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Muqith Mujtaba Ali.Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-78591568757938083442010-10-01T21:46:00.001+04:002010-10-01T22:34:46.220+04:00KINDNESS AT HOME<h5 align="justify" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4d768f; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Islam is a beautiful religion, full of wisdom and harmony. If this wonderful religion is followed properly then a typical Muslim would only be a great example to follow. The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said: "</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The most perfect believer in faith is the one who is best in moral character..."</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div align="justify" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">[At-Tirmithi]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div align="justify" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Spreading kindness at home:</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'Aa'ishah, may Allaah be pleased with her, said: </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said: </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'"When Allaah, The Almighty,Wills some good towards the people of a household, He introduces kindness among them.'"</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">[Ahmad]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">According to another report: "When Allaah loves the people of a household, He introduces kindness among them." [Ibn Abu Ad-Dunyaa] In other words, they start to be kind to one another.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This is one of the means of attaining happiness at home, for kindness is very beneficial between the spouses, and with the children, and it brings results that cannot be achieved through harshness, as the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said: </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Allaah loves kindness and rewards for it in such a way that He does not reward for harshness or for anything else."</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> [Muslim]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Helping the wife with the housework:</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Many men think that housework is beneath them, and some of them think that it will undermine their status and position if they help their wives with this work. The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, however, used to "sew his own clothes, mend his own shoes and do whatever other work men do in their homes." [Ahmad]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This is how 'Aa'ishah, may Allaah be pleased with her, responded when she was asked about what the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, used to do in his house; she described what she herself had seen. According to another report, she said: "He was like any other human being; he would clean his clothes, milk his ewe and serve himself." [Ahmad]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">She, may Allaah be pleased with her, was also asked about what the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, used to do in his house, and she said, "He used to serve his family, then when the time for prayer came, he would go out to pray." [Al-Bukhaari]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If we Muslim men were to do likewise nowadays, we would achieve three things:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1. We would be following the example of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">2. We would be helping our wives.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">3. We would feel more humble and down to earth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">These narrations should act as a reminder to those men, who demand food instantly from their wives, when the pot is on the stove and the baby is screaming to be fed; they do not pick up the child or wait a little while for the food.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Being affectionate towards and joking with the members of the family:</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Showing affection towards one's wife and children is one of the things that lead to creating an atmosphere of happiness and friendliness in the home. Thus the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, advised Jaabir, may Allaah be pleased with him, to marry a virgin, saying,<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Why did you not marry a virgin, so you could play with her and she could play with you, and you could make her laugh and she could make you laugh?"</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, also said: "</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Everything in which Allaah's name is not mentioned is idleness and play, except for four things: a man playing with his wife..."</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> [An-Nasaa'ee]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, used to treat his wife 'Aa'ishah, may Allaah be pleased with her, affectionately when performing Ghusl (ritual bath) with her, as she, may Allaah be pleased with him, said: "The Messenger of Allaah and I used to perform Ghusl together from one vessel, and he would playfully pretend to take all the water so that I would say, 'Leave some for me, leave some for me.'" [Muslim]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="Style2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div class="Style2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The ways in which the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, showed affection towards young children are too famous to need mentioning. He often used to show his affection towards his grandchildren Hasan and Husayn. This is probably one of the reasons why the children used to rejoice when he came back from traveling; they would rush to welcome him, as reported in the following authentic narration:</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Whenever he came back from a journey, the children of his household would be taken out to meet him." He, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, used to hug them close to him, as 'Abdullaah Ibn Ja'far, may Allaah be pleased with him, said: "Whenever the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, came back from a journey, we would be taken out to meet him (to the boundaries of Al-Madeenah). One day we met him, Hasan, Husayn and I. He carried one of us in front of him (on his animal), and another on his back, until we entered Al-Madeenah."</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> [Muslim]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="Style2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Compare this with the situation in some miserable homes where there is no joking or playing, affection or mercy among its members. Whoever thinks that kissing his children goes against the dignity of fatherhood should read the following narration reported from Abu Hurayrah, may Allaah be pleased with him, who said:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, kissed Al-Hasan Ibn 'Ali, and Al-Aqra' Ibn Haabis At-Tameemi was sitting with him. Al-Aqra' said: 'I have ten children and I have never kissed any one of them.' The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, looked at him and said: 'The one who does not show mercy will not be shown mercy.'"</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]</span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Courtesy: </span></span></span></span><a href="http://english.islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=articles&id=135518#vot"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://english.islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=articles&id=135518#vot</span></span></a></div></div></h5>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-18831103815021796542010-09-23T21:39:00.000+04:002010-09-23T21:39:15.037+04:00Light in the Prevailing Darkness<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 11px;"><i><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">By Na'eem Siddiqui</span></span></span></span></span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span class="bodyContent" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="bodyContent" style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 11px;"><i><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before studying the life history of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), we must have a clear idea of the mission for which he worked all his life. We have to understand its true nature, scope, and features. If we scan the wide range of historical characters, we will come across great reformers, founders of philosophical systems, and great rulers and revolutionaries who changed the course of history. But the common feature of all of them is that, while they influenced only one aspect of human life, they left loopholes open for evils to creep into other aspects.</span></span></span></span></i></span><br />
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</div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is hard finding any movement or ideology that truly succeeded in transforming the whole nature of humans by changing their entire being from within and without, as well as their community life. But, this is what Prophet Muhammad accomplished in a way that was unique in history; indeed, no such example can be found elsewhere.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The transformation was such that the human society from the mosque to the market, from the school to the court, and from home to the public field (the entire gamut of human life) was changed. As a result of this change, there were goodness and virtue wherever the change reached. In fact, the human life received a new base, and the foundation was laid for a real progress and a virtuous life on an international scale.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the time of the advent of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), the entire world was steeped in darkness. Belief in multiple gods and worship of idols had shaken the foundation of civilized life. The light of civilization had faded over the then known world from Egypt to India and from Greece to China. Banners of the Roman and Persian empires immersed in the worst forms of tyranny, and terrorism fluttered over the degraded humanity.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not only did the rulers claim to be the representatives of God but, in some cases, they also claimed to be gods with whom fiefdoms and religious orders were allied. The combined forces of the three had strangled the common people, who were already overburdened with heavy taxes, bribes, and grafts and were forced to labor under duress.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No one seemed to take any notice of this malaise, and no one provided any remedy or escape from this course. The then going overlords sank in moral degradation, and the devastating wars and frequent changes in ruling dynasties further grounded the common people under heavier strain, instead of giving any relief to them.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Roman and Persian empires were frequently at war. At intervals, large territories passed from one empire to the other. After consolidating their powers, the new masters unleashed even greater forces of oppression.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Churches and temples on changing hands became places of worship of the conqueror. All over the world, armed clashes were the order of the day, and the humanity suffered most. The common people were deprived of the most essential necessities of life, and they could not even raise their voice in protest.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teachings of the Prophets and the wise were lost in corruption and erroneous interpretations, and whatever remained of religion had become a profitable trade in the hands of religious orders, which were in alliance with the ruling class.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the despaired humanity found no way of escape and the crisis reached a critical stage, the light of the rescuer of the humanity emerged. The very country where Prophet Muhammad was born was steeped in utter moral degradation. The great civilizations of Ur and Nineveh, of `Aad and Thamud, and of Aden and Saba' were lost in ancient history, and there were barbarism and disruption all over Arabia.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Debauching, drinking, and gambling were rampant. Idol-worshipping Quraish was trading in religion with the Ka`bah in its custody. Tribes fought with one another on flimsy grounds. The Jews were engaged in religious controversies. The usurers of Makkah and Ta'if had large-scale dealings in money lending at exorbitant interest rates, and trafficking in slavery was rife. In short, the humans lived according to their whims, and the strong were oppressing the weak.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unable to reform their surroundings, those who hated evil retired to forests, mountains, and caves and became recluses.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the midst of this degradation, Prophet Muhammad had to liberate the humanity and prove to the world that his great mission will cause a phenomenal success. He stood up single-handed to change the entire human outlook by spreading the teachings of Islam revealed to him by Almighty Allah.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="Default" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prophet Muhammad boldly faced the situation and reformed the humanity. To resolve the cultural crisis brought about by the clashes between the Persians and the Romans, he rose as a third power that consolidated itself and challenged both empires and defeated them, restoring freedom to the common people.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px;"><span>Courtesy ; </span></span><a href="http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1209357884381&pagename=Zone-English-Living_Shariah/LSELayout">http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1209357884381&pagename=Zone-English-Living_Shariah/LSELayout</a>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-83632746862820086732010-09-16T23:10:00.000+04:002010-09-16T23:10:35.801+04:00The Prophet's Emotions Towards His Wives<span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking attentively to the biography of the Prophet – peace be upon him – you will find that he was extending a great deal respect to his wives and was paying high attention, care and love toward them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He was the best example for the ideal manners toward the wife. He was comforting his wives, wiping their tears, respecting their emotions, hearing their words, caring for their complaints, alleviating their sadness, going in picnics with them, racing with them, bearing their abandonment, discussing matters with them, keeping their dignity, supporting them in emergencies, declaring his love to them and was very happy with such love. Here are some attractive examples and shining moments in his life:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet – Peace be upon him – was telling Aisha – May Allah be pleased with her: "I know well when you are pleased or angry from me. Aisha replied: How you know that? He said: When you are pleased with me you swear by saying "By the God of Mohammad" but when you are angry you swear by saying "By the God of Ibrahim". She said: You are right, I just desert you name. In another narration the same tradition ended by saying: "No, by the God of Ibrahim".</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Muslim – The Source: Al-Musnad Al-Sahih – Page or number: 2439</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Understanding their Jealousy & Love</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Umm Salama – May Allah be pleased with her – narrated: she brought food in a dish of her own to the Prophet – Peace be upon him – and his companions. Seeing that, Aisha came holding a tool and broke the dish out of jealousy. Understanding the situation, the Prophet took the two halves of the dish and said to his companions: Eat your food, it is just the jealousy of your mother, then the Prophet took the dish of Aisha and gave it to Um Salama and gave the dish of Um Salama to Aisha. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Um Salama – Degree: Right – the narrator: Al-Albani – The Source: Sahih Al-Nasa'i – Page or number: 3966</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet – peace be upon him – said: "Treat women kindly, they were created from a rib, and the most crooked part of the rib is the highest part thereof; so, if you tried to rectify the rib it will be broken and if you left the rib as it is, it will remain crooked, and women are just like this; therefore treat them kindly".</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Abu Huraira – Degree: Right – the narrator: Al-Bukhari – The Source: Al-Jame' Al-Sahih – Page or number: 3331</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This tradition is not for dispraising women as understood by the public, contrary, it is for teaching and educating men. Moreover, this tradition expressed the accurate understanding of the nature of the women and indicated the possibility of leaving the woman as it is in the permissible things but to guide her if she exceeded the permissible limits such as doing the sins and neglecting the duties.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet – peace be upon him – has consulted his wives in the most delicate and important matters such as consulting his wife Um Salama – May Allah be pleased with her – in Al-Hudaibia Treaty. The Prophet – Peace be upon him – has written the treaty between him and the polytheists of Quraish in Al-Hudaibia region, in the Hudaibia year and told his companions: Go to make immolation and shave, but no one responded. The Prophet – peace be upon him – repeated that three times but still no one responded to him. Then the Prophet – Peace be upon him – went to Um Salama and told her about the matter. Hearing that, Um Salam said: O Prophet of Allah, just go and don't speak to any one until you make your immolation and shave. The Prophet – Peace be upon him – went out and did not speak to any one until he did the same. Seeing that, the companions stood and make their immolation and began shaving for each other to the degree that some of them was about to kill the other out of their grief. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Um Salama Hind Bint Abi Umayiah – Degree: successive – the narrator: Ibn Jarir Al-Tabari – The Source: Tafsir Al-Tabari – Page or number: 2/293</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet – Peace be upon him – told Aisha in the long tradition of Um Zara' narrated by Al-Bukhari: I am in my love and loyalty to you just like Abi Zara' and Um Zara" Aisha replied: You are dearer to me more than my father and mother, you are even more loyal and loving than Abi Zara' to Um Zara". </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Al-Bukhari – The Source: Al-Jame' Al-Sahih – Page or number: 5189</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet – Peace be upon him – was calling Aisha: O Aish (nickname of Aisha), this is Jabril (Angel of revelation) telling you the greetings. Aisha said: May peace and blessings be upon him, you (The Prophet) see what I can't see. The Prophet – Peace be upon him – was calling Aisha "Al-Humairaa" (i.e. white-skinned woman). </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right attribution – the narrator: Ibn Hijer Al-Asqalani – The Source: Fateh Al-Bari of Ibn Hijer – Page or number: 2/515</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aisha – May Allah be pleased with her – said: When I drink water from the pot while in menstruation period and give the pot to the Prophet – Peace be upon him – he drinks from the same place which touched my mouth, moreover, during menstruation, I was eating from the piece of meat and giving the same to the Prophet – Peace be upon him – and the Prophet puts his mouth in the same place of mine.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Muslim – The Source: Al-Musnad Al-Sahih – Page or number: 300</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aisha – May Allah be pleased with her – said: I was combing the hair of the Prophet – Peace be upon him – while in menstruation.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Al-Bukhari – The Source: Al-Jame' Al-Sahih – Page or number: 295</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aisha – May Allah be pleased with her – said: the Prophet – Peace be upon him – was leaning on my lab while in menstruation and read Quran.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Al-Bukhari – The Source: Al-Jame' Al-Sahih – Page or number: 297</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet – Peace be upon him – was casting lots between his wives when he wants to go out. Once, the Prophet cast a lot between his wives and the lot was the share of Aisha and Hafsa together. At night, the Prophet walks with Aisha and speaks to her. Knowing that, Hafsa told Aisha: Why don't you ride on my camel and I ride yours and see what happens? Aisha replied: okay. Then Aisha rode the camel of Hafsa while Hafsa rode the camel of Aisha. The Prophet – Peace be upon him – then went to the camel of Aisha while Hafsa riding it, greeted her and walked together until they got down. Seeing that, Aisha felt jealousy and tried to put her leg between the lemon grass and say: O my Lord, send a scorpion or a sneak to sting me, this is your Prophet and I can't say anything to him.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Muslim – The Source: Al-Musnad Al-Sahih – Page or number: 2445</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aisha – May Allah be pleased with her – was asked about the manners of the Prophet in his home? She replied: He was helping in doing the family duties and when he hears the call of prayer he goes out.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aisha – May Allah be pleased with her – was asked about the manners of the Prophet – Peace be upon him – in his home? She replied: He washes his clothes, milks his ewe, and serves himself.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Al-Albani – The Source: Sahih Al-Jame' – Page or number: 4937</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aisha narrated that Abu Baker – May Allah be pleased with them – entered to the home of the Prophet – Peace be upon him – while two young girls were striking on the tambourine and signing and while the Prophet – Peace be upon him – laying and covering himself with his clothes. Seeing him, the Prophet uncovered his face and told him: O Aba Baker, let them continue, it is the days of Eid (festival). The said days were Mina Days and the Prophet – Peace be upon him – was in the Medina.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Al-Albani – The Source: Al-Sahih An-Nasai – Page or number: 1596 </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Treat them Fairly while Angry</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once, Aisha was angry of the Prophet – Peace be upon him – So, he told her: Do you accept Abu Obaida Bin Al-Jarrah as a judge between us? She replied: No, this man will not issue a judgment against you in my favor. He said: Do you accept Omar as a judge? She replied: I fear Omar. He said: Do you accept Abu Baker (her father)? She replied: Yes I accept him.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Calm Them Down In Panic</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet – Peace be upon him – was putting his hand on the shoulder of his wife when she is angry and saying: "O Allah, forgive her sins, relieve her heart from rage and protect her from distress".</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aisha – May Allah be pleased with her – said: I have not ever been jealous of any woman more than Khadijah in spite of not seeing her. The Prophet – Peace be upon him – was slaughtering the sheep and says: Send it to the friends of Khadijah". One day I made him angry; I told him: Why Khadijah! The Prophet – Peace be upon him – said: "I was endowed with her love". Another narration for this tradition ended in the story of the sheep without the remainder.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Muslim – The Source: Al-Musnad Al-Sahih – Page or number: 2435</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">74712- When he slaughters the sheep says: Send it to the friends of Khadijah.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Al-Albani – The Source: Sahih Al-Jame' – Page or number: 4722 </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Praising & Thanking them</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet – Peace be upon him – said: The rank of Aisha to the other women is like the rank of the porridge to the other foods. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Anas Bin Malek – Degree: Right – the narrator: Muslim – The Source: Al-Musnad Al-Sahih – Page or number: 2446</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Feeling Happy when they are Happy </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aisha – May Allah be pleased with her – narrated that she was playing with the toy girls when she was with the Prophet – Peace be upon him. She added: My friends were coming to visit me and they were feeling shy of the Prophet – Peace be upon him – but he was letting them in to me. In another narration in the tradition of Jarir: I was playing with toy girls while in his home. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Muslim – The Source: Al-Musnad Al-Sahih – Page or number: 2440. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Feeling Pleased when they are Glad</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aisha – May Allah be pleased with her – said: Once, the Prophet – Peace be upon him – came from a battle and there was a cover for my toy girls in my room. The wind uncovered the toy girls. Seeing that, the prophet said: What is this? She replied: my daughters. He said: What is the thing between them? She replied: it is a horse. He said: What is this thing on the horse? She replied: they are two wings. He said: A horse with two wings!! She replied: didn't you hear that Sulaiman bin Dawood – Peace be upon them – was having horses with wings? The Prophet then laughed until his molars appeared.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Al-Albani – The Source: Ghayat Al-Maram – Page or number: 129</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Expressing his Love to them</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aisha – May Allah be pleased with her – said: I have not been ever jealous of any woman more than Khadijah in spite of not seeing her. The Prophet – Peace be upon him – was slaughtering the sheep and says: Send it to the friends of Khadijah". One day I made him angry; I told him: Why Khadijah! The Prophet – Peace be upon him – said: "I was endowed with her love". Another narration for this tradition ended in the story of the sheep without the remainder. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Muslim – The Source: Al-Musnad Al-Sahih – Page or number: 2435</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Considering her Best Manners</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The faithful husband should not hate his faithful wife, because if he hates certain manner in her character, then he should not forget the other good manners in her character". </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Abu Huraira – Degree: Right – the narrator: Muslim – The Source: Al-Musnad Al-Sahih – Page or number: 1469</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The worst rank for a man at the day of judgment is the rank of the man who sleeps with his wife and then discloses her privacy". </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Abu Saeed Al-Khudri – Degree: Right – the narrator: Muslim – The Source: Al-Musnad Al-Sahih – Page or number: 1437</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The Prophet – Peace be upon him – has not ever beaten any woman, any servant or anything in his hand other than fighting in the way of Allah The Almighty. He does not take revenge from anyone harmed him except when breaching the orders of Allah The Almighty, at which case, he takes revenge". </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Muslim – The Source: Al-Musnad Al-Sahih – Page or number: 2328</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Safiyah – May Allah be pleased with her – was traveling with the Prophet – Peace be upon him – and it was then her turn to travel with him. She was slow in walking. The Prophet – Peace be upon him – received her while crying and saying: You gave me a slow camel. Seeing that, The Prophet – Peace be upon him – wiped her eyes with his hands and consoled her. Narrated by An-Nasai.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet – Peace be upon him said: "If you expend anything seeking the pleasure of Allah the Almighty, even if you put a bite in the mouth of your wife, He will promote you to a higher degree in paradise". </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: -- – Degree: Right – the narrator: Ibn Taymiyyah – The Source: Majmou' Al-Fatawa – Page or number: 10/31</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"O Prophet of Allah, what are the rights of my wife? He said: To feed her when you eat, clothe her when you clothe, don't beat her face, don't abuse her and don't desert her except in home". </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Mu'awiah Bin Haida Al-Qushairi – Degree: Stated in the introduction that it is "Right" pursuant to the standards of some narrators – the narrator: Ibn Daqiq Al-Eid – The Source: Al-Elmam – Page or number: 2/655</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet – Peace be upon him – prohibited men from knocking the door of their families at night trying to charge them with treason or follow their mistakes. In another narration, he did not mention "Trying to charge them with treason or follow their mistakes".</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Jaber Bin Abdullah – Degree: Right – the narrator: Muslim – The Source: Al-Musnad Al-Sahih – Page or number: 715</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet – Peace be upon him – was visiting his eleven wives within a short period of time, at night or in the day. I said to Anas: Was he bearing that? Anas said: He has the power of thirty men.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Anas Bin Malek – Degree: Right – the narrator: Al-Bukhari – The Source: Al-Jame' Al-Sahih – Page or number: 268</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet – Peace be upon him – was making love with his wives above the loincloth while in menstruation.