure women; all of those (the pure ones) are free from what they (those who are evil) say, for them

there shall be Maghfirah (Forgiveness) and a Noble Reward.”2 So if Hadhrat `Aa’ishah ا نه ال یع ع اللهت ضي had ر

been evil, then that would mean that Nabi لم س ل يهو ال یع ع لیاللهت was evil (Na`oodhubillaah), so this man is ص a Kaafir, therefore, strike his neck!” Imaam Abus Saa’ib al-Qaadhi said, “So they struck his neck (i.e. killed him) whilst I was present.”

3

قيفوالت يلوللهایوالعت وکاربت للهانذأبتمت

1 Lum`at-ul-I`tiqaad.

2 Soorah an-Noor, 24:26.

3 Ibid.

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