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Maimona Bint Al-Hareth – Degree: Right – the narrator: Muslim – The Source: Al-Musnad Al-Sahih – Page or number: 294</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet – Peace be upon him – was casting lots between him wives when he wants to travel then he takes the one who wins the lot. He cast a lot between us in one of his battles and it was me who won it; therefore, I went with the Prophet – Peace be upon him – after the revelation of Al-Hijab (veil) verse. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Al-Bukhari – The Source: Al-Jame' Al-Sahih – Page or number: 2879</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aisha – May Allah be pleased with her – narrated that she was accompanying the Prophet – Peace be upon him – in travel while she was a young girl. She said I was still slim. The Prophet – Peace be upon him – told his companions to go forward. They went forward. Then he told me: come, I want to have race with you. We started the race and I won. After a period of time, I went in travel with him and he said to his companions go forward. The companions went forward and then he told me: come to have a race with you. At that time, I forgot the former race and I was fat. I told him: how can we race while I am in this situation (thin)? He replied: you will do it. Then we started the race and he won. He laughed then and said: tit for tat. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: his attribution is right – the narrator: Al-Albani – The Source: Adab Al-Zafaf – Page or number: 204</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aaisha May Allah be pleased with her – narrated: By Allah The Almighty, I saw the Prophet – Peace be upon him – standing at the door of my room and the Habashi people were playing with their bayonets in the mosque of the Prophet – Peace be upon him – while he was covering me with his gown so that I can see them playing and was waiting for me until I finish by my own will. So, try to consider the desires of the young girls, they like playing. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Muslim – The Source: Al-Musnad Al-Sahih – Page or number: 892</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">116691- Aisha narrated: I saw the Prophet – peace be upon him – at the door of my room and the Habashi people were playing in the mosque and the Prophet – Peace be upon him – was covering me with his gown so that I can see them playing. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Right – the narrator: Al-Bukhari – The Source: Al-Jame' Al-Sahih – Page or number: 454</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aisha – May Allah be pleased with her – narrated: Once, Sawda visited us and the Prophet – Peace be upon him – sat down between me and her, one leg in her lap and the other in mine. I made then Khazira (food) and told her: Eat! She refused. I said: If you don't eat I will stain your face with Khazira but she insisted not to eat; therefore, I put my hand in Khazira and painted her face. Seeing that, the Prophet – peace be upon him – laughed and gave his share in Khzaira to Sawda and told her stain her face; so, Swada stained my face and the Prophet – Peace be upon him – laughed. Then Omar – May Allah be pleased with him – passed by and called for Abdullah. The Prophet – Peace be upon him – thought that he will enter but Omer said to us: Go wash your faces. Aisha said: Since then, I still fearing Omar due to the Prophet's respect to him. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Aisha – Degree: Good – the narrator: Al-Albani – The Source: Al-Al-Silsila Al-Sahiha – Page or number: 7/363</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet – Peace be upon him – appointed Amer Bin Al-Aas as a leader to Zat Al-Salasil Battle. Feeling the love of the Prophet, Amer asked the Prophet: Whose is the dearest to you? He answered: (Aisha), Amer said: I mean from men: he replied: (Her father), Amer said: Who then? The Prophet replied: (Omar), then the Prophet mentioned several men; so, Amer kept silence in order not to be the last of them. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated by: Abu Othman Al-Nahdi – Degree: Right – the narrator: Al-Bukhari – The Source: Al-Jame' Al-Sahih – Page or number: 4358</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aisha – May Allah be pleased with her – narrated: When the Prophet – Peace be upon him – wants to travel, he casts a lot between his wives and the one who won the lot will accompany him. At Bani Al-Mustaleq Battle, I won the lot and traveled with him. The women were eating light food and avoid meat in order to move easily. I was sitting in my howdah when we get down for rest and when we want to go, they carry me while in the howdah and put it on the back of the camel and then tight it with ropes to go forward again.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the Prophet – Peace be upon him – finished the said travel, he went back to the Medina. By approaching the Medina, he got down and took rest for a short period at night. Thereafter, the people were told to resume walking and they got ready to continue while I was out to relieve nature and I was having a necklace in my neck. When I finished, the necklace fell down from my neck and I did not remember it until I reached to the place of my baggage. At that time, people began leaving while I returned back again to my place looking for the necklace until I found it. Then, the people who took my camel for rest returned back and put the howdah on the camel thinking that I am there as usual and resumed walk. I returned back to the camp and no people were there. All of them went forward. Seeing that, I covered myself with my gown and lay down in my place so that when they miss me they can return and find me there. While in that situation (laying down), Safwan Bin Al-Mu'atel Al-Salami passed by me as he was late for relieving nature. He saw my black clothes and approached me – He knew me before the revelation of the Hijab (veil) verse – and said: "To Allah We belong, and to Him is our return. The wife of the Prophet is here? I was then covering myself with my gown. He said: Why you are late? I said nothing. Then he got the camel close to me and said: Ride. He went back a little. Then I rode the camel and he guided the camel toward the caravan but we did not reach them and they did not miss us until the morning when they got down for rest. Then, they saw the man guiding the camel I rode. At that moment, a group of people fabricated a story and began spreading rumors that we committed adultery and the whole camp became confused while I know nothing about the whole matter.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then we reached Medina and I was very sick and no one is telling me what is going around. Then the matter reached to my father and the Prophet – Peace be upon him – and no one mentioned anything to me. I was then not pleased with the treatment of the Prophet toward me while I was sick because when he enters my room while my mother is nursing me he just says: How are you? He did not say anything else. Seeing that, I felt angry of his coolness and told him: May I go to my mother? He replied: No problem. Then I went to my mother and knew nothing about the whole matter. About twenty days later I recovered. At our era, we were not having toilets like the non-Arabs. We hate it. We were just going to the free spaces in the Medina and the women were going out every night to relieve nature. At certain night, I went out with Um Mustah to relieve nature.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the way, she stumbled with her clothes and said: Woe to my son Mustah. I said to her: It is not good to speak like this about a man like your son, he is one of the immigrants and he has witnessed Bader Battle! Um Mustah said: Don't you know the recent news? I said: What happened? She told me about the rumors made by the people that I committed adultery. I asked her: Is that what happened? She said: yes. Hearing that, I was not able even to relieve nature and went back to home. I continued crying till I felt my liver will be broken out. I told my mother: All people speaking ill about me, why you did not mention this to me? My mother said: My dear daughter, don't worry; this usually happens to any beautiful woman loved by her husband who has other wives because the other wives and people will speak a lot about her out of their jealousy. The Prophet – Peace be upon him – then delivered a sermon to the people – I did not k</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">new that then – and said: "O people, why some group of you are speaking ill about my family and telling false about them? I swear by Allah The Almighty that my wife is good and chaste. Moreover, they also spoke ill about a man who is straightforward. That man did not enter my house except in my company". Hearing that, Abdullah Bin Ubai and some men of Al-Khazraj tribe got angry and the matter became complicated after what was told by Mustah and Hamna Bint Jahsh, the sister of Zainab Bint Jahsh, the wife of the Prophet – Peace be upon him – because she was the only wife who compete with my rank for the Prophet. Zainab spoke only good about me but her sister Hamna spread ill rumors about me. When the Prophet – Peace be upon him – delivered the above mentioned sermon, Usaid Bin Khudair said: O Prophet of Allah, if they (The people who spoke ill about your family) are from Al-Aws tribe we will kill them and if they are from our brothers in Al-Khazraj tribe, just order us and we will cut their necks. Hearing that, Saad Bin Obada (Head in Al-Khazraj tribe and was considered of the righteous men) said out of ardor: I swear by Allah that you are lying, we will not allow you to cut their nicks, you just said like that because you know well that they (Who spoke ill about the Prophet's family) are from Al-Khazraj tribe, and if they were from your tribe you will not speak like this about them. Usaid replied: I swear by Allah that you are the liar, you are just a hypocrite man defending the hypocrite people. The Prophet – Peace be upon him – got down from his stand and called Ali Bin Abi Taleb and Osama Bin Zaid – May Allah be pleased with them – in order to consult them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Osama spoke good and said: O Prophet of Allah, it is your family and we know nothing but good about them and these rumors are lies and false. Ali said: O Prophet of Allah, women are many, you can marry again, and you can ask her maid, she will not lie. The Prophet – Peace be upon him – called Brira (the maid) and asked her about the matter. Ali has beaten her severely while saying: speak the truth to the Prophet! The maid was saying: I swear by Allah that I know nothing but good about Aisha except that when I knead the dough I tell her to keep it but she sleeps and forgets it, so the sheep comes and eat it! Then Aisha said: the Prophet – Peace be upon him – entered to my room while my parents were with me. There was also a woman from Al-Ansar (People who supported the Prophet) crying with me. The Prophet – Peace be upon him – sat down, praised Allah then said: O Aisha, you knew what the people are saying, be pious, and if you committed any thing of what is said by the people just repent to Allah. Allah will accept the repentance. Hearing that, I did not find any tears in my eyes (out of my astonishment of the speech of the Prophet) and expected that my parents will answer on my behalf but they did not do so. I was thinking that the Prophet – Peace be upon him – will see a dream proving my innocence but did not expect that my rank is high to the degree that Allah The Almighty will reveal a verse proving my innocence. I told my parents: Can't you answer the Prophet of Allah? They replied: We do not know what to say. The matter was very difficult for Abu Baker family. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aisha said: At that ordeal, the family of my father Abu Baker suffered more than anyone can bear. Then Aisha said: When my parents did not reply, I started crying and said: I swear by Allah I will not repent from what you say at all because if I admit what the people is saying – Though I am innocent – I will be saying what is not happened actually and if I denied, you will not believe. Then I tried to remember the name of the Prophet Yaqoub (Jacob) but in vain, then I said: I will say just like the father of Yousuf: {For me patience is most fitting: Against that which ye assert, it is Allah (alone) Whose help can be sought}. Then the revelation came to the Prophet – Peace be upon him and I put a billow under his head. I did not fear anything because I am sure that I am innocent but my parents feared that Allah will reveal something proving the sayings of people. Then the Prophet – Peace be upon him – sat down sweating heavily. He started wiping his sweat and said: Be happy Aisha, Allah The Almighty has revealed your innocence. I said: All praise be to Allah The Almighty. Then the Prophet – Peace be upon him – went out and recited the following verses: {Those who brought forward the lie are a body among yourselves: think it not to be an evil to you; On the contrary it is good for you: to every man among them (will come the punishment) of the sin that he earned, and to him who took on himself the lead among them, will be a penalty grievous}.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We went for a battle with the Prophet – Peace be upon him – and I was riding on my camel but someone followed me from behind and began urging my camel with a stick; so, my camel went forward quickly more than the best camels. The Prophet – Peace be upon him – said: (Why you are in hurry?). I said: I got married recently. He said: (You married virgin or not?). I replied: not virgin. He said: (Isn't it better to marry a young girl so that you can make fun with each other?). Then, when I went to consummate the marriage the Prophet – peace be upon him – said: (Wait until night – i.e. After Al-Isha (evening) – so that the bride can comb her hair and get ready). </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet – Peace be upon him – was, if one of his family members got sick, reading Al-Falq verse and An-Nas verse on the sick member of his family and wiping him with his hands. When he got sick, which caused his death, I started reading the said two verses and wiped him with his own hands because they are more blessed than mine. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jabril (Angle of Revelation) – Peace be upon him – came to the Prophet – Peace be upon him – and said: O Prophet of Allah, this is Khadija coming holding a pot of food or drink, when she reaches you, tell her the greetings of Allah The Almighty and me and tell her that Allah has prepared for her a house in paradise made out of pearls wherein she will enjoy calmness and comfort.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aisha – May Allah be pleased with her – narrated that the Prophet – Peace be upon him – told her: "Jabril is telling you his greetings" Aisha replied: tell him my greetings. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jabril – Peace be upon him – came to the Prophet – Peace be upon him – and said: O Prophet of Allah, this is Khadija coming holding a pot of food or drink, when she reaches you, tell her the greetings of Allah The Almighty and me and tell her that Allah has prepared for her a house in paradise made out of pearls wherein she will enjoy calmness and comfort. The Prophet – Peace be upon him – told these good news to Khadija and was very happy for her.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Courtesy: </span><a href="http://www.rasoulallah.net/v2/document.aspx?lang=en&doc=5094"><span style="color: #cccccc;">http://www.rasoulallah.net/v2/document.aspx?lang=en&doc=5094</span></a>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-88666504030857148942010-08-03T14:18:00.000+04:002010-08-03T14:18:06.676+04:00In Praise of Muhammad (Sal-lal-lahu-alaihi-wa-sallam)<div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">By Hamza Yusuf</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Twenty-six years ago I became a Muslim largely because I fell in love with a beautiful human being. "I was only sent to perfect noble character," said the man declared as a "mercy to all the worlds."</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">As time passed, this love grew as my knowledge of him increased. I painfully watched his religion hijacked by some for their own ends distorting his message and forgetting that he was indeed a mercy to all the worlds. I am troubled by the media’s portrayal of him sometimes in the worst of lights. How could the man I came to know and love be so vilified and maligned by those who claim to represent him and also by those who aim to be unbiased interpreters?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Muhammad, peace be upon him, was a shy, reticent man who lived among his people with such high moral character they called him al-Amîn—the Trustworthy.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Prophet of Islam was born in the city of Mecca, Arabia, into a poor but noble branch of an aristocratic clan known as Quraysh, a people who despised treachery, lies and stupidity, while honouring bravery in battle, generosity in partying, and cleverness in poetry.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Some families, were so ashamed of their baby girls, that they would bury them alive instead of suffering the possible indignity of future dishonour. The religion of the Arabs at the time was a hodge-podge of superstition, divination and idolatry. To them, man's life ended with his death and his afterlife was based on his military exploits might be immortalized by a poets tongue.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, was born into this world on April 9th, 570, Christian era in the lunar month of Rabi'a al-Awwal. His father, Abdallah died during his mother’s pregnancy. And for the first four years he was raised in the relative purity of the desert by a Bedouin woman named Halimah. After which he returned to his mother, Aminah. But in his seventh year, his mother died leaving him in the care of his grandfather.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">At the age of twenty-five, he was employed as a commercial agent by Lady Khadijah, a successful widow from his own clan. She soon recognized his honesty and good nature and proposed marriage. Although fifteen years younger than she was, he accepted her proposal, and fathered six of his seven children with her.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">At the age of forty, it had become his custom to escape the idolatry of Meccan society by seeking solitude in a cave on the mountain known as "the Mountain of Light." In the solitary confines of his small cave a voice pierced his consciousness declaring: "Recite!"</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Alarmed and shivering he fled to his wife, begging her to wrap him in a cloak. He feared for his sanity, concerned that a desert spirit or poetic muse might be pursuing him. More revelations soon followed and Muhammad came to the understanding that he was not only a prophet in a long line of prophets, but that he was the last of them who was sent with a universal message.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">As the days passed his revelations increased and they were powerfully rhythmic punctuated with intoxicating messages that challenged listeners to reflect on everyday miracles such as the alternation of the night and day</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">These revelations revealed to Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, came to be known as the Qur'an, the Muslim holy book. For thirteen years he invited his clan to worship one God, sit with slaves in spiritual solidarity, respect women as soul-full equals and the source of human mercy, care for the widow, the orphan, the weak and the oppressed.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">At first people ridiculed his message and accused him of attempting "to make the gods one." His message threatened his people’s financial control of the markets of Mecca where pilgrims from all over Arabia came to spend their wealth.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">When his clan failed to stop his preaching they plotted to kill him in his sleep. But he was warned by the Angel Gabriel and told to flee in the cover of darkness to Madina with his beloved friend and lifelong companion Abu Bakr.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Setting out, the two sought refuge in a cave to escape the skilled trackers of Mecca hot on their trail. The bounty hunters quickly came upon the cave, but a spider’s web had already covered the entrance and a dove with her young rested in a nest above it.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">When the posse left and the two felt safe again, they continued their journey to the city of Yathrib. And as they entered it the young girls and children of Bani Najjar came out chanting lines of poetry which is still sung all over the world in remembrance of this auspicious occasion.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The name Yathrib was changed to Medina, city of hope. It became a city founded on the brotherhood of virtue. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, enacted a treaty uniting the once warring groups. He secured the rights of the Jewish minority by granting them full citizenship and freedom to practice their religion without constraint.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Days after his arrival in Medina he began the construction of a mosque, a sanctuary of prayer and meditation, in the centre of the city. And he had his companions; the Muslims create their own marketplace in order to ensure economic strength.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Meccans, sensing that a rising power was now emerging in the peninsula, plotted ways of subverting the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and his growing community of believers.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">And the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who had practiced a strict pacifism in Mecca for thirteen years and disliked the use of coercive force, was now given permission by God to defend against any attacks by his enemies. The Qur'an declared, "Fighting has been prescribed for you and you detest it, but perhaps you detest something and in it is much good. And perhaps you love something and in it is much harm, and God knows and you do not know." [Qur'an 2:216].</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Never desire to meet your enemies, rather ask God for peace and well-being; but should you be forced to meet them, then act courageously." [Sahih al-Bukhari]</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Muslims are not ashamed of their Prophet’s teaching about war. On the contrary, for us it is a great source of pride. He was courageous as a great lion against the strong and oppressive yet gentle as a shepherd with the weak and the oppressed.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The true object of war fought for God should always be peace. What the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, taught is that Muslims fight for a just cause only. In this world, there are only two choices: two sides, truth and justice or falsehood and oppression. You don’t have to be a Muslim to understand that.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">After years of conflict between members of his clan and his followers, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, had a revelation that he should visit the sacred mosque. In the eighth year after his migration to Medina the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, set out for Mecca but his adversaries refused to allow him in. They sent out an arbitrator to strike an agreement that would bring the stand-off to an end. And on every point of this treaty the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, compromised his own position in pursuit of peace.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">On the journey back to Medina some of the companions were deeply troubled by what had just taken place and disappointed that they were thwarted from visiting the sanctuary. When asked to explain, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, replied, "Did I say it was going to be this year?"</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">And so the following year, in accordance with the treaty, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and his followers performed a pilgrimage completely unmolested. But soon his clan the Quraysh broke their end of the deal, massacring another clan with alliance to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, attacking them even in the sacred precinct. Abu Sufyan, the head of the Prophet’s enemies, attempted to restore the truce but it was too late. News of the massacre enraged the believers and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, summoned all of the Muslims capable of bearing arms to march on Mecca. When the nearly ten thousand Muslims arrived on the outskirts of the city, the Quraysh realized they did not stand a chance and people either fled or stayed in their homes.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">And so it was, after years of persecution, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, marched triumphant into the city of his birth at the head of the largest army ever assembled in Arabian history. With his head bowed in humility he declared a general amnesty and granted war criminals refuge.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">His overwhelming magnanimity of character led to a mass conversion among the citizens of Mecca. Even Abu Sufyan, his archenemy, embraced the religion of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. In the months that followed, almost all of Arabia dispatched representatives to swear allegiance to this Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and to enter in the faith of Islam. In a period of twenty-three years Muhammad, peace be upon him, had succeeded in uniting a feuding people trapped in cycles of violence into one people with a sense of destiny and a mission that would transform the world.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He elevated the low, and he lowered the elevated that they might meet in that middle place known as brotherhood. He infused in them a love of learning unleashing a creative power that would lead to some of the most extraordinary scientific breakthroughs in human history.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He died on the same day he was born, in the same house he had lived in for ten years in Medina, on a small bed made of leather stuffed with palm fibres, in the arms of his beloved wife Aishah. His dying words were, "Treat your women well, and do not oppress your servants, the prayer, the prayer, don’t be neglectful of the prayer. O God, my highest companion, O highest companion."</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">But the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was more than just a great historical person, he was a father and friend, a husband, a companion and above all he was a human being. The Prophet’s unique physical appearance, his high character and willingness to sacrifice for others, are often at the essence of any description of him. He was once described by a contemporary in the following words:</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"The Messenger of God was imposing and majestic. His face was luminous like a full moon. He was taller than medium but not excessive in height. He had wavy hair, which he parted and it never went beyond his shoulders. He was light-skinned with a high brow. He had full eyebrows and a small space between them. He had a fine, aquiline nose. His beard was full, his eyes black. His physique was supple and lithe, with a full chest and broad shoulders. When he walked, he was determined and his pace was as if he was walking down hill.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">When he spoke he was always brief and reflective. He spoke when he saw benefit and spent long periods in silent contemplation. His speech was comprehensive being neither wordy nor laconic. He had a mild temperament and was never harsh nor cruel, coarse nor rude. He expressed gratitude for everything given to him no matter how insignificant. When he spoke, his companions lowered their heads as if birds were perched upon them. When he was silent, they felt free to speak. He never criticized food or praised it excessively. He never swore, nor did he find fault in people. He did not flatter people but praised them when appropriate.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">People entered his gatherings as seekers and left enlightened. He would ask about his companions when they were absent often making inquiries about people’s needs. He never stood nor sat without mentioning the name of God. He never reserved a special place for himself in a gathering and sat where space provided. He gave each of those who sat with him such full attention that everyone felt that he was the most important person in that gathering. Voices were never raised in his presence. The aged were respected for their age and the young were shown compassion for their youth."</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Qur'an reminds Muslims that when they are slandered by those who reject them they should bear it patiently and be forgiving. I yearn for a deeper understanding of this man, his gentleness towards children, his love of animals, his concern for the weak and oppressed, his sense of justice tempered always with mercy.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">I personally love his humour and his sense of tomfoolery. He said once, "I joke but always tell the truth." His wife Aishah said, "he was always making us laugh in the house." One of his names is ad-dahhak—the smiling one. His humour and cheerfulness even in the face of the most difficult of times is so needed today in our troubled world. I imagine him telling those of us who don’t laugh enough to lighten up, to show more gratitude even in what appears to be difficulties. And as for those who laugh too much and do so inappropriately, I imagine that he would ask that they reflect deeper on the condition of humanity and nurture compassion in their hearts.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">“Those who sin while laughing enter hell crying,” he once said.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Once an old woman asked him if she would enter paradise and he replied, "Old people don’t go to heaven!" The woman was crestfallen with the answer he had provided, to which he added with a smile, "You shall enter paradise in the prime of your youth."</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Arabs believed dates made eye infections worse. His companion Suhayb was eating dates one day while his left eye was infected. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Suhayb do you eat dates and your eye is infected?" To which Suhayb said, "I am eating with my right eye only O Messenger of God." To which the Prophet, peace be and blessings be upon him, laughed heartily.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">And once a gruff desert Bedouin came into the mosque and prayed out loud saying, "O God forgive me and Muhammad and don’t forgive anyone else." Hearing this the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, laughed and said to him, "You are limiting the vast mercy of God."</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">I feel so incredibly grateful and blessed to have come to know him and to learn from him. A day of my life has not gone by that I haven’t felt indebted to him for the wisdom he has given me in making sense of my life and my world.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Every day my love for Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, increases. Like the vast majority of my fellow believers across the world and through times he is, indeed, the Beloved—the Praised One.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">To the solace of his name, simply saying Muhammad, has an incredibly soothing effect on me.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Courtesy: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://mercyprophet.org/mul/node/932"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">http://mercyprophet.org/mul/node/932</span></a></span></div>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-78704862291213898252010-07-31T12:55:00.001+04:002010-07-31T13:11:52.400+04:00Questions & Answers on Prophet Muhammad (Sal-lal-lahu-alaihi-wa-sallam)<div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Answered by Dr. Ahmad H. Sakr</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Q. Muhammad is a great man and a distinguished politician that is OK. But why do you insist that he is a Prophet? What does it matter?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A. It is not our decision; it is the decision of the Creator Who chose him to be the final Prophet and Messenger of God to Humanity at large until the Day of Judgment. God has sent Prophet Muhammad to all humanity as a mercy, and he has been sent as a mercy to every creature in the world as well, including people, animals, plants, environments, and even as a mercy to jinn.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Q. You Muslims say that Islam is a "whole way of life", how come? How a religion could interfere in medical, political or economic issues?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A. Islam is not a religion only; Islam is a way of life that God has prescribed: how we should live in every aspect of life, including spirituality, socially, culturally, economically, politically and so on. Islam is not a religion as defined by Western societies who split themselves as one religion on one way and other aspects of life on another way. This means that they have split themselves into two personalities, thereby becoming schizophrenic.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A Muslim has to live a total way of life, the way prescribed by God so we can live in peace and harmony. Islam means peace, but that peace has to come from God and we are to spread the message of peace in the whole world.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Q. Jesus sacrificed himself to save mankind and deliver us from the sin, why did not Muhammad do so?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A. You did not study history enough and you did not know unfortunately what happened to Jesus, peace be upon him. Jesus, peace be upon him, did not sacrifice his life for our sins. And if it were to be true, Jesus would have been sent by God as the first child of Adam to save our sins. We human beings are born without sin, pure. Again, Jesus, peace be upon him, was not crucified. Go back and find who the one crucified was. If you don’t know, we will tell you. Jesus in as much as God brought was a hypocrite whose name was Juda, became his look like and then people crucified him thinking he was Jesus.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Q. How Muslims view Prophets other than Muhammad? Do they recognize other prophets in the first place?</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A. Of course, we believe that God had sent thousands prophets and messengers to humanity to guide them to worship God and obey Him. But God, out of mercy and sympathy on us, mentioned only 25 of them in the Qur’an. Out of the 25 prophets mentioned in the Qur’an, Allah selected five to be the most important and most influential: Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, peace be upon all of them.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">So we all love prophets respect them and hold all of them in high esteem. We read in the Qur’an, “The Messenger believeth in what hath been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the men of faith. Each one (of them) believeth in Allah, His angels, His Books, and His Messengers. "We make no distinction (they say) between one and another of His Messengers." And they say: "We hear, and we obey, (we seek) Thy forgiveness, our Lord, and to Thee is the end of all journeys." (Chapter 2, verse 285).</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">All prophets, except Muhammad, were sent to their local people in a particular era of history but Prophet Muhammad is the culmination, summation, and seal of all prophets sent by God. He has been to you and to us, in America, Canada, and the whole world, till the Day of Judgment.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Q. A man of war, right?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A. Muhammad was not a man of war. Where did he wage a war against any nation? He made peace treaties with the Jews and Christians, and he demanded from his followers to protect the Christians and the Jews wherever they are.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Q. Did Prophet Muhammad and his followers wage the crusades?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A. The Crusades and the inquisition and colonialism and imperialism? Definitely no.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Q. Can you give examples how Prophet Muhammad reacted to insults.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A. He never reacted negatively. He always smiled in the face of those who insulted him. The Qur’an says: “and when they ignorant speak foul them, they say, “peace”. (Al-Furqan 25: 63)</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Q. It has been my belief that Muhammad would not approve of what has been going on lately, what with all the Muslims flying airplanes into office buildings, blowing themselves up, and kidnapping and murdering Russian school children in cold blood. Do you agree and, if not, why not?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A. Islam does not allow anyone to be killed or hijacked but the question that should be asked: what are the causes that made people do that? When we understand the causes, then there is no need for hijacking or killing. Russia was killing Muslims of the Soviet Union for the last 500 years and Russia was sending Muslims to Siberia to live with the snow 24 hours in tent throughout the year, yet nobody talked about it.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Q. How could Muhammad be nice to Jews and Christians and he said, "do not greet them first?"</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A. The Prophet told this to the Muslims when fighting against the pagans of Banu Quraitha, who were breached the covenant of peace with Muslims and rebelled against the Prophet, peace be upon him. So the common sense that you don’t greet the person that is fighting you!</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">But the general rule in Islam is to be nice, gentle and peaceful with all poeple. Prophet Muhammad said: “Greet whoever you know and you don’t know with peace.” This of course could include everybody.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Q. I can not understand all this uproar by Muslims regarding the Danish cartoons. Even if they highly respect their prophet, this does not justify all this unrest. I doubt that they worship him.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A. We love God and we obey Him. We love all the Prophets, including Prophet Muhammad. We respect Prophet Muhammad and we refuse anybody to just make a joke or an insult against to him after he delivered the message of Allah to all human beings. We do not insult any prophet, and we do not insult anyone. We respect you as much as we respect ourselves. The problem is not what the masses of Muslims have done, it was a reaction to an action and the problem is from those who made the cartoons. Since nobody blamed them, or took them to court, we are unfortunately blaming the masses.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Muslims will not tolerate any abusive projection to Jesus or the Virgin Mary because we respect both of them and honor them with dignity. The problem should have been resolved between the leaders of Muslim countries with their Denmark counterparts.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Q. In your view, what is the best way to present Islam and the Prophet Muhammad?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A. The best way is to be very friendly, polite, kind, and generous to my neighbor, friends, and all human beings. We should understand each other’s background and we should know which culture you are coming from and then we should compliment each other. We should invite others to our places of worship and to our houses and share our commonalities and enjoy the food of other countries in order to live in peace and harmony. Ignorance is the source of problems all over the world and we must help those people to get to know us and our Prophet.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">If you wish any of the pamphlets written by Dr. Sakr on these issues, he will be pleased to send it free of charge, God Willing. Examples of these pamphlets are:</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">1. Introducing Islam<br />
2. Living together<br />
3. Non-Muslims through Muslim history<br />
4. What they say about prophet Muhammad<br />
5. What Islam says about Jihad, Holy War, terrorism, etc.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Q. Can a Prophet be a statesman?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A. It depends on what God wants to make that Prophet. A good number of Prophets were statesmen such as Solomon, David, Isaac, Abraham, Noah and Muhammad, peace be upon all of them. The only prophet among the great five who was not statesman was Jesus. That is was the wisdom and decision of God to make Jesus a spiritual leader only and not a statesman. And it was also God’s plan that Jesus did not get married or to have children. So he was a prophet of spirituality to the children of Israel only in Palestine.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Courtesy: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://mercyprophet.org/mul/node/615"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">http://mercyprophet.org/mul/node/615</span></a></span></div>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-73811506832400693562010-07-23T09:21:00.002+04:002010-07-23T09:22:47.169+04:00The Description of the Prophet in the Tawrah<div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Imam Ahmad recorded `Ata' bin Yasar saying that he met `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`As and said to him, "Tell me about the description of the Messenger of Allah in the Torah.'' He said, "Yes, by Allah, he is described by the Torah with the same characteristics that he is described with in the Qur'an with: `O Prophet! We have sent you as a witness, a bringer of good news, a warner, and as safe refuge for the unlettered people. You are My servant and Messenger. I have called you the Mutawakkil (who depends and relies on Allah for each and everything). You are not harsh, nor hard, nor obnoxious in the bazaars. He does not reward the evil deed with an evil deed. Rather, he forgives and pardons. Allah will not bring his life to an end, until he straightens the wicked's religion by his hands so that the people proclaim: There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah. By his hands, Allah will open blind eyes, deaf ears and sealed hearts.''' This was recorded by Al-Bukhari only.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div dir="rtl" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(120. Never will the Jews nor the Christians be pleased with you (O Muhammad ) till you follow their religion. Say: "Verily, the guidance of Allah (i.e. Islamic Monotheism) that is the (only) guidance. And if you (O Muhammad ) were to follow their (Jews and Christians) desires after what you have received of Knowledge (i.e. the Qur'an), then you would have against Allah neither any Wali (protector or guardian) nor any helper.) (121. Those to whom we gave the Book recite it as it should be recited (Yatlunahu Haqqa Tilawatihi) they are the ones who believe therein. And whoso disbelieve in it, those are they who are the losers.) Ibn Jarir said, "Allah said,</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div dir="rtl" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Never will the Jews nor the Christians be pleased with you (O Muhammad ) till you follow their religion.) meaning, `The Jews and the Christians will never be happy with you, O Muhammad! Therefore, do not seek what pleases or appeases them, and stick to what pleases Allah by calling them to the truth that Allah sent you with.' Allah's statement,</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div dir="rtl" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Say: "Verily, the guidance of Allah (i.e. Islamic Monotheism) that is the (only) guidance'') emeans, `Say, O Muhammad , the guidance of Allah that He sent me with is the true guidance, meaning the straight, perfect and comprehensive religion.''' Qatadah said that Allah's statement,</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div dir="rtl" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Say: "Verily, the guidance of Allah (i.e. Islamic Monotheism) that is the (only) guidance) is, "A true argument that Allah taught Muhammad and his Companions and which they used against the people of misguidance.'' Qatadah said, "We were told that the Messenger of Allah used to say, </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(There will always be a group of my Ummah fighting upon the truth, having the upper hand, not harmed by their opponents, until the decree of Allah (the Last Hour) comes.)</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">This Hadith was collected in the Sahih and narrated from `Abdullah bin `Amr.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div dir="rtl" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(And if you (O Muhammad ) were to follow their (Jews and Christians) desires after what you have received of Knowledge (i.e. the Qur'an), then you would have against Allah neither any Wali (protector or guardian) nor any helper.)</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">This Ayah carries a stern warning for the Muslim Ummah against imitating the ways and methods of the Jews and Christians, after they have acquired knowledge of the Qur'an and Sunnah, may Allah grant us refuge from this behavior. Although the speech in this Ayah was directed at the Messenger , the ruling of which applies to his entire Ummah.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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</div>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-58940016094917686862010-07-16T20:06:00.003+04:002010-07-16T20:10:32.386+04:00Some Miracles of the Holy Prophet (Sal-lal-lahu-alaihi-wa-sallam)<div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Taken from Sahih al Bukhari</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A number of miracles were bestowed upon and performed by Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) to establish the proof of his prophethood. The greatest miracle bestowed upon him was the revelation of the Qur'an. The Qur'an is miraculous in a number of aspects: Its linguistic perfection and inimitability, its validation by recent historical, archaeological, and scientific discoveries, its prophecies and so on. Unlike the miracles of other prophets before him, the miracle of the Qur'an is eternal. Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) also provided us with a number of true prophecies.</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Below are accounts of the some of the other miracles of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) . Before reading these, it helps to know something about the Science of Traditions (Arabic: </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Ahadith</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">), an exacting and comprehensive system developed by early Muslim scholars to verify the chain of transmission of these accounts, as well as investigating the trustworthiness and capability of every narrator at every level of the chain. This thorough authentication process ensures that these accounts are real, validated narrations of the sayings, actions, and tacit approvals of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). </span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Traditions mentioned below are all from </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Sahih al-Bukhari</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">, the most authentic collection of ahadith.</span></span></div><ol style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><li><span class="style2"><span class="style5"><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/prophetsmiracles.html#Splitting" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">Splitting of the Moon</span></span></a></span></span></li>
<li class="style6"><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/prophetsmiracles.html#Food" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">Food Multiplication</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"> </span></span></li>
<li class="style6"><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/prophetsmiracles.html#Water" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">Water Multiplication</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"> </span></span></li>
<li class="style6"><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/prophetsmiracles.html#Rain" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">Supplication for Rain</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"> </span></span></li>
<li class="style6"><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/prophetsmiracles.html#Lights" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">Lights to guide Companions</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"> </span></span></li>
<li class="style6"><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/prophetsmiracles.html#Crying" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">Crying of the stem of the Date-palm Tree</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"> </span></span></li>
<li class="style6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">Glorification of Allah by the Prophet's meals</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"> </span></span></li>
<li class="style6"><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/prophetsmiracles.html#expulsion" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">The explusion of a liar's corpse by the Earth</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"> </span></span></li>
<li class="style6"><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/prophetsmiracles.html#Wolf" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">The Speech of the Wolf</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span class="style6"><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/prophetsmiracles.html#NightJourney" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f4cccc;">The Prophet's Night Journey to Jerusalem and Ascent to the Heavens </span></span></a></span></li>
</ol><h4 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="style3"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Splitting</span></span></strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> of the Moon</span></span></strong></span></h4><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder" </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">[Qur'an 54:1]</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Volume 6, Book 60, Number 388:</span></span></em></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Narrated Abdullah:</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The moon was cleft asunder while we were in the company of the Prophet, and it became two parts. The Prophet said, Witness, witness (this miracle)."</span></span></div><h3 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="style3"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Food</span></span></span></strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> Multiplication</span></span></span></strong></span></h3><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Volume 4, Book 56, Number 780:</span></span></i></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Narrated Jabir:</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">My father had died in debt. So I came to the Prophet and said, "My father (died) leaving unpaid debts, and I have nothing except the yield of his date palms; and their yield for many years will not cover his debts. So please come with me, so that the creditors may not misbehave with me." The Prophet went round one of the heaps of dates and invoked (Allah), and then did the same with another heap and sat on it and said, "Measure (for them)." He paid them their rights and what remained was as much as had been paid to them.</span></span></div><h3 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="style3"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Water</span></span></span></strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> Multiplication</span></span></span></strong></span></h3><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Volume 4, Book 56, Number 779:</span></span></em></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Narrated 'Abdullah:</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">We used to consider miracles as Allah's Blessings, but you people consider them to be a warning. Once we were with Allah's Apostle on a journey, and we ran short of water. He said, "Bring the water remaining with you." The people brought a utensil containing a little water. He placed his hand in it and said, "Come to the blessed water, and the Blessing is from Allah." I saw the water flowing from among the fingers of Allah's Apostle , and no doubt, we heard the meal glorifying Allah, when it was being eaten (by him).</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></i></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Volume 4, Book 56, Number 777:</span></span></i></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Narrated Al-Bara:</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">We were one-thousand-and-four-hundred persons on the day of Al-Hudaibiya (Treaty), and (at) Al-Hudaibiya (there) was a well. We drew out its water not leaving even a single drop. The Prophet sat at the edge of the well and asked for some water with which he rinsed his mouth and then he threw it out into the well. We stayed for a short while and then drew water from the well and quenched our thirst, and even our riding animals drank water to their satisfaction.</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></em></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Volume 1, Book 7, Number 340:</span></span></em></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Narrated 'Imran:</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Once we were traveling with the Prophet and we carried on traveling till the last part of the night and then we (halted at a place) and slept (deeply). There is nothing sweeter than sleep for a traveler in the last part of the night. So it was only the heat of the sun that made us to wake up and the first to wake up was so and so, then so and so and then so and so (the narrator 'Auf said that Abu Raja' had told him their names but he had forgotten them) and the fourth person to wake up was 'Umar bin Al-Khattab. And whenever the Prophet used to sleep, nobody would wake him up till he himself used to get up as we did not know what was happening (being revealed) to him in his sleep. So, 'Umar got up and saw the condition of the people, and he was a strict man, so he said, "Allahu Akbar" and raised his voice with </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Takbir</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">, and kept on saying it loudly till the Prophet got up because of it. When he got up, the people informed him about what had happened to them. He said, "There is no harm (or it will not be harmful). Depart!" So they departed from that place, and after covering some distance the Prophet stopped and asked for some water to perform the ablution. So he performed the ablution and the call for the prayer was pronounced and he led the people in prayer. After he finished from the prayer, he saw a man sitting aloof who had not prayed with the people. He asked, "O so and so! What has prevented you from praying with us?" He replied, "I am </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">junub</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> and there is no water. " The Prophet said, "Perform</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">tayammum</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> with (clean) earth and that is sufficient for you."</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Then the Prophet proceeded on and the people complained to him of thirst. Thereupon he got down and called a person (the narrator 'Auf added that Abu Raja' had named him but he had forgotten) and 'Ali, and ordered them to go and bring water. So they went in search of water and met a woman who was sitting on her camel between two bags of water. They asked, "Where can we find water?" She replied, "I was there (at the place of water) this hour yesterday and my people are behind me." They requested her to accompany them. She asked, "Where?" They said, "To Allah's Apostle ." She said, "Do you mean the man who is called the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Sabi'</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">, (with a new religion)?" They replied, "Yes, the same person. So come along." They brought her to the Prophet and narrated the whole story. He said, "Help her to dismount." The Prophet asked for a pot, then he opened the mouths of the bags and poured some water into the pot. Then he closed the big openings of the bags and opened the small ones and the people were called upon to drink and water their animals. So they all watered their animals and they (too) all quenched their thirst and also gave water to others and last of all the Prophet gave a pot full of water to the person who was </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">junub</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> and told him to pour it over his body. The woman was standing and watching all that which they were doing with her water. By Allah, when her water bags were returned the looked like as if they were more full (of water) than they had been before (Miracle of Allah's Apostle) Then the Prophet ordered us to collect something for her; so dates, flour and </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">sawiq</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> were collected which amounted to a good meal that was put in a piece of cloth. She was helped to ride on her camel and that cloth full of food-stuff was also placed in front of her and then the Prophet said to her, "We have not taken your water but Allah has given water to us." She returned home late. Her relatives asked her: "O so and so what has delayed you?" She said, "A strange thing! Two men met me and took me to the man who is called the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Sabi</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">' and he did such and such a thing. By Allah, he is either the greatest magician between this and this (gesturing with her index and middle fingers raising them towards the sky indicating the heaven and the earth) or he is Allah's true Apostle."</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Afterwards the Muslims used to attack the pagans around her abode but never touched her village. One day she said to her people, "I think that these people leave you purposely. Have you got any inclination to Islam?" They obeyed her and all of them embraced Islam.</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Abu 'Abdultah said: The word </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">saba'a </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">means "The one who has deserted his old religion and embraced a new religion." Abul 'Ailya said, "The </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Sabis</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> are a sect of people of the Scripture who recite the Book of Psalms."</span></span></div><h3 align="justify" class="style4" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Supplication for </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Rain</span></span></span></h3><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Volume 8, Book 73, Number 115:</span></span></em></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Narrated Anas:</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A man came to the Prophet on a Friday while he (the Prophet) was delivering a sermon at Medina, and said, "There is lack of rain, so please invoke your Lord to bless us with the rain." The Prophet looked at the sky when no cloud could be detected. Then he invoked Allah for rain. Clouds started gathering together and it rained till the Medina valleys started flowing with water. It continued raining till the next Friday. Then that man (or some other man) stood up while the Prophet was delivering the Friday sermon, and said, "We are drowned; Please invoke your Lord to withhold it (rain) from us" The Prophet smiled and said twice or thrice, "O Allah! Please let it rain round about us and not upon us." The clouds started dispersing over Medina to the right and to the left, and it rained round about Medina and not upon Medina. Allah showed them (the people) the miracle of His Prophet and His response to his invocation.</span></span></div><h3 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="style3"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Lights</span></span></span></strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> to guide Companions</span></span></span></strong></span></h3><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Volume 1, Book 8, Number 454:</span></span></em></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Narrated Anas bin Malik:</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Two of the companions of the Prophet departed from him on a dark night and were led by two lights like lamps (going in front of them from Allah as a miracle) lighting the way in front of them, and when they parted, each of them was accompanied by one of these lights till he reached their (respective) houses.</span></span></div><h3 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="style3"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Crying</span></span></span></strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> of the stem of the Date-palm Tree</span></span></span></strong></span></h3><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Volume 4, Book 56, Number 783:</span></span></i></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Narrated Ibn Umar:</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Prophet used to deliver his sermons while standing beside a trunk of a datepalm. When he had the pulpit made, he used it instead. The trunk started crying and the Prophet went to it, rubbing his hand over it (to stop its crying).</span></span></div><h3 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="style3"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Glorification</span></span></span></strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> of Allah by the Prophet's meals</span></span></span></strong></span></h3><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Volume 4, Book 56, Number 779:</span></span></i></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Narrated 'Abdullah:</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">We used to consider miracles as Allah's Blessings, but you people consider them to be a warning. Once we were with Allah's Apostle on a journey, and we ran short of water. He said, "Bring the water remaining with you." The people brought a utensil containing a little water. He placed his hand in it and said, "Come to the blessed water, and the Blessing is from Allah." I saw the water flowing from among the fingers of Allah's Apostle, and no doubt, we heard the meal glorifying Allah, when it was being eaten (by him).</span></span></div><h3 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span class="style3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">The</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> </span></span></span><span class="style3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">expulsion</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> of a liar's corpse by the Earth</span></span></span></span></strong></h3><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Volume 4, Book 56, Number 814:</span></span></i></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Narrated Anas:</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">There was a Christian who embraced Islam and read </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Surat-al-Baqara</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> and </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Al-Imran,</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> and he used to write (the revelations) for the Prophet. Later on he returned to Christianity again and he used to say: "Muhammad knows nothing but what I have written for him." Then Allah caused him to die, and the people buried him, but in the morning they saw that the earth had thrown his body out. They said, "This is the act of Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of our companion and took his body out of it because he had run away from them." They again dug the grave deeply for him, but in the morning they again saw that the earth had thrown his body out. They said, "This is an act of Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of our companion and threw his body outside it, for he had run away from them." They dug the grave for him as deep as they could, but in the morning they again saw that the earth had thrown his body out. So they believed that what had befallen him was not done by human beings and had to leave him thrown (on the ground).</span></span></div><h3 align="justify" class="style4" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">The Speech of the </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Wolf</span></span></span></h3><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Volume 3, Book 39, Number 517:</span></span></i></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Narrated Abu Huraira:</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Prophet said, "While a man was riding a cow, it turned towards him and said, 'I have not been created for this purpose (i.e. carrying), I have been created for sloughing.l" The Prophet added, "I, Abu Bakr and 'Umar believe in the story." The Prophet went on, "A wolf caught a sheep, and when the shepherd chased it, the wolf said, 'Who will be its guard on the day of wild beasts, when there will be no shepherd for it except me?' "After narrating it, the Prophet said, "I, Abu Bakr and 'Umar too believe it." Abu Salama (a sub-narrator) said, "Abu Bakr and 'Umar were not present then."</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">It has been written that a wolf also spoke to one of the companions of the Prophet near Medina as narrated in </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Fath-al-Bari</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">:Narrated Unais bin 'Amr: Ahban bin Aus said, "I was amongst my sheep. Suddenly a wolf caught a sheep and I shouted at it. The wolf sat on its tail and addressed me, saying, 'Who will look after it (i.e. the sheep) when you will be busy and not able to look after it? Do you forbid me the provision which Allah has provided me?' " Ahban added, "I clapped my hands and said, 'By Allah, I have never seen anything more curious and wonderful than this!' On that the wolf said, 'There is something (more curious) and wonderful than this; that is, Allah's Apostle in those palm trees, inviting people to Allah (i.e. Islam).' "Unais bin 'Amr further said, "Then Ahban went to Allah's Apostle and informed him what happened and embraced Islam.)" palm trees or other trees and share the fruits with me."</span></span></div><h3 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span class="style3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">The Prophet's</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> </span></span></span><span class="style3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Night</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> Journey to Jerusalem</span></span></span></span></strong><span class="style3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> (Arabic: </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Israa</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">) </span></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">and Ascent to the Heavens</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> (Arabic: </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Miraj</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">)</span></span></span></span></h3><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Volume 5, Book 58, Number 228:</span></span></i></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Regarding the Statement of Allah"</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"And We granted the vision (Ascension to the heavens) which We made you see (as an actual eye witness) was only made as a trial for the people."</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> (17.60)</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Ibn Abbas added: The sights which Allah's Apostle was shown on the Night Journey when he was taken to Bait-ul Maqdis (i.e. Jerusalem) were actual sights, (not dreams). And the Cursed Tree (mentioned) in the Quran is the tree of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Zaqqum</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> (itself) .</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></i></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Volume 4, Book 54, Number 462:</span></span></i></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Narrated Ibn Abbas:</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Prophet said, "On the night of my Ascent to the Heaven, I saw Moses who was a tall brown curly-haired man as if he was one of the men of Shan'awa tribe, and I saw Jesus, a man of medium height and moderate complexion inclined to the red and white colors and of lank hair. I also saw Malik, the gate-keeper of the (Hell) Fire and Ad-Dajjal amongst the signs which Allah showed me." (The Prophet then recited the Holy Verse): "So be not you in doubt of meeting him' when you met Moses during the night of Mi'raj over the heavens" (32.23)</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Narrated Anas and Abu Bakra: "The Prophet said, "The angels will guard Medina from Ad-Dajjal (who will not be able to enter the city of Medina)."</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Volume 5, Book 58, Number 227:</span></span></em></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Narrated Abbas bin Malik:</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Malik bin Sasaa said that Allah's Apostle described to them his Night Journey saying, "While I was lying in Al-Hatim or Al-Hijr, suddenly someone came to me and cut my body open from here to here." I asked Al-Jarud who was by my side, "What does he mean?" He said, "It means from his throat to his pubic area," or said, "From the top of the chest." The Prophet further said, "He then took out my heart. Then a gold tray of Belief was brought to me and my heart was washed and was filled (with Belief) and then returned to its original place. Then a white animal which was smaller than a mule and bigger than a donkey was brought to me." (On this Al-Jarud asked, "Was it the Buraq, O Abu Hamza?" I (i.e. Anas) replied in the affirmative). The Prophet said, "The animal's step (was so wide that it) reached the farthest point within the reach of the animal's sight. I was carried on it, and Gabriel set out with me till we reached the nearest heaven.</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">When he asked for the gate to be opened, it was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has Muhammad been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened, and when I went over the first heaven, I saw Adam there. Gabriel said (to me). 'This is your father, Adam; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious son and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me till we reached the second heaven. Gabriel asked for the gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel answered in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened.</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">When I went over the second heaven, there I saw Yahya (i.e. John) and 'Isa (i.e. Jesus) who were cousins of each other. Gabriel said (to me), 'These are John and Jesus; pay them your greetings.' So I greeted them and both of them returned my greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the third heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed, what an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened, and when I went over the third heaven there I saw Joseph. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is Joseph; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the fourth heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed, what an excel lent visit his is!'</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The gate was opened, and when I went over the fourth heaven, there I saw Idris. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is Idris; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the fifth heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel.' It was asked. 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said He is welcomed, what an excellent visit his is! So when I went over the fifth heaven, there I saw Harun (i.e. Aaron), Gabriel said, (to me). This is Aaron; pay him your greetings.' I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the sixth heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked. 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. It was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!'</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">When I went (over the sixth heaven), there I saw Moses. Gabriel said (to me),' This is Moses; pay him your greeting. So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.' When I left him (i.e. Moses) he wept. Someone asked him, 'What makes you weep?' Moses said, 'I weep because after me there has been sent (as Prophet) a young man whose followers will enter Paradise in greater numbers than my followers.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the seventh heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel.' It was asked,' Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!'</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">So when I went (over the seventh heaven), there I saw Abraham. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is your father; pay your greetings to him.' So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious son and pious Prophet.' Then I was made to ascend to </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Sidrat-ul-Muntaha</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> (i.e. the Lote Tree of the utmost boundary) Behold! Its fruits were like the jars of Hajr (i.e. a place near Medina) and its leaves were as big as the ears of elephants. Gabriel said, 'This is the Lote Tree of the utmost boundary) . Behold ! There ran four rivers, two were hidden and two were visible, I asked, 'What are these two kinds of rivers, O Gabriel?' He replied,' As for the hidden rivers, they are two rivers in Paradise and the visible rivers are the Nile and the Euphrates.'</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Then </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Al-Bait-ul-Ma'mur</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> (i.e. the Sacred House) was shown to me and a container full of wine and another full of milk and a third full of honey were brought to me. I took the milk. Gabriel remarked, 'This is the Islamic religion which you and your followers are following.' Then the prayers were enjoined on me: They were fifty prayers a day. When I returned, I passed by Moses who asked (me), 'What have you been ordered to do?' I replied, 'I have been ordered to offer fifty prayers a day.' Moses said, 'Your followers cannot bear fifty prayers a day, and by Allah, I have tested people before you, and I have tried my level best with Bani Israel (in vain). Go back to your Lord and ask for reduction to lessen your followers' burden.' So I went back, and Allah reduced ten prayers for me. Then again I came to Moses, but he repeated the same as he had said before. Then again I went back to Allah and He reduced ten more prayers. When I came back to Moses he said the same, I went back to Allah and He ordered me to observe ten prayers a day. When I came back to Moses, he repeated the same advice, so I went back to Allah and was ordered to observe five prayers a day.</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">When I came back to Moses, he said, 'What have you been ordered?' I replied, 'I have been ordered to observe five prayers a day.' He said, 'Your followers cannot bear five prayers a day, and no doubt, I have got an experience of the people before you, and I have tried my level best with Bani Israel, so go back to your Lord and ask for reduction to lessen your follower's burden.' I said, 'I have requested so much of my Lord that I feel ashamed, but I am satisfied now and surrender to Allah's Order.' When I left, I heard a voice saying, 'I have passed My Order and have lessened the burden of My Worshippers."</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="MsoNormal style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Courtesy: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/prophetsmiracles.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/prophetsmiracles.html</span></a></span></div>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-89972965529758454162010-07-15T20:01:00.001+04:002010-07-15T20:24:30.843+04:00Description of the Prophet Muhammad (Sal-lal-lahu-alaihi-wa-sallam)<div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="style2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The following is an excerpt from the book entitled "The Message of Mohammad", by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Athar Husain</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">. Among other things, it talks about some of the personal characteristics of the prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him), the final messenger of Allah (God). It has been edited slightly in order to reduce it's length. Care has been taken not to change the content inshallah. The topics include:</span></span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><ul class="style4"><li><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/nobleQualities.html#appearance" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Appearance</span></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/nobleQualities.html#dress" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Dress</span></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/nobleQualities.html#mode" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Mode of living</span></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/nobleQualities.html#manners" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">His manners and disposition</span></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/nobleQualities.html#children" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Children</span></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/nobleQualities.html#daily" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Daily routine</span></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/nobleQualities.html#trust" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Trust in Allah</span></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/nobleQualities.html#justice" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Justice</span></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/nobleQualities.html#equality" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Equality</span></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/nobleQualities.html#kindness" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Kindness to animals</span></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://abdurrahman.org/seerah/nobleQualities.html#love" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Love for the poor</span></span></a></li>
</ul></div><hr align="JUSTIFY" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;" /><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><h2 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1690958287405899775&postID=8997296552975845416" name="appearance"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Appearance</span></span></span></a></h2><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Muhammad (pbuh) was of a height a little above the average. He was of sturdy build with long muscular limbs and tapering fingers. The hair of his head was long and thick with some waves in them. His forehead was large and prominent, his eyelashes were long and thick, his nose was sloping, his mouth was somewhat large and his teeth were well set. His cheeks were spare and he had a pleasant smile. His eyes were large and black with a touch of brown. His beard was thick and at the time of his death, he had seventeen gray hairs in it. He had a thin line of fine hair over his neck and chest. He was fair of complexion and altogether was so handsome that Abu Bakr composed this couplet on him:</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"as there is no darkness in the moonlit night so is Mustafa, the well-wisher, bright."</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">His gait was firm and he walked so fast that others found it difficult to keep pace with him. His face was genial but at times, when he was deep in thought, there there were long periods of silence, yet he always kept himself busy with something. He did not speak unnecessarily and what he said was always to the point and without any padding. At times he would make his meaning clear by slowly repeating what he had said. His laugh was mostly a smile. He kept his feelings under firm control - when annoyed, he would turn aside or keep silent, when pleased he would lower his eyes (Shamail Tirmizi).</span></span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><hr align="JUSTIFY" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;" /><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><h2 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1690958287405899775&postID=8997296552975845416" name="dress"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Dress</span></span></span></a></h2><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">His dress generally consisted of a shirt, tamad (trousers), a sheet thrown round the sholders and a turban. On rare occasions, he would put on costly robes presented to him by foreign emissaries in the later part of his life (Ahmed, Musnad, Hafiz Bin Qaiyyam).</span></span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">His blanket had several patches (Tirmizi). He had very few spare clothes, but he kept them spotlessy clean (Bukhari). He wanted others also to put on simple but clean clothes. Once he saw a person putting on dirty clothes and remarked,</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Why can't this man wash them."</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> (Abu Dawud, Chapter "Dress").</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">On another occasion he enquired of a person in dirty clothes whether he had any income. Upon getting a reply in the affirmative, he observed,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"When Allah has blessed you with His bounty, your appearence should reflect it." </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Abu Dawud)</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He used to observe:</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Cleanliness is piety".</span></span></em></blockquote></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><hr align="JUSTIFY" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;" /><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><h2 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1690958287405899775&postID=8997296552975845416" name="mode"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Mode of living</span></span></span></a></h2><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">His house was but a hut with walls of unbaked clay and a thatched roof of palm leaves covered by camel skin. He had separate apartments for his wives, a small room for each made of similar materials. His own apartment contained a rope cot, a pillow stuffed with palm leaves , the skin of some animal spread on the floor and a water bag of leather and some weapons. These were all his earthly belongings, besides a camel, a horse, and an ass and some land which he had aquired in the later part of his life (Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud). Once a few of his disciples, noticing the imprint of his mattress on his body, wished to give him a softer bed but he politely declined the offer saying,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"What have I to do with worldly things. My connection with the world is like that of a traveler resting for a while underneath the shade of a tree and then moving on."</span></span></em></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Amr Ibn Al-Harith, a brother in law of the prophet (pbuh), says that when the prophet died, he did not leave a cent, a slave man or woman, or any property except his white mule, his weapons and a piece of land which he had dedicated for the good of the community (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari).</span></span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He advised the people to live simple lives and himself practised great austerities. Even when he had become the virtual king of arabia, he lived an austere life bordering on privation. His wife Aiysha (ra) says that there was hardly a day in his life when he had two square meals (Muslim, Sahih Muslim, Vol.2, pg 198). When he died there was nothing in his house except a few seeds of barley left from a mound of the grain obtained from a Jew by pawning his armour (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari, Chapter "Aljihad").</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He had declared unlawful for himself and his family anything given by the people by way of zakat or sadaqa (types of charity). He was so particular about this that he would not appoint any member of his family as a zakat collector (Sahah-Kitab Sadqat).</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><hr align="JUSTIFY" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;" /><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><h2 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1690958287405899775&postID=8997296552975845416" name="manners"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">His manners and disposition</span></span></span></a></h2><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><blockquote class="style4"><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"By the grace of Allah, you are gentle towards the people; if you had been stern and ill-tempered, they would have dispersed from round about you" </span></span></em></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(translation of </span></span><a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/003.qmt.html#003.159" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Qur'an 3:159</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">)</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">About himself the prophet (pbuh) said</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Allah has sent me as an apostle so that I may demonstrate perfection of character, refinement of manners and loftiness of deportment." </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Malik, Mawatta; Ahmed, Musnad; Mishkat)</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">By nature he was gentle and kind hearted, always inclined to be gracious and to overlook the faults of others. Politeness and courtesy, compassion and tenderness, simplicity and humility, sympathy and sincerity were some of the keynotes of his character. In the cause of right and justice he could be resolute and severe but more often than not, his severity was tempered with generosity. He had charming manners which won him the affection of his followers and secured their devotion. Though virtual king of Arabia and an apostle of Allah, he never assumed an air of superiority. Not that he had to conceal any such vein by practice and artifice: with fear of Allah, sincere humility was ingrained in his heart. He used to say,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"I am a Prophet of Allah but I do not know what will be my end." </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari, Chapter "Al-Janaiz")</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">In one of his sermons calculated to instill the fear of Allah and the day of reckoning in the hearts of men, he said,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"O people of Quraish be prepared for the hereafter, I cannot save you from the punishment of Allah; O Bani Abd Manaf, I cannot save you from Allah; O Abbas, son of Abdul Mutalib, I cannot protect you either; O Fatima, daughter of Muhammad, even you I cannot save." </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Sahahin)</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He used to pray,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"O Allah! I am but a man. If I hurt any one in any manner, then forgive me and do not punish me." </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Ahmed, Musnad, Vol. 6 pg. 103)</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He always received people with courtesy and showed respect to older people and stated:</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"To honor an old man is to show respect to Allah."</span></span></em></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He would not deny courtesy even to wicked persons. It is stated that a person came to his house and asked permission for admission. The prophet (pbuh) remarked that he was not a good person but might be admitted. When he came in and while he remained in the house, he was shown full courtesy. When he left Aiysha (ra) said,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"You did not think well of this man, but you treated him so well."</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The prophet (pbuh) replied,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"He is a bad person in the sight of Allah who does not behave courteously and people shun his company bacause of his bad manners." </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari)</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He was always the first to greet another and would not withdraw his hand from a handshake till the other man withdrew his. If one wanted to say something in his ears, he would not turn away till one had finished (Abu Dawud, Tirmizi). He did not like people to get up for him and used to say,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Let him who likes people to stand up in his honour, he should seek a place in hell." </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Abu Dawud, Kitabul Adab, Muhammadi Press, Delhi).</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He would himself, however, stand up when any dignitary came to him. He had stood up to receive the wet nurse who had reared him in infancy and had spread his own sheet for her. His foster brother was given similar treatment. He avoided sitting at a prominent place in a gathering, so much so that people coming in had difficulty in spotting him and had to ask which was the Prophet (pbuh). Quite frequently uncouth bedouins accosted him in their own gruff and impolite manner but he never took offence. (Abu Dawud Kitabul Atama).</span></span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He used to visit the poorest of ailing persons and exhorted all muslims to do likewise (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari, Chapter "Attendance on ailing persons"). He would sit with the humblest of persons saying that righteousness alone was the criterion of one's superiority over another. He invariably invited people be they slaves, servants or the poorest believers, to partake with him of his scanty meals (Tirmizi, Sunan Tirmizi).</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Whenever he visited a person he would first greet him and then take his permission to enter the house. He advised the people to follow this etiquette and not to get annoyed if anyone declined to give permission, for it was quite likely the person concerned was busy otherwise and did not mean any disrespect (Ibid).</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">There was no type of household work too low or too undignified for him. Aiysha (ra) has stated,</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><blockquote class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"He always joined in household work and would at times mend his clothes, repair his shoes and sweep the floor. He would milk, tether, and feed his animals and do the household shopping." (Qazi Iyaz: Shifa; Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari, Chapter: Kitabul Adab)</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He would not hesitate to do the menial work of others, particularly of orphans and widows (Nasi, Darmi). Once when there was no male member in the house of the companion Kabab Bin Arat who had gone to the battlefield, he used to go to his house daily and milk his cattle for the inhabitants (Ibn Saad Vol. 6, p 213).</span></span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><hr align="JUSTIFY" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;" /><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><h2 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1690958287405899775&postID=8997296552975845416" name="children"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Children</span></span></span></a></h2><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He was especially fond of children and used to get into the spirit of childish games in their company. He would have fun with the children who had come back from Abyssinia and tried to speak in Abyssinian with them. It was his practice to give lifts on his camel to children when he returned from journeys (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 2 pg.886). He would pick up children in his arms, play with them, and kiss them. A companion, recalling his childhood, said,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"In my childhood I used to fell dates by throwing stones at palm trees. Somebody took me to the Prophet (pbuh) who advised me to pick up the dates lying on the ground but not to fell them with stones. He then patted me and blessed me." (Abu Dawud)</span></span></blockquote></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><hr align="JUSTIFY" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;" /><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><h2 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1690958287405899775&postID=8997296552975845416" name="daily"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Daily routine</span></span></span></a></h2><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">On the authority of Ali, Tirmizi has recorded that the Prophet (pbuh) had carefully apportioned his time according to the demands on him for</span></span></span><br />
<ol class="style4"><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">offering worship to Allah</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">public affairs, and</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">personal matters.</span></span></li>
</ol><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">After the early morning prayers he would remain sitting in the mosque reciting praises of Allah till the sun rose and more people collected. He would then preach to them. After the sermons were over, he would talk genially with the people, enquire about their welfare and even exchange jokes with them. Taxes and revenues were also disrtibuted at this time (Muslim, Sahih Muslim Tirmizi, Sunan Tirmizi). He would then offer chaste prayers and go home and get busy with household work (Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmizi). He would again return to the mosque for the mid-day and afternoon prayers, listen to the problems of the people and give solace and guidance to them. After the afternoon prayers, he would visit each of his wives and, after the evening prayers, his wives would collect at one place and he would have his dinner (Muslim, Sahih Muslim). After the night prayers, he would recite some suras of the Quran and before going to bed would pray:</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"O Allah, I die and live with thy name on my lips."</span></span></em></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">On getting up he would say,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"All praise to Allah Who has given me life after death and towards Whom is the return."</span></span></em></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He used to brush his teeth five times a day, before each of the daily prayers. After midnight, he used to get up for the tahajjud prayers which he never missed even once in his life (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari). He was not fastidious about his bed: sometimes he slept on his cot, sometimes on a skin or ordinary matress, and sometimes on the ground (Zarqani).</span></span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">On friday he used to give sermons after the weekly "Jumma" prayers. He was not annoyed if anyone interrupted him during the sermons for anything. It is stated that once, while he was delivering his sermon, a bedouin approached him and said, "O messenger of Allah, I am a traveler and am ignorant of my religion." The prophet (pbuh) got down from the pulpit, explained the salient features of Islam to him and then resumed the sermon (Tirmizi, Sunan Tirmizi).</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">On another occasion his grandson Husain, still a child, came tumbling to him while he was delivering a sermon. He descended and took him in his lap and then continued the sermon (Ibid).</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><hr align="JUSTIFY" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;" /><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><h2 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1690958287405899775&postID=8997296552975845416" name="trust"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Trust in Allah (swt)</span></span></span></a></h2><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Muhammad (pbuh) preached to the people to trust in Allah (swt). His whole life was a sublime example of the precept. In the loneliness of Makkah, in the midst of persecution and danger, in adversity and tribulations, and in the thick of enemies in the battles of Uhud and Hunain, complete faith and trust in Allah (swt) appears as the dominant feature in his life. However great the danger that confronted him, he never lost hope and never allowed himself to be unduly agitated. Abu Talib knew the feelings of the Quraish when the Prophet (pbuh) started his mission. He also knew the lengths to which the Quraish could go, and requested the Prophet (pbuh) to abandon his mission, but the latter calmly replied,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Dear uncle, do not go by my loneliness. Truth will not go unsupported for long. The whole of Arabia and beyond will one day espouse its cause." </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Ibn Hisham, Sirat-ur-Rasul.)</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">When the attitude of the Quraish became more threatening, Abu Talib again begged his nephew to renounce his mission but the Prophet's (pbuh) reply was:</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"O my uncle, if they placed the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left, to force me to renounce my work, verily I would not desist thereform until Allah made manifest His cause, or I perished in the attempt." </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Ibid)</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">To another well-wisher, he said,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Allah will not leave me forelorn."</span></span></em></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A dejected and oppressed disciple was comforted with the words:</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"By Allah, the day is near when this faith will reach its pinnacle and none will have to fear anyone except Allah."</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari)</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">It was the same trust in Allah (swt) which emboldened the prophet (pbuh) to say his prayers openly in the haram in the teeth of opposition. The Quraish were once collected there and were conspiring to put an end to his life when he next entered the haram. His young daughter Fatima, who happened to overhear their talk rushed weeping to her father and told him of the designs of the Quraish. He consoled her, did his ablutions and went to the Kaaba to say prayers. There was only consternation among the Quraish when they saw him (Ahmed, Musnad, Vol. 1, pg. 368).</span></span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Then leaving his house for Madinah he asked Ali (ra) to sleep on his bed and told him,</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Do not worry, no one will be able to do you any harm" </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Tabari, Ibn Hisham)</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Even though the enemies had surrounded the house, he left the house reciting the Quranic verse:</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"We have set a barricade before them and a barricade behind them and (thus) have covered them so that they see not" </span></span></em></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(translation of </span></span><a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/036.qmt.html#036.009" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Qur'an 36:9</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">)</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Abu Bakr was frightened when pursuers came close to the cavern in which he and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) were hiding during their flight, but the Prophet (pbuh) heartened him,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Grieve not. Allah is with us."</span></span></em></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A guard was kept at the Prophet's house in Madinah because of the danger that surrounded him but he had it withdrawn when the Quranic verse was revealed:</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Allah will protect you from the people" </span></span></em></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(translation of </span></span><a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/005.qmt.html#005.067" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Qur'an 5:67</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">).</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A man was caught waiting in ambush to assault the Prophet (pbuh) but he was directed to be released with the words,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Even if this man wanted to kill me, he could not." </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Ahmed, Musnad, Vol.3 pg. 471)</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A Jewess from Khaibar had put poison in the Prophet's (pbuh) food. He spat it out after taking a morsel but a disciple who had his fill died the next day. The Jewess was brought before the prophet (pbuh) who questioned her:</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Why did you do this?" "To kill you," was her defiant reply. She was told, "Allah would not have allowed you to do it."</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> (Muslim, Sahih Muslim.)</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">In the battle of Uhud when the rear guard action of the Makkan army had disorganized the Muslim army and had turned the tables, the Prophet (pbuh) stood as firm as a rock even though he had suffered personal injuries. When Abu Sufiyan taunted the Muslims and shouted "Victory to hubal!" (hubal was one of their idols), the Prophet (pbuh) asked Umar (ra) to shout back, "Allah is our protector and friend. You have no protector and friend. Allah is Great, Magnificent." (Ibn Hisham, Sirat-Ur-Rasul).</span></span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Again in the battle of Hunain, when the unexpected assault of the army had swept the Muslim force off its feet and a defeat seemed imminent, the Prophet (pbuh) did not yield ground. With trust in Allah (swt) he showed such courage that the Muslim army rallied behind him to win a signal victory.</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><hr align="JUSTIFY" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;" /><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><h2 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1690958287405899775&postID=8997296552975845416" name="justice"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Justice</span></span></span></a></h2><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Prophet (pbuh) asked people to be just and kind. As the supreme judge and arbiter, as the leader of men, as generalissimo of a rising power, as a reformer and apostle, he had always to deal with men and their affairs. He had often to deal with mutually inimical and warring tribes when showing justice to one carried the danger of antagonizing the other, and yet he never deviated from the path of justice. In administering justice, he made no distinction between believers and nonbelievers, friends and foes, high and low. From numerous instances reported in the traditions, a few are given below.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Sakhar, a chief of a tribe, had helped Muhammad (pbuh) greatly in the seige of Taif, for which he was naturally obliged to him. Soon after, two charges were brought against Sakhar: one by Mughira of illegal confinement of his (Mughira's) aunt and the other by Banu Salim of forcible occupation of his spring by Sakhar. In both cases, he decided against Sakhar and made him undo the wrong. (Abu Dawud, Sunan Dawud, pg.80)</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Abdullah Bin Sahal, a companion, was deputed to collect rent from Jews of Khaibar. His cousin Mahisa accompanied him but, on reaching Khaibar, they had separated. Abdullah was waylaid and done to death. Mahisa reported this tragedy to the Prophet (pbuh) but as there were no eye-witnesses to identify the guilty, he did not say anything to the Jews and paid the blood-money out of the state revenues (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari Nasai).</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A woman of the Makhzoom family with good connections was found guilty of theft. For the prestige of the Quraish, some prominent people including Asama Bin Zaid interceded to save her from punishment. The Prophet (pbuh) refused to condone the crime and expressed displeasure saying,</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Many a community ruined itself in the past as they only punished the poor and ignored the offences of the exalted. By Allah, if Muhammad's (My) daughter Fatima would have committed theft, her hand would have been severed." </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Bukhari, Sahh Bukhari, Chapter "Alhadood")</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Jews, in spite of their hostility to the Prophet (pbuh), were so impressed by his impartiallity and sense of justice that they used to bring their cases to him, and he decided them according to Jewish law. (Abu Dawud, Sunan Dawud)</span></span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Once, while he was distributing the spoils of war, people flocked around him and one man almost fell upon him. He pushed the men with a stick causing a slight abrasion. He was so sorry about this that he told the man that he could have his revenge, but the man said, "O messenger of Allah, I forgive you." (Abu Dawud, Kitablu Diyat).</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">In his fatal illness, the Prophet (pbuh) proclaimed in a concourse assembled at his house that if he owed anything to anyone the person concerned could claim it; if he had ever hurt anyone's person, honor or property, he could have his price while he was yet in this world. A hush fell on the crowd. One man came forward to claim a few dirhams which were paid at once. (Ibn Hisham, Sirat-ur-Rasul)</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><hr align="JUSTIFY" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;" /><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><h2 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1690958287405899775&postID=8997296552975845416" name="equality"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Equality</span></span></span></a></h2><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Muhammad (pbuh) asked people to shun notions of racial, family or any other form of superiority based on mundane things and said that righteousness alone was the criterion of one's superiority over another. It has already been shown how he mixed with everyone on equal terms, how he ate with slaves, servants and the poorest on the same sheet (a practice that is still followed in Arabia), how he refused all privileges and worked like any ordinary laborer. Two instances may, however, be quoted here:</span></span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Once the Prophet (pbuh) visited Saad Bin Abadah. While returning Saad sent his son Quais with him. The Prophet (pbuh) asked Quais to mount his camel with him. Quais hesitated out of respect but the Prophet (pbuh) insisted: </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Either mount the camel or go back." </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Quais decided to go back. (Abu Dawud, Kitabul Adab)</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">On another occasion he was traveling on his camel over hilly terrain with a disciple, Uqba Bin Aamir. After going some distance, he asked Uqba to ride the camel, but Uqba thought this would be showing disrespect to the Prophet (pbuh). But the Prophet (pbuh) insisted and he had to comply. The Prophet (pbuh) himself walked on foot as he did not want to put too much load on the animal. (Nasai pg. 803)</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The prisioners of war of Badr included Abbas, the uncle of the Prophet (pbuh). Some people were prepared to forgo their shares and remit the Prophet's (pbuh) ransom but he declined saying that he could make no distinctions. (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari, Chapter "Ransoms")</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">During a halt on a journey, the companions apportioned work among themselves for preparing food. The Prophet (pbuh) took upon himself the task of collecting firewood. His companions pleaded that they would do it and that he need not take the trouble, but he replied,</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"It is true, but I do not like to attribute any distinction to myself. Allah does not like the man who considers himself superior to his companions." </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Zarqani, Vol 4 pg. 306)</span></span></blockquote></div><hr align="JUSTIFY" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;" /><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"></div><h2 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1690958287405899775&postID=8997296552975845416" name="kindness"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Kindness to animals</span></span></span></a></h2><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Prophet (pbuh) not only preached to the people to show kindness to each other but also to all living souls. He forbade the practice of cutting tails and manes of horses, of branding animals at any soft spot, and of keeping horses saddled unnecessarily (Muslim, Sahih Muslim). If he saw any animal over-loaded or ill-fed he would pull up the owner and say,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Fear Allah in your treatment of animals." </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Abu Dawud, Kitab Jihad).</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A companion came to him with the young ones of a bird in his sheet and said that the mother bird had hovered over them all along. He was directed to replace her offspring in the same bush (Mishkat, Abu Dawud)</span></span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">During a journey, somebody picked up some birds eggs. The bird's painful note and fluttering attracted the attention of the Prophet (pbuh), who asked the man to replace the eggs (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari).</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">As his army marched towards Makkah to conquer it, they passed a female dog with puppies. The Prophet (pbuh) not only gave orders that they should not be disturbed, but posted a man to see that this was done.</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He stated,</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Verily, there is heavenly reward for every act of kindness done to a living animal."</span></span></em></blockquote></div><hr align="JUSTIFY" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;" /><h2 align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=1690958287405899775&postID=8997296552975845416" name="love"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Love for the poor</span></span></span></a></h2><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Prophet (pbuh) enjoined upon Muslims to treat the poor kindly and to help them with alms, zakat, and in other ways. He said:</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"He is not a perfect muslim who eats his fill and lets his neighbor go hungry."</span></span></em></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He asked,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Do you love your Creator? Then love your fellow beings first."</span></span></em></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Monopoly is unlawful in Islam and he preached that</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"It is diffucult for a man laden with riches to climb the steep path that leads to bliss."</span></span></em></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He did not prohibit or discourage the aquisition of wealth but insisted that it be lawfully aquired by honest means and that a portion of it would go to the poor. He advised his followers</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"To give the laborer his wages before his perspiration dried up."</span></span></em></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">He did not encourage beggary either and stated that</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Allah is gracious to him who earns his living by his own labor, and that if a man begs to increase his property, Allah will diminish it and whoever has food for the day, it is prohibited for him to beg."</span></span></em></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">To his wife he said,</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"O Aysha, love the poor and let them come to you and Allah will draw you near to Himself." </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari)</span></span></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">One or two instances of the Prophet's (pbuh) concern for the poor may be given here. A Madinan, Ibad Bin Sharjil, was once starving. He entered an orchard and picked some fruit. The owner of the orchard gave him a sound beating and stripped off his clothes. The poor man appealed to the Prophet (pbuh) who remonstrated the owner thus:</span></span></span><br />
<blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"This man was ignorant, you should have dispelled his ignorance; he was hungry, you should have fed him."</span></span></em></blockquote><span class="style4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">His clothes were restored to the Madinan and, in addition, some grain was given to him (Abu Dawud, Kitabul Jihad).</span></span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A debtor, Jabir Bin Abdullah, was being harassed by his creditor as he could not clear his debt owing to the failure of his date crop. The Prophet (pbuh) went with Jabir to the house of the creditor and pleaded with him to give Jabir some more time but the creditor was not prepared to oblige. The Prophet (pbuh) then went to the oasis and having seen for himself that the crop was really poor, he again approached the creditor with no better result. He then rested for some time and approached the creditor for a third time but the latter was adamant. The Prophet (pbuh) went again to the orchard and asked Jabir to pluck the dates. As Allah would have it, the collection not only sufficed to clear the dues but left something to spare (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari).</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style2" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">His love for the poor was so deep that he used to pray:</span></span></div><div align="justify" class="style3" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><blockquote class="style4"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"O Allah, keep me poor in my life and at my death and raise me at resurrection among those who are poor." </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Nasai, Chapter: Pardon)</span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> Courtesy: abdurrahman.org</span></div>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-56555376227211592072010-07-15T19:48:00.003+04:002010-07-15T20:17:33.051+04:00Occasions on which Salaah should be sent upon the Messenger of Allah<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are those occasions when it is legislated that salaah should be sent upon the Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Imaam Ibnul-Qayyim </span>(rahimahullaah) mentioned in his book</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 17px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jalaa’ul-Afhaam fis-Salaat was-salaam ‘alaa Khayril-An’aam</span></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(A Clarification for the Intellects Regarding Sending Blessings and Peace on the Best of Creation)</span></span></span><br />
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<div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. At the conclusion of the qunoot</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. In the funeral Prayer</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. In the khutab (sermons) such as the Friday khutba and the khutba delivered on the day of ‘Eid</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. When responding to the call of the mu`adhdhin and when standing for prayer</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. When making du’aa (supplication)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. When entering and exiting the mosque</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. In the gatherings of the people, before they depart</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. When his (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) name is mentioned, and the scholars have differed regarding this</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. When leaving from a sitting to which one was invited</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. When concluding a sitting</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. When writing his (salallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) name</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. During the nikkah</span></span></div>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-15496123427808471972010-07-12T17:25:00.002+04:002010-07-12T17:31:16.253+04:00Inter-relation between the Qur’an, the Sunnah and the Hadith<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">By Maulana Amin Ahsan Islahi</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Qur’ān and the Sunnah and the Hadīth are interconnected. Internally, the Sunnah and the Ḥadīth are a body to the soul – the Qur’ān. Apparently, however, the Sunnah and the Hadīth provide details to the compact Qur’ān: their interrelation is that of detail and brevity. Both the Qur’ān and the Sunnah are equally important as far as the question of practicing the religion is concerned. We cannot separate the two. Following either is an obligation of equal degree.</span></span><br />
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<div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Qur’ān marks the limits and outlines of the picture of believers’ life pattern and specifies the boundaries. It leaves the task of colouring and complementing the pattern for the Prophet (sws): it is for the Sunnah to give concrete shape and provide practical form to the believers’ life. The Qur’ānic teachings are, therefore, confined to a comprehensive treatment of the principle teachings of Islam. We do not find the requisite details and specifics of any fundamental issue in the Book for which we have to refer to the Sunnah and the Hadīth.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Same is the case with the other worship rituals, social affairs, economic issues, political matters, and penal codes. We can form an overall picture of the sharī‘ah directives concerning these issues as they are mentioned in the Qur’ān. However, it is only the Sunnah that colours and completes the picture. This is not applicable to each and every directive of the Qur’ān. It would be hard to say that we need to turn to the Sunnah in an effort to understand all the directives contained in the Qur’ān. It is, nevertheless, clear that if any aspect of a directive requires further examination then the only helpful source is the Hadīth and the Sunnah.</span></span></div><div class="TextBold" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Prophet (sws): the Divine Teacher of the Sharī‘ah</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Prophet (sws) did not carry out the task of filling out the outline of life as an additional voluntary service. It was his primary duty as the Messenger of God. His status as a teacher is one of the fundamental aspects of his position as a Messenger of God. This means that whatever he taught and told people is not excluded from his duty as the Messenger nor is it of lesser status than the Book. The Qur’ān clearly says that he was not a mere reciter or communicator of the Book of God; he was a teacher of the Book and its explicator:</span></span></div><div class="EnglishQuote" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">It is He who sent to the unlettered people a messenger of their own who recites to them His verses, and purifies them, and teaches them the sharī‘ah and the wisdom; although before his advent they were in manifest error. (Q 62:2)</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Prophet (sws) not only explicated the verses containing the Divine directives but also explained the subtle points of ḥikmah (wisdom) buried within the Book of God. The following Hadīth refers to this very quality of the Prophet (sws): “I have been granted the Qur’ān and with it something similar to it.”</span><a class="FootNoteLink" href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232#1." id="1" style="font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: super;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">1</span></a></span></div><div class="Paragraph" dir="ltr" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The above discussions show that the Sunnah is equal to the Qur’ān for it enjoys historical reliability of an equal degree. If the Qur’ān has been orally transmitted through generality to generality (tawātur-i qawlī), the Sunnah too has been handed down, practically, through perpetual adherence of the ummah with consensus (tawātur-i ‘amalī). We cannot grade and set a preference for either and cannot characterize either with relegation or elevation. Both sources are equally important when it comes to the question of following the religion of Islam.</span></span></div><div class="TextBold" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Genesis of the Extremist Positions on Authoritativeness of the Ḥadīth</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The foregoing discussion shows the natural interrelation between the Qur’ān, the Hadīth and the Sunnah. However, during the early history of Islam, narrating Aḥādīth was an extremely popular activity. This popularity remained ever increasing. This made many insincere people narrate Aḥādīth without investigating the authenticity of the reports. This gave rise to a huge number of weak Aḥādīth. Consequently some believers felt disinclined to a ready acceptance of Aḥādīth. They publically expressed their views regarding the traditions. They would ask people to base their religious views on the Qur’ān only. Various historical narratives detail such discussions. I would, however, confine my discussion to one pertinent historical narrative. This will help us understand how and when extreme positions in this regard originated.</span></span></div><div class="EnglishQuote" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Ḥasan narrates that ‘Imrān ibn Ḥuṣayn was once sitting among his Companions (rta). Someone said: “Do not talk of anything other than the Qur’ān.” ‘Imrān ibn Ḥuṣayn asked [those present]: “Bring this man closer to me.” The man came near him. ‘Imrān said to him: “Suppose you are left only with the Qur’ān. Do you find any information in the Book that explains that the ẓuhr and ‘asr Prayers consist of four rak‘āt, and maghrib of three and that you need to recite the Qur’ān in the first two rak‘ah. Similarly, do you see anything in the Qur’ān guiding us to circumambulate the Ka‘bah seven times along with the circumambulation of the Ṣafā and Marwah [while offering ḥajj and ‘umrah]?” Then he said: “People learn from us, lest you go astray.”</span><a class="FootNoteLink" href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232#2." id="2" style="font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: super;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">2</span></a></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">At one end of the extreme, we see an aversion towards aḥādīth. In reaction to this stance, there stands another group of scholars who showed lack of interest in the Qur’ān. They advocated sticking to Aḥādīth in the extreme. Some of these people openly declared that Aḥādīth had to be preferred over the Qur’ān. Makḥūl, in one of his famous saying, tells us: “The Qur’ān is more in need of the Sunnah (aḥwaj ’ilā al-sunnah) than the Sunnah is of the Qur’ān.”</span><a class="FootNoteLink" href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232#3." id="3" style="font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: super;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">3</span></a></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">This means that, according to Makḥūl, the Sunnah does not depend on the Qur’ān more than the Qur’ān depends on it. This view gives obvious preference to the Sunnah over the Qur’ān. It is obviously the worst form of exaggeration. This view continued to grow till the point when statements like the following were issued: It has been reported that Yaḥyā ibn Kathīr said: “The Sunnah rules over the Qur’ān (qāḍiyah ‘alā al-kitāb) and the Qur’ān does not rule over the Sunnah (qāḍiyan ‘alā al-sunnah).</span><a class="FootNoteLink" href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232#4." id="4" style="font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: super;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">4</span></a></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">In other words, God forbid, the Prophet (sws) rules over Allah and not the vice versa. One exaggeration no doubt leads to another severer exaggeration; errors always spawn errors.</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">In fact when aḥādīth became a dear commodity in the market, people started presenting worthless statements as Prophetic sayings. A group of scholars reacted to this situation and expressed their disapproval of this practice. They found some zealot followers of their view who, in turn, did not stop before reaching at even worse exaggerations. This phenomenon left us in the state where the Qur’ān and the Sunnah became two opposing and mutually contradicting sources.</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">One wonders what is the use of the Sunnah in the absence of the Qur’ān? What would be its foundations? We know that the Sunnah is grounded in the Qur’ān. The edifice of the Sunnah cannot be erected in the absence of the Qur’ān, its foundation. The truth of the matter is that both the Sunnah and the Qur’ān are interrelated. The Sunnah is to the Qur’ān as the building is to the foundation or as body is to soul. Another kind of interrelation between the two is that of brevity (the Qur’ān) and detail (the Sunnah). Both spring from the same source, are interdependent and equally indispensable for the believers.</span></span></div><div class="TextBold" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Aḥādīth and the Sunnah cannot abrogate the Qur’ān</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">God has mercifully continued raising people in the ummah who have shown the right path to the believers guiding them out of the traps of exaggerating squabblers. When this dispute over the interrelation of the Qur’ān and the Hadīth arose, the Almighty blessed some individuals with the power to protect and promote a balanced approach. The man who fulfilled this duty in a most beautiful manner is Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, the greatest servant of the discipline who excelled in the knowledge of the Prophetic traditions. When such exaggerations regarding the status of the Sunnah, in relation to the Qur’ān, were brought to his notice, he explained the correct view. Faḍl ibn Ziyād reports:</span></span></div><div class="EnglishQuote" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal respond to a question about the Hadīth</span><a class="FootNoteLink" href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232#5." id="5" style="font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: super;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">5</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> which says that the Sunnah overrules the Qur’ān in the following words: “I dare not say so. However, the Sunnah explicates the Book, defines and explains it.”</span><a class="FootNoteLink" href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232#6." id="6" style="font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: super;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">6</span></a></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal believes that the Sunnah explicates, explains and defines the Qur’ān. A Hadīth or a Sunnah can never abrogate the Qur’ān. To him, the importance of the Sunnah and the Hadīth is recognized. It cannot be denied by a believer. However, the claim that they overrule the Qur’ān is absolutely baseless.</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">As for Aḥādīth, they lack soundness in so many ways that they cannot abrogate a conclusive source such as the Qur’ān. The belief that they can abrogate the Qur’ān is absolutely against reason and intellect. I have referred to the inherent weakness involved in the transmission of Aḥādīth in our discussion on the difference between the Hadīth and the Sunnah. This discussion suffices as a referent and repetition would be redundant.</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Sunnah, though not weak in those aspects, too cannot abrogate the Qur’ān. The Messenger of God was never allowed even to introduce the slightest change in the Qur’ānic text. We learn from the history of the Prophetic struggle that the Quraysh refused to accept and believe in the Qur’ān until the Prophet (sws) altered it for them. The Prophet (sws) was commanded by God to respond to this demand in the following words:</span></span></div><div class="EnglishQuote" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Tell them it is not my right to change it on my own accord. (10:15)</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Qur’ān is the word of God. None other than the author can change and alter it. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">There are, no doubt, instances of abrogation in the Book. However, all the changes made in the directives of the Book were introduced by the Author Himself. Both the abrogating and the abrogated verses are part of the Qur’ān. The Messenger was obliged by God to perfectly communicate to the people what was given to him, without altering it. He was obligated to explain to the believers whatever part required an explanation. He could not make the slightest change possible in it. He had no right to change it. If the Messenger is not given the right to alter the word of God, how can we validly give a Hadīth ascribed to him or a Sunnah attributed to him the right to abrogate the Book.</span></span></div><div class="TextBold" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Can a Sunnah or a Ḥadīth specify a General Command of the Book?</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Can a Hadīth or a Sunnah specify and restrict the application of a Qur’ānic verse or not, is another question. By specification (takhṣīṣ), we mean restricting application of a general command (muṭlaq) of the Book of God in any degree. This question calls for a detailed answer which follows:</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">i. The specifications affected by Aḥādīth can be of many degrees and kinds. A Hadīth, in some cases, specifies the application of a general command of the Qur’ān, excluding its application to a matter which the text itself excludes, though subtly. In such cases, therefore, ignoring the subtle indications and including the unintended matter in the application would not be in accord with the principles of interpretation. It would entail negation of the implied meaning and intent of the text. Thus this type of specification is not only possible but desirable. Not only a Hadīth and a Sunnah but also independent reasoning and analogy can be used to specify the general application of the verses in such cases.</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">ii. If, however, a Hadīth restricts the application of the Qur’ānic directive and excludes the intended meaning, noticeably implied in the text, this specification would in fact be a new directive replacing the original one. Adopting such a Hadīth then would mean that we consider the new directive to be more forceful than the clear Qur’ānic injunction. It would not be an instance of simple specification. It would be a clear example of abrogation. We have already observed that it is not possible for even the Messenger of God to cancel the directives of the Qur’ān. This right then cannot be given to the Aḥādīth ascribed to him.</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">I intend to further illustrate this point with the help of an example. The Qur’ān commands that the hands of a thief be cut off. The Prophet (sws) said that if someone steals a thing worth less than a quarter of a dīnār, then his hands should not be cut. This exemplifies the first type of specification mentioned above. We see this Hadīth affects the application of the verse commanding cutting off hands of the thief. The narrative states that only such thieves may be punished by cutting their hands who steal more than a quarter of a dīnār. The related Qur’ānic directive follows:</span></span></div><div class="EnglishQuote" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Cut the hands of the thief – man (al-sāriq) or woman (al-sāriqah) – in recompense to what they earned and as an exemplary punishment from God. (5:38)</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The narrative that restricts its application to a certain type of thieves follows:</span></span></div><div class="EnglishQuote" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The hands of the thief may only be cut if he has stolen something worth at least a quarter of a dīnār. (Abū Dāwūd, No: 4384)</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The verse gives a general command. It requires cutting the hands of the thief (sāriq). The Hadīth does not allow us to apply the directive to thieves in general. It states that a thief may only be punished if he steals things worth at least equal to a quarter of a dīnār. This specification is, indeed, an explanation of the correct and intended meaning of the word al-sāriq (thief). The word al-sāriq is not applied to the one who picks up insignificant items. Sarqah (theft), according to the conventions of the Arabic language, is applied to stealing a secured and guarded asset of considerable value. This Hadīth offers a valid explanation of the original meaning of the word. This specification makes the true intention of the author clear and fixes and defines it. It removes the possibility of apparent ambiguity in the words of the verse. This is the true example of takhṣīṣ (specification).</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Umar (rta), the second caliph, specified the application of this general command. He exercised personal reasoning and analogy and suspended the application of the directive during the period of drought. He argued that, in such a situation, one might be compelled to commit theft out of irresistible want. This supports my understanding of the issue. I have held earlier that such a specification can be exercised by any mujtahid (jurist). This kind of specification will be equal to only a directive reached at through ijtihād. However, it must remain clear that the ijtihād reached by one of the Rightly Guided Caliphs holds great importance in the religion.</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The truth of the matter is that every general statement contains natural restrictions and specifications which are there ab initio. Take for example the verse of inheritance. The Almighty says:</span></span></div><div class="EnglishQuote" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Allah enjoins you concerning your children that the male shall have the equal of the portion of two females; if there are more than two females, they shall have two-thirds of what the deceased has left, and if there is one, she shall have the half; and as for his parents, each of them shall have the sixth of what he has left if he has a child, but if he has no child and (only) his two parents inherit him, then his mother shall have the third; but if he has brothers and sisters, then his mother shall have the sixth after the payment of a bequest he may have bequeathed or a debt. You do not know which of your parents and your children is nearer to you in usefulness. This is an ordinance from Allah: Surely Allah is Knowing, Wise. (4:11)</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The general nature of the verse demands that every father inherits property from his sons and every son inherits property from his father. However, there is a general specification implied in it. Thus, the difference in the religion of the deceased father/son or the heir son/father would remove the general nature of the directive. The difference in religious affiliation of the heir and the deceased obstructs the transfer of property as inheritance to the heir. The Prophet (sws) has expressed this specification in the following words:</span></span></div><div class="EnglishQuote" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A believer shall not inherit from a disbeliever; nor shall a disbeliever from a believer.”</span><a class="FootNoteLink" href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232#7." id="7" style="font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: super;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">7</span></a></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">General application of the Divine command regarding the punishment of cutting off hands of the thief is of the same nature. The relevant Qur’ānic verse apparently commands that the hands of every thief shall be cut off. It does not clearly require that the age and social and mental status of the accused and nature of the theft etc. are to be considered, while implementing the command. Yet, however, the implicit specification in this command of general nature is that the thief who is to get this punishment must be a mature man of sound mental health. Mentally ill persons, for example, cannot be punished. If someone is compelled by sheer need for necessities of life and commits theft, he cannot be punished. Similarly, the value of stolen things should also be assessed. Only the theft of a significant item should be punished. All these are taken as ab initio qualifications. The jurists (fuqahā) and the Prophetic traditions only make them more explicit for us.</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Another example of specification, rather of abrogation, relates to the punishment of adulterers mentioned in the Qur’ānic verse (Q 24:2) commonly referred to as the verse of flogging. Many scholars, based on some aḥādīth, restrict the application of the prescribed punishment to the unmarried offenders. The case of the married adulterers, it is held, has been stipulated in a different and severer punishment</span><a class="FootNoteLink" href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232#8." id="8" style="font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: super;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">8</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> independent of this Qur’ānic injunction. The wording of the verse, however, does not contain a slightest clue to this discrimination between the married and the unmarried criminals. The verse reads:</span></span></div><div class="EnglishQuote" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Al-zānī and al-zāniyah, flog each one of them with a hundred stripes. (24:2)</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The words al-zānī and al-zāniyah do not admit of any qualification. We cannot, therefore, exclude married criminals from the injunction while remaining true to the words of the verse. The verse clearly includes both married as well as unmarried zānīs. In the Arabic language, zinā is applied to the sexual intercourse committed out of wedlock by married as well as unmarried persons. The necessary elements of the definition of the word zinā apply both to the married and unmarried offenders. Besides, there is no inherent qualification found in this context as is the case with the definition and application of the word sarqah (theft) discussed above. There is no textual indication attached with the directive restricting the application of the command to unmarried people only. Therefore, we cannot say that married people have to be given a separate punishment, of stoning to death. This is not an instance of specification. It is rather a clear and explicit example of abrogation. We have already seen that no Sunnah or Hadīth can abrogate the Qur’ān.</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">If we try to understand the genesis of this misinterpretation and study the issue in the Hadīth literature, we learn that the Prophet (sws) extensively scrutinized the case of zinā involving Mā’iz Aslamī. He sought minute and specific details and asked very specific questions regarding the act. He was so direct that the jurists, based on this careful scrutiny and vigorous investigation by the Prophet (sws), could conclude that a judge may use naked, direct and immodest expressions while questioning the accused. I believe that this extensive questioning was done to remove the possibility of using the term in its general sense. It helps a judge to determine that the accused has really committed sexual intercourse, something that merits the prescribed punishment. This scrutiny and investigation into the nature of the act was not carried out to determine the marital status of the offender.</span></span></div><div class="Paragraph" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The jurists commonly hold that in the case of a valid instance of abrogation, the abrogator and the abrogated verses occur in succession, i.e., both the injunctions are not casually scattered in the Scripture. This serves to explain that the textual evidences, indicating that a directive is abrogated by a succeeding one, are put beside the abrogated command. They co-occur with the command from its inception. If something is purported to be an abrogator, without the support of such clear co-occurring indicators, then that is not an instance of specification but of abrogation. The conditions to be fulfilled in a valid instance of abrogation in the Qur’ān have been sufficiently explained in the foregoing pages. </span></span></div><div class="Text" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14pt; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(Translated from Mabādī Tadabbur-i Hadīth by Tariq Mahmood Hashmi)</span></div><div class="Text" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14pt; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">_________________________</span></span></div><div class="FootNote" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232#1" id="1."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">1.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> Aḥmad ibn ‘Alī Abū Bakr al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Al-Kifāyah fī ‘ilm al-riwāyah, (Hayderabad Deccan: Dā’irah al-ma‘ārif al-‘uthmāniyah, 1938), 8.</span></span></div><div class="FootNote" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14pt; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232#2" id="2."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">2.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> Ibid., 15.</span></div><div class="FootNote" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14pt; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232#3" id="3."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">3.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> Ibid., 14.</span></div><div class="FootNote" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14pt; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232#4" id="4."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">4.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> Ibid.</span></div><div class="FootNote" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14pt; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232#5" id="5."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">5.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> This can at best refer to the statement ascribed to Yạhyā ibn Kathīr. There is no such Hadīth which may be directly traced back to the Prophet (sws). (Author)</span></div><div class="FootNote" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14pt; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232#6" id="6."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">6.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> Al-Khaṭīb Al-Baghdādī, Al-Kifāyah fī ‘ilm al-riwāyah, 15.</span></div><div class="FootNote" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 14pt; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232#7" id="7."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">7.</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> Ibid., 13.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232#8" id="8."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">8.</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> It is held that only the married zānīs have to be stoned to death.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Courtesy: </span><a href="http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1232</span></a>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-3292496306315220152010-07-12T17:15:00.000+04:002010-07-12T17:15:54.848+04:00The Prophet and the Alcoholic<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">By Sheik Abdul Wahhab al Turayri</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">There was a man named `Abd Allah who loved Allah and His Messenger so much that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had to declare about him: "Indeed, he loves Allah and His Messenger." [</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Sahîh al-Bukhârî</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(6282)]</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">This man named `Abd Allah so loved the Prophet (peace be upon him) that he used to delight in presenting the Prophet with any delicacy that came to Medina, so when any merchant caravan arrived with something like butter or honey, he would take it for him as a gift. Later, when the seller demanded payment, `Abd Allah would bring the seller to the Prophet and say: "Give this man its price."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Prophet (peace be upon him) would then say: "Didn't you give it to me as a gift?"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">`Abd Allah would say: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah; however I cannot afford to pay."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The two of them would laugh together and then the Prophet (peace be upon him) would have the merchant paid.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">This was the type of close and jovial relationship that `Abd Allah and the Prophet had with each other.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">It remains to be said that `Abdullah was an alcoholic. He would often become so drunk that he had to be brought staggering through the streets before the Prophet (peace be upon him) to be sentenced for public drunkenness, and each time, the Prophet would rule to have the prescribed punishment carried out. This was a common occurrence.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">After `Abd Allah had departed from one of these all too frequent sentencings, one of the Companion's declared about `Abd Allah: "O Allah curse him! How often he is summoned for this!"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Prophet (peace be upon him): rebuked that Companion, saying: "Do not curse him, for I swear by Allah, if you only knew just how very much indeed he loves Allah and His Messenger." [</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Sahîh al-Bukhârî</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">(6282)] He then added: "Do not help Satan against your brother."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">We can learn a lot from the Prophet's attitude.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">We should reflect first upon the close and affectionate relationship this Companion enjoyed with the Prophet (peace be upon him), in spite of this Companion's shameful fault. Though the Prophet (peace be upon him) was who he was, it did not prevent him from relating to `Abd Allah in a familiar manner, of being his friend, and joking with him.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">This shows us that in the society envisioned by the Prophet (peace be upon him) people were not segregated into the pious and the sinners, with social interactions debarred between the two groups. Rather, it was a unified, inclusive society, where each person could be at a different level of piety. Some were at the forefront of righteousness, some were moderately pious, while others were prone to fall into sin. However, no one lived aloof from society, nor was anyone shunned. Everyone remained part of society.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">This inclusiveness meant that when some members of society fell into error, the effects of their mistakes were limited and short-lived. No one was marginalized, so there was no chance sinfulness to grow on society's "fringes". When anyone made a mistake, there was no end of brotherly support from others in society who were more than willing to lend a helping hand and get that person back on track.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Another lesson the Prophet's conduct shows us is the importance of maintaining a positive outlook. In spite of the fact that `Abd Allah was frequently being summoned before the Prophet (peace be upon him) for public drunkenness, the Prophet drew everyone's attention to one of Abd Allah's positive qualities – that he loved Allah and His Messenger. Yet, when we think about this particular quality, we find that it was not something unique for `Abd Allah, but a quality that all believers have in common. Nevertheless, the Prophet (peace be upon him) chose to praise `Abd Allah for this reason. In doing so, the Prophet could cultivate, encourage, and strengthen this quality in everyone. He also reminded them that if someone slips up, that person's faith and love of Allah is still intact.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">We can imagine how `Abd Allah must have felt when he learned that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said this about him. He must certainly felt it as an immense honor to have Allah's Messenger declare this about him. It served to help him overcome his bad habit and gave him hope, by confirming that his essential being was not permanently marred by the mistakes.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">It was the Prophet's way to point out the good qualities of those who sinned and fell into error. We sometimes forget this, and treat past sins as impenetrable barriers to future good. A person who commits a shameful deed is never allowed to live it down, but is instead often remembered only for that sin. We need to realize that this helps Satan to avail upon the sinner and get that person to sin again. The Prophet's approach, by contrast, inspires virtue. When reminded of `Abd Allah's frequent drunkenness, he boasted of that man's possessing the greatest virtue of loving Allah and His Messenger.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Finally, `Abd Allah had done something that was clearly wrong. There can be no doubt that `Abd Allah committed a sin. Imbibing intoxicants is a major sin, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) had often cursed wine. Nevertheless, after the Prophet had the prescribed sentence carried out upon `Abd Allah for his public drunkenness, he did not seek anything further against him. He saw any further reprimand to be helping Satan against the man. Rather, he turned everyone's attention to his merits that compensate for his shortcomings.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">This should give us pause, when we consider how harshly we sometimes behave in our disagreements with others whose transgressions are far less serious or certain than `Abd Allah's were. Sometimes, it is merely our opinion that someone has done something wrong and the matter is really open to other points of view, but we still have no hesitations about railing against our opponents with everything in our verbal arsenal. How far this is from the example set by the Prophet (peace be upon him), who when faced with a person committing an obvious sin, still found it better to speak good about that person. He still kept up his good relationship with that person, despite his shortcomings.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Prophet's conduct with `Abd Allah is an excellent example for us, full of valuable lessons regarding not only how we should treat one another, but how society can foster social bonds that are strong, wholesome, and nurturing, bonds which can serve to dissuade people from falling into sin.</span></span></span><br />
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</span></span>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-88103354465572603712010-07-10T20:17:00.000+04:002010-07-10T20:17:04.080+04:00An Announcement from Allah and His Messenger to the People of the World!<h3 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #84a988; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><i><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><b><i><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">{“And [it is] an announcement from Allaah The Exalted and His Messenger to the people on the day of the greater pilgrimage…” } </span></span></span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">[Quran 9:3]</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The verse implies an injunction that is addressed to all Muslims that they should announce to all the polytheists that Allaah The Almighty dissociates Himself from all those who associate partners with Him, abandon the Sunnah (tradition) of His Messenger, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and do not accept Islam as their religion and way of life</span></span></span><span dir="rtl" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">This verse addresses the believers as well as all other people; since announcing such a significant proclamation to all people is of great importance to all of them. Moreover, scholars hold different opinions concerning the timing of that proclamation that was identified in the verse. The opinion that is more likely to be the correct one suggests that the proclamation was made on the Day of An-Nahr (the 10th of Thul-Hijjah)</span></span></span><span dir="rtl" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">This great announcement was made in the year prior to the Farewell Hajj of the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, when Abu Bakr, may Allaah be pleased with him, was the leader of the pilgrims in that Hajj. It was narrated in Saheeh Al-Bukhaari and Saheeh Muslim, that the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, sent ‘Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, and commanded him to recite Surat At-Tawbah aloud to the people. ‘Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, recited the first thirty or forty verses of Surat At-Tawbah publicly to the people [the pilgrims in Mina]</span></span></span><span dir="rtl" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah, may Allaah be pleased with him, said, </span></span></span><i><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">“Abu Bakr, may Allaah be pleased with him, sent me along with other announcers to Mina to make a proclamation, ‘From that year on, no polytheist is allowed to perform Hajj after this year and no naked person is allowed to perform Tawaaf around the Ka‘bah.’ Then, the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, sent ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib, may Allaah be pleased with him, to read out Surat At-Tawbah to the people. So he made the public announcement along with us on the Day of An-Nahr in Mina, ‘No polytheist is allowed to perform Hajj after this year and no naked person is allowed to perform Tawaaf around the Ka‘bah’.”</span></span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [Al-Bukhaari]</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Furthermore, it was reported in another narration that Abu Hurayrah, may Allaah be pleased with him, said, </span></span></span><i><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">“Abu Bakr threw back (their covenant) to the disbelievers, so as to be on equal terms [that there will be no more covenant between Muslims and disbelievers] on that year as was stated in the verse. The next year when the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, performed the Farewell Hajj, no polytheist performed Hajj on that year.”</span></span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [Al-Bukhaari]</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The verse indicates that proclaiming to all the polytheists that Allaah The Almighty dissociates Himself from all those who have associated partners with Him, is for all Muslims in all times and places. Such proclamation announces the prohibition to make alliance with those who do not respect the ties of kinship or of covenant with Muslims, and who wait for some misfortune to befall Muslims. Moreover, the verse proclaims that the option of repentance to Allaah The Almighty is still there for all those who have made war against Allaah The Almighty and His Messenger, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and have shown hostility or enmity towards the allies of Allaah The Exalted.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Additionally, the announcement indicates that whoever neglects it cannot cause failure to Allaah The Almighty on earth or frustrate the Divine plans on it. Indeed, Allaah The Almighty has full power and control [is predominant] over His affairs, but most of the people do not know.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Courtesy: </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.islamweb.net/ehajj/index.php?page=article&lang=E&id=155248&button=Hajj"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">http://www.islamweb.net/ehajj/index.php?page=article&lang=E&id=155248&button=Hajj</span></span></span></a></span></div></h3>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-36065883405439864422010-07-05T21:36:00.001+04:002010-07-05T21:39:37.408+04:00The importance of knowing the Narrators of Hadith<h5 align="justify" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4d768f; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
<div align="justify" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The narrators of Hadeeth are the most honourable and respectable Muslims, as they are keepers and preservers of Sunnah. Most of them are the companions of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, who witnessed the acts and learnt the sayings of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam. Others are the successors of the companions. Who were blessed by Allaah and they are highly respected by all Muslims. They are shinning stars of Islam.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Their hearts were free from worldly desires. Reading their biographies will increase love and devotion towards them and develop more interest to be faithful and obedient in the heart of the Muslim who reads their biography.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Allaah Almighty Says (what means): </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Verily, We have sent down the Reminder, and surely, We will guard it (from corruption)." </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">[Quran; 15:9] The above promise made by Allaah is obviously fulfilled in the undisputed purity of the Quranic text throughout the fourteen centuries since its revelation.<br />
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However, what is often forgotten by many Muslims is that the above divine promise also includes, by necessity, the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, for it is the practical example of the implementation of the Quranic guidance, the Wisdom taught to the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, along with the Scripture, and neither the Quran nor the Sunnah can be understood correctly without recourse to the other.<br />
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Allaah preserved the Sunnah by enabling the Companions, may Allaah be pleased with them, and their followers, may Allaah have mercy on them, to memorize, write down and pass on the statements of the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, and the descriptions of his way, as well as to continue the blessings of practicing the Sunnah. Later, as the purity of the knowledge of the Sunnah became threatened, Allaah caused the Muslim nation to produce outstanding individuals of incredible memory-skills and analytical expertise, who journeyed tirelessly to collect hundreds of thousands of narrations and distinguish the true words of precious wisdom of their Messenger, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, from those corrupted by weak memories, from forgeries by unscrupulous liars, and from the statements of the enormous number of scholars, the Companions and those who followed their way, who had taught in various centers of learning and helped to transmit the legacy of Muhammad, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam - all of this achieved through precise attention to the words narrated and detailed familiarity with the biographies of the thousands of reporters of Hadeeth. Action being the best way to preserve teachings, the scholars of Islam also revived the practice of the blessed authentic Sunnah.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Unfortunately, however, statements will continue to be attributed to the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, although the person quoting them may have no idea what the people of knowledge in the field of Hadeeth science have ruled regarding those hadeeths, thus ironically being in danger of contravening the Prophet's, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, widely-narrated stern warnings about attributing incorrect/unsound statements to him.<br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The methodology of the expert scholars of Hadeeth in assessing narrations and sorting out the genuine from the mistaken, fabricated etc., forms the subject-matter of a wealth of material left to us by the scholars of Hadeeth (traditionists).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A Hadeeth is composed of two parts: the Matn (text) and the Isnaad (chain of reporters). A text may seem to be logical and reasonable but it needs an authentic Isnaad with reliable reporters to be acceptable. 'Abdullaah Ibn Al-Mubaarak may Allaah have mercy upon him (d. 181 AH), one of the illustrious teachers of Imaam Al-Bukhaari may Allaah have mercy upon him, said: "The Isnaad is part of the religion, had it not been for the Isnaad, then people would have claimed whatever they wished."<br />
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Among the sciences of Hadeeth is the study of the chain of reporters (the Isnaad). Many Muslim scholars have specialized in this field. It includes identifying the name of each and every narrator (reporter), his character (his truthfulness, piety, public behavior), his ability and reputation as a memorizer and the types of narrations he is known to report, whether authentic, weak, fabricated, etc. In addition, each narrator should be identified by a rating given by other narrators who knew him. So all of these and many other details must be considered to know the degree to which a Hadeeth may be used as a basis for Islamic belief or practice (Sharee’ah), or merely as a point of interest (not to be attributed to the sayings, etc. of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam).<br />
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After the Book of Allaah (The Quran), the books of Hadeeth collection that were collected by Imaams Bukhaari and Muslim, may Allaah have mercy upon them, are considered by the Muslim scholars to be the most authentic books of Hadeeth. However, there are other famous scholars in the field who compiled books of Hadeeth such as; Abu Daawood (d.275), At-Tirmithi (d. 279), An-Nasaa’i (d. 303) and others may Allaah have mercy upon them. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Courtesy: </span></span></span></span><a href="http://islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=articles&id=135690"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=articles&id=135690</span></span></span></a></div></div></h5>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-86612237626496937342010-07-05T17:29:00.000+04:002010-07-05T17:29:05.216+04:00The status of Sunnah in Islam<h5 align="justify" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4d768f; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div align="justify" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Role of the Sunnah towards the Quran:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Sunnah cannot dispense with the Quran: Allaah Almighty chose Muhammad sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam (may Allaah exalt his mention), as His Prophet and selected him to deliver His final message. The Quran was revealed to the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam in which Allaah commanded him to obey everything that was ordered of him; that is, to convey and explain His message to the people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Allaah Almighty says what means: </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"…And We revealed to you the message [i.e., the Quran] that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them…"</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [Quran: 16:44]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The declaration mentioned in the verse contains two commands:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">1.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> To propagate the speech of Allaah (i.e. the Quran). This is to openly communicate the Quran to (all) mankind as Allaah Almighty has revealed to the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam that which means: "O Messenger! Announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord…" [Quran: 5:67]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Aa’ishah, may Allaah be pleased with her, is reported to have said:</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Whoever says that Muhammad sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam concealed anything that he was commanded to communicate has forged a great lie against Allaah." Then she read the abovementioned verse.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [Al-Bukhaari & Muslim]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Another narration is found in the book of Imaam Muslim, may Allaah have mercy upon him, which states: "If the Messenger of Allaah sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam had concealed something that he was commanded to communicate, he would have concealed the saying of the Almighty (which means): </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"And [remember, O Muhammad], when you said to the one on whom Allaah bestowed favour: 'Keep your wife and fear Allaah,' while you concealed within yourself that which Allaah is to disclose. And you feared the people, while Allaah has more right that you fear Him."</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [Quran: 33:37]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">2.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> To clarify words, sentences or verses from the Quran that are not easily understood by most people. Some verses may be comprehensive or general in their meaning, and the Sunnah clarifies and defines them through the Prophet’s sayings, actions and confirmations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Necessity of the Sunnah to Understand the Quran:</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Allaah says what means: </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"[As for] the thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands..." </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">[Quran: 5:38] In the context of this verse, the thief and the hand are mentioned in a general manner. It is the Sunnah that explains the first of them and places a restriction on it by explaining the meaning of the word 'thief' to mean the one who steals something worth at least a quarter of a Deenaar (a unit golden currency) according to the saying of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam:</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> "There is no cutting of the hand unless the thing stolen is worth a quarter of a Deenaar or more."</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [Al-Bukhaari & Muslim]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The latter (i.e., how the hand is to be amputated) is explained by the actions of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam and his Companions, may Allaah be pleased with them. They would amputate the hand of the thief from the wrist, as is known from a saying of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">There are many other verses of the Quran that cannot be completely understood except through the Sunnah, such as:</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">1.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> Allaah says what means: </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"And when you travel throughout the land, there is no blame upon you for shortening the prayer, [especially] if you fear that those who disbelieve may disrupt [or attack] you. Indeed, the disbelievers are ever to you a clear enemy."</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [Quran: 4:101] It is obvious from this verse that fear is a pre-requisite for the shortening of prayers. However, some of the Companions, may Allaah be pleased with them, asked the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam:</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> "Why do we shorten our prayers while we feel safe?" He replied: "It is an allowance from Allaah, so accept it."</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [Muslim]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">2.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> Allaah says what means: </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">“</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Say: '</span></span></span></span><tt><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Who has forbidden the adornment of [i.e., from] Allaah which He has produced for His servants and the good [lawful] things of provision?..."</span></span></span></span></tt><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [Quran: 7:32]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">But the Sunnah has forbidden some 'adornments', and this is evident from the saying of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam: </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"The wearing of silk and gold has been made unlawful for males and lawful for the females of my nation.''</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [At-Tirmithi]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">3.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> Allaah says what means: </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Say: 'I do not find within that which was revealed to me [anything] forbidden to one who would eat it unless it be a dead animal or blood spilled out or the flesh of swine – for indeed, it is impure - or it be [that slaughtered in] disobedience, dedicated to other than Allaah…” </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">[Quran: 6:145]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">But the Sunnah has forbidden many things not mentioned in the abovementioned verse; an example of this lies in the saying of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam: </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"All predatory animals with tusks and every bird with claws are forbidden for consumption.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">There are other narrations that have forbidden the consumption of such animals, such as the one where the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam is reported to have said</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">: "Allaah and His Messenger have prohibited the consumption of domesticated donkeys, for they are filth." </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">[Al-Bukhaari & Muslim]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">There are many other examples that show the necessity of the Sunnah within Islamic Law. There is no other way to understand the Quran correctly except with the interpretation of the Sunnah.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Inadequacy of Philology to Understand the Quran:</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Companions of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam were the most knowledgeable of people in the Arabic language, yet, if they were to attempt to understand the verses quoted above by relying on the Arabic language alone, then they would have erred.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">It is agreed upon by the majority of Muslim scholars, past and present, that the Quran should first and foremost be interpreted by the Quran itself, then by the Sunnah, then by the sayings of the Companions, and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">It is here that the cause of deviation of scholastic theologians (Ahl Al-Kalaam), both ancient and modern, becomes clear, as well as their opposition to our righteous predecessors, may Allaah have mercy upon them, in doctrine and law.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">In short, what is obligatory upon all Muslims is that they do not separate the Quran from the Sunnah; moreover, it is obligatory to follow both of them and to formulate laws using both. This is a safeguard for the people, so that they do not falter and regress, as explained by the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam: </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"I am leaving behind two things - you will never go astray if you hold fast to them: the Quran and my Sunnah."</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [At-Tirmithi]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Source: A lecture delivered by Shaykh Al-Albaani</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Courtesy: </span></span></span></span><a href="http://islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=articles&id=88946"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">http://islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=articles&id=88946</span></span></span></span></a></div></h5>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-69900076171419783002010-07-05T17:22:00.001+04:002010-07-05T17:24:18.021+04:00Sunnah: The Second Form of Revelation<h5 align="justify" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4d768f; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
<div align="justify" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Allaah, Almighty, Says (what means): </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed my favor upon you and have chosen for you Islam as your religion."</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [Quran; 5: 3]<br />
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Amongst the believers there is no doubt about this way of life called Islam. It is a complete way of life. The Creator of the heavens and the earth has not left anything out of this glorious religion (way of life) of His. As the above verse states that this religion is perfect and complete. However, something new has come in fairly recent years from Satan, concerning the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam. It has been suggested by him to the hearts of some of the Muslims that the Quran, as Glorious as it is, is sufficient enough alone as guidance for mankind. Meaning that the Sunnah is something that can be left off, or abandoned. Surely this is a disease that has no place in this wonderful religion (Islam).<br />
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In order to address this issue we must ask ourselves an important question. How do we worship Allaah? Do we worship Him any way we want? Is there a correct methodology to worshipping Allaah? Is it sufficient for us to say and do whatever it is that we feel is worship and then call it worship and it will be accepted as such? Let us consider the saying of Allaah (which means): </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"O you who believe! Obey Allaah and obey the Messenger, and make not vain your deeds!"</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">[Quran; 47: 33]<br />
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You must know that the Quran and the Sunnah do not contradict one another, rather they complement one another. When Allaah Says in this verse that the Messenger, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, is to be obeyed, he is not only talking to that honorable group of Muslims that accompanied the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, during his lifetime. He is speaking to all of the Muslims that will come up until the Last Day.<br />
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Similarly, no one is ready to conceive the notion that when Allaah, Says (what means): </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">“O you who believe!” </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">that the only ones who believe are the Muslims who were with the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, at that time and no one after them believed and no one else will ever believe! This would be grossly limiting the Quran.<br />
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Satan is crafty! He may then try to sway your thinking from another angle. He may say that the Quran is simple to understand and that it needs no explanation. For it is true that Allaah Says (what means):</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"We have indeed made the Quran easy to understand and remember"</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">[Quran; 54: 32]<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">However, although the Quran is easy to understand, it does need to be explained so that it is properly understood. Allaah Says (what means):</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"And when We have recited it to you [O Muhammad through Jibreel (Gabriel)] then follow you its (The Quran's) recital. Then it is for Us (Allaah) to make it clear (to you)."</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [Quran; 75: 18,19]<br />
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Surely if the Quran had to be made clear to the Messenger, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, then how much more so to you and I?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Allaah Says (what means): </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"…And We have sent down unto you (O Muhammad) the Reminder, that you may explain clearly to men what is sent down to them, and that they may give thought."</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [Quran; 16: 44]<br />
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In this verse, Allaah is exhorting the Messenger, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, to not merely recite the Quran but to explain it as well. Obviously, some explanation is required even to the most pious of men.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Furthermore, giving the needed details to carry out certain</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">commands given in the Quran was another very vital role played by the Sunnah. For example, Allaah commands us to establish the Prayers and to pay the obligatory charity (Zakaah), saying (what means): </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">“</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">And establish the prayers and give Zakaah (the obligatory charity) and bow with those who bow [in worship and obedience].”</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [Quran; 2:43] Yet, nowhere in the Quran does Allaah give the required details to implement His command, and it was the Sunnah that gave us all the details of the how, when, who of this command.<br />
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Additionally, Allaah Says (what means): </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"…(And) if you differ in anything amongst yourselves, refer it to Allaah and His Messenger, if you believe in Allaah and the Last Day. That is better and more suitable for final determination."</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [Quran; 4: 59]<br />
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Once again, if we try to leave off the importance of the Sunnah, then how do we implement this verse of the Quran? Allaah orders us to refer our differences to Him. This means for us to seek our answers from the Quran. He also attaches the Messenger, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, to that particular order when He stated for us to refer to Him. If we leave off the Sunnah then this part of the verse has no meaning. Allaah Says (what means): </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"Whoever obeys the Messenger, has obeyed Allaah."</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> [Quran; 4: 80]<br />
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And (what means): "Say (O Muhammad): If you (really) love Allaah, then follow me, Allaah will love you and forgive you your sins." [Quran; 3: 31]<br />
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How can the Muslims of today follow the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, and not refer to his Sunnah? How can we say that we love Allaah and not try to follow the methodology of His Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam?<br />
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<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Finally I would like to conclude with a Hadeeth (narration) from the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, that was collected by Imaam Maalik, may Allaah have mercy upon him, in his book called Muwatta. The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said: </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">"I have left behind two matters. Those who hold fast to them will never go astray: The Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Messenger." </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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The reason that many of the Muslims are going astray today is because they are not only leaving off the Sunnah but they are leaving the Quran as well! If you are not giving the Sunnah its rights, then you are not giving the Quran its rights.<br />
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<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Without the Sunnah then the second statement of your Shahaadah (testimony of faith) also has no meaning.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Courtesy: </span></span></span></span><a href="http://islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=articles&id=135919">http://islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=articles&id=135919</a></div></h5>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-30491420712971260772010-07-02T20:11:00.000+04:002010-07-02T20:11:29.316+04:00Ummul Mumineen Safiyyah bint Huyai<div align="justify"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her Descent</span></span></strong></div><div align="justify"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She is Safiyah bint Huyai bin Akhtab. Her decent goes back to prophet Harun (Aaron), peace be upon him.</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lady Safiyah </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> May Allah be pleased with her </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> said: "I was the sweetheart of my father and uncle, Abu Yaser. Whenever they are with their children and see me, they take me and leave them. When the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> came to Medina, my father and uncle went to him from the morning and did not come back until the sunset time. They were very tired and walking slowly. Seeing that, I met them courteously as I usually do, but no one cared about me due to their dejection. I heard my uncle, Abu Yasser, saying to my father: Is it he? My father said: yes he is (the Prophet). My uncle said: do you know him surely? My father said: yes. My uncle said: then what will you do? My father said: He will be my enemy forever ".</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her Birth & Upbringing Place</span></span></div></b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The exact date of birth of Lady Safiyah </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> May Allah be pleased with her </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> is not known, but she was brought up in Al-Khazraj, and was of great dignity before Islam. She was Judaist by religion and lived in Medina. Her mother's name was Burra bint Samwal.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her Attributes</span></span></div></b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lady Safiyah </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> May Allah be pleased with her </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> was known of her virtuous character, beauty, forbearing and sublime honor.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her Life Before Islam</span></span></div></b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She was of a high dignity for her family. It is mentioned that she has got married twice before Islam; the first husband was called Salam ibn Mushkim; the knight and poet of his people. Then, she separated from him and married Kinanah bin Al-Rabi bin Ubai Al-Haqiq Al-Nasri, the owner of the Qomos Fortification; the most important fortification for the Jews. He was killed in the battle of Khaibar.</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Knowing the Prophet </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Peace be upon him</span></span></span></div></b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the month of Moharram, the 7</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">th</span></span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> year after Hijra, the Prophet </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> got ready to fight the Jews in Khaibar. When the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> approached Khaibar he said: "Allah Akbar (Allah is The Greatest), Khaibar will be vanished because if we (the Muslims) fight any people </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> after being duly warned and notified and after their incompliance </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> we will surely prevail".</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fight flared up between the Muslims and the Jews and the result was the triumph of the Muslims. The men of Khaibar were killed and their women were taken as captives including Lady Safiyah </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> May Allah be pleased with her </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and the fortifications of Khaibar were opened, including the fortification of Ibn Abi Al Haqiq. When the companion Bilal </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> May Allah be pleased with him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> came back with the captives, he passed them by some of their killed people. Seeing that, the cousin of Safiyah cried and poured dust on her face. The Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> was disturbed of that and ordered to take her away from him. The Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> told Safiyah to stand behind him and covered her with his cloth in order not to see the killed; therefore, it is said that the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> has selected her for himself.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is mentioned also that the Prophet </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> has invaded Khaibar and prayed Al-Fajr prayer (dawn) there with his companions. The Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and Abu Talha rode, and I rode behind Abu Talha and walked around the lane of Khaibar. My knee was so close to the thigh of the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> then the cover shrank and I saw the white thigh of the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and when we entered the village, the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> said: " Allah Akbar (Allah is The Greatest), Khaibar will be vanished because if we (the Muslims) fight any people </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> after being duly warned and notified and after their incompliance </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> we will surely prevail" three times. Then, the people went to their duties and the army invaded the village and collected the captives. Then Dohia came and said: O Prophet of Allah, give me one of the captive women, the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">said: go and take one. Then Dohia has taken Safiyah bint Huyai, but a man came to the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him and said: O Prophet of Allah, you have given Safiyah bint Huyai to Dohia, she is the lady of Quraidha and Al Nadhir people, she is suiting you only. The Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> said: call him to bring her. When he looked at her, the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> told Dohia: take another one of the captives. The Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> has set her free and married her. In the way, Um Sulaim has prepared the bride for marriage and took her to the Prophet at night and he married her. In the morning, the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> stretched out his gown and asked for some food. Some men brought dates, some brought butter and some brought flour. Then, they made a banquet for the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anas</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bin</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Malek</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tradition</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">True</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">) </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">narrator</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bukhari</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jame</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">' </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sahih</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">page</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">371</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span><b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Embracing Islam</span></span></div></b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> was not obliging any person to embrace Islam by force until such person became fully convinced with the revelations of Allah and the Sunna (way) of the Prophet, peace be upon him. The Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> asked her about that and gave her the free choice between remaining a Judaist or embracing Islam. If she choose Judaism, the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> will release her and if she embrace Islam, the Prophet will marry her. She chose Islam by her own will faithfully and sincerely out of her wish to repent and out of her love to the guidance of the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">peace be upon him.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having came from Khaibar, she lived in the house of Haritha bin An No'man, and the women there came to see her after hearing something about her beauty, including Lady Aisha </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> may Allah be pleased with her </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and it is mentioned that she were wearing a veil. After she went out, the Prophet asked Aisha about Safyiah, she replied: I saw a Judaist woman. The Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> said: "She embraced Islam and became a good Muslim".</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Day of Wedding</span></span></div></b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> has taken her to a house in Khaibar in order to marry her but she refused and the Prophet was disturbed for this. Then, they continued their way toward Al-Sahbaa'. There, Um Sulaim bint Malhan combed the hair of Safiyah, dressed and perfumed her and this made Safiyah look very beautiful & attracting. She was very happy to the degree that she forgot the misfortune of her family. Then the banquet was made, and her dowry was a servant called Razina. When the Prophet entered, Safiyah told him that at the night of her wedding with Kinana (her previous husband), she saw in her dream a moon falling on her lap. She told her husband who became very angry and said: Do you wish to marry Muhammad, the King of Hijaz? And slapped her.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> asked her about the reason of her refusal to the wedding while they were in Khaibar, she replied that she feared something happened to the Prophet by the Jews.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Umayah bint Qais said: “I heard that Safiyah was less than seventeen years old when she married the Prophet </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her Stances with the Wives of the Prophet </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Peace be upon him</span></span></span></div></b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Safiyah </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> may Allah be pleased with her </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> heard that Hafsa (one of the Prophet’s wives) </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> May Allah be pleased with her </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> said about her "the daughter of a Jew", so she cried and the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> entered while she was crying and asked her: Why are you crying? She replied: Hafsa said that I am the daughter of a Jew. The Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> said: Your decent goes back to a father prophet (Moses) and uncle prophet (Aaron) and your husband is a Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon them all </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">then why is she taking pride? The Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> then told Hafsa: Fear Allah".</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anas</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">bin</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Malek</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">true</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tradition</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">relator</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Albani</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mishkat</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Masabih</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Page</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">number</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6143</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> went to pilgrimage (Hajj) with his wives. In the way, a man got down and drove the caravan quickly. The Prophet said: are you driving the caravan of women like this (quickly). On the way, the camel of Safiyah, which was the best of the camels, knelt down; and she started crying. The Prophet peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> came when he was advised and began wiping her tears with his hand but she was even crying more and the Prophet was telling her to stop. However, when she continued crying - and though camping in this place was not the Prophet’s wish- he told his people to camp. That day was the share of Safiyah to be with the Prophet peace be upon him. The Prophet made a tent for him and entered it. Although that day was her share with him, Safiyah </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> May Allah be pleased with her </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> was hesitant to enter to the Prophet fearing that he is angry, therefore she went to Lady Aisha </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> May Allah be pleased with her </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and told her: You know that it is impossible for me to waive my day with the Prophet but for the purpose of making him forgive me, I will give my day to you. Aisha agreed and took her veil, after putting some saffron and spraying water on it in order to have a good smell, and worn her clothes and went to the Prophet . Reaching there, the Prophet told her: It is not your turn today. Aisha replied: “That is the grace of Allah which he bestows on whom he pleases“. When the caravan resumed its way, Aisha </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> May Allah be pleased with her </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> told Zainab bint Jahsh, who was having camels more than them: Give a camel to your sister Safiyah, but Zainab replied: I will not give a camel to a Jew. Hearing that, the Prophet became angry, deserted Zainab and did not speak with her until they arrived Makka, and during the days of Mina (pilgrimage days) until they reached Medina, and continued like this in the months of Moharram and Safar. During such days, the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> did not sleep with her until she became hopeless. In the month of Rabi' Al-Awal, the Prophet entered to her room. Seeing the shadow, she said: this is a shadow of a man and I am sure it is not the Prophet because he does not enter my room. Seeing him, she said: O Prophet of Allah, I do not know what to do. Zainab had a slave girl and was hiding her in order that the Prophet will not see her, but at that moment she said: this slave girl is my gift to you. The Prophet walked toward the bed of Zainab which was folded </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> since the Prophet peace be upon him did not enter her room for a long time </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> then he unfolded it, slept with his wife and forgave her.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Safiyah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">bint</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Huyai</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">validity</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tradition</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">series</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">narrators</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">contained</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shumiya</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sumiya</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">one</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">who</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">narrated</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Safiyah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">), </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">if</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">they</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">were</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">same</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">person</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">then</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tradition</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">true</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Relator</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Albani</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Silsila</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sahiha</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Page</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">number</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">/</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">621</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span><div align="justify"></div><b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Death of the Prophet </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Peace be upon him</span></span></span></div></b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Zaid bin Aslam said: The wives of the Prophet </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> assembled together during the illness of his death. Then Safiyah bint Huyai </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> May Allah be pleased with her </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> said: O Prophet of Allah, I swear by Allah that I wish to bear your illness and relive you if I can. Hearing that, the wives of the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> winked at that i.e. looking at each other as if they are not believing her. Then the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> said: Rinse out your mouths. They said: For what? He said: of your winking at her, I swear by Allah that she is truthful.</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Zaid</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">bin</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aslam</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">validity</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tradition</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">good</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Relator</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ibn</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hijr</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Askalani</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> -</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Isabah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Page</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">number</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">/</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">347</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the death of the Prophet </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> she lost the protection and security and people continued mocking her origin.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other Stances</span></span></div></b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> was making Itikaf (i.e. seclude himself in the mosque for the worship of Allah). Safiyah </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> May Allah be pleased with her </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> said: I went at night to visit the Prophet and speak with him, after that, I went to my home </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> in the house of Osama bin Zaid </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and the Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> accompanied me. In the way, we passed by two men from Al-Ansar (i.e. the people of Medina) who walked quickly when they saw us. The Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> told them: wait, she is Safiyah bint Huyai (i.e. Don't think I'm walking at night with a strange woman, I am walking with my wife), the two men replied: O Prophet of Allah, you are the prophet of Allah, how can we doubt you!! The Prophet </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> peace be upon him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> said: The devil is all the time accompanying the man, just like his blood, and all the time whispering evil to him; therefore, I feared that the devil whispered any evil thoughts to you.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrated</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Safiyah</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">validity</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tradition</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">true</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Relator</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Albani</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sahih</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abi</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dawood</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Page</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">number</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4994</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the reign of Omar Bin the Khattab </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> May Allah be pleased with him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> the slave girl of Safiyah told him that Safiyah </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> May likes Saturdays and do visit the Jews. By asking her about that she replied: "As for Saturdays, I do not like them anymore because Allah The Almighty has blessed me with Fridays instead, and as for visiting the Jews, I am just visiting my family". Thereafter, she asked her slave girl about the reason of doing so, the slave girl replied: it is the devil who whispered this to me; therefore, Safiyah </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> May Allah be pleased with her </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> has set her free.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narrating the Traditions (Hadith) of the Prophet </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Peace be upon him</span></span></span></div></b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She has ten narrations of traditions in the books of the Prophet's traditions. One of them was narrated by Muslim & Al Bukhari. The persons who reported her narrations are: her nephew Kinana, Yazid bin Moteb, Zain Al-Abdin bin Ali bin Al Hussein, Ishaq bin Abdullah bin Al-Hareth and Muslim bin Safwan.</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her Death:</span></span></div></b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She died in Medina, at the reign of Mo'awiah, May Allah be pleased with him </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> in the 50</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">th</span></span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> year after Hijrah, and was buried beside the other Mothers of Believers (the wives of the Prophet peace be upon him) may Allah be pleased with them all.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></div><b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Conclusion</span></span></div></b><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The most attractive thing of what I have read about Safiyah bint Huyai </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> May Allah be pleased with her </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is her attitude when Omar bin Al-Khattab </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> May Allah be pleased with him </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">–</span></span></span><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> asked her about Saturdays and visiting the Jews. In spite of embracing Islam, she did not forget her family, and this is one of the important things emphasized in Islam.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Courtesy: </span></span></span><a href="http://www.rasoulallah.net/v2/document.aspx?lang=en&doc=255"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.rasoulallah.net/v2/document.aspx?lang=en&doc=255</span></span></a></div>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-67942856612598755752010-07-02T15:48:00.000+04:002010-07-02T15:48:10.652+04:00Ummul Mumineen Zainab bint Jahsh<div id="printReady" style="color: #485f0e; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px;"><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lady Zainab Bint-Jahsh was a woman of dignity among her tribe Quraish, disciplined herself by Islam which enlightened her heart and bestowed her with Allah fearing and goodness to be a rare precious woman. She was one of the ladies of present life for her being pious, Allah fearing, generosity and charity for the poor. As the Prophet (BPUH) married her, she became one of the believers’ mothers. Her dignity and nobility became greater and the historians wrote about her frequently, because her marriage was mentioned in the Holy Quran, and because of her, the Hijab became obligatory. She used to invoke Allah with humanity, forbearing, fasting and praying voluntary night prayer. She was very generous with the poor and needy people which made her a great ideal of generosity, bounty and good manners. So, she was called: the mother of needy people, orphanage and shelter of widows. Thus, she had the priority in righteous deeds, had a perfect autobiography in our Islamic history. She is a splendid example for all other Muslim women to follow her characteristics and her guidance in order to obtain the contentment of Allah and his Messenger (PBUH).</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her name and lineage:</span></span></span></i></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i></i></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i></i></span></span></span><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></div><dir><dir><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Zainab Bint-Jahsh Bin-Rbab Bin-Ya’mur Bin-Murrah Bin-Katheer Bin-Ghanam Bin-Doran Bin-Asad Bin-Khuzaima”, her nickname is Um Al-Hakam. Her uncles (Mother’s Brothers) are: 1-Hamzah Bin-Abdulmuttalib- may Allah be pleased with him- called “Allah’s Lion” and the “master of martyrs“ in the Battle of Uhd. 2-Alabbas Bin-Abdulmuttalib who was known of his generosity and donation in times of need. Her aunt (Mother’s sister) is Safiyah Bint- Abdulmuttalib Alhashimeah, the mother of Azzubair Bin-Alauam AlasadI, the Prophet’s (PBUH) disciple. Her brothers are: Abdullah Ibn-Jahsh Alasadi who held the first banner in Islam and one of the martyrs. And Abd Ibn-Jahsh one of the first Muslims who emigrated to Madinah. She has two sisters; Umaimah Bint- Abdulmuttalib the Prophet’s (PBUH) aunt. And Hemnah Bint-Jahsh one of the first Muslim women. Lady Zainab-may Allah be pleased with her- was born in Makkah seventeen years before emigration and in some narrations “thirty years“ before emigration. She grew up in a house full of dignity, pedigree and nobility, she was so proud of her family and said once :”I am the lady of Abd Shams family”.</span></span></span></div></dir></dir><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her embracing Islam:</span></span></span></i></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i></i></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i></i></span></span></span><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She was one of those who had preceded to embrace Islam. She has a pure heart full of sincerity to Allah and his Messenger (PBUH). She was a loyal Muslim woman, endured Quraish’s harm and torture until she emigrated to Madinah with her emigrant brothers and sisters in Islam who were accommodated by Alanssar (the supporters) who shared with them their homes, money and residences.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The virtuous lady’s manners and good deeds:</span></span></span></i></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i></i></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i></i></span></span></span><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The believers’ Mother Zainab was characterized of high and great status, specially when the Prophet (PBUH) married her and became the believers’ Mother. She was a pious woman fasting and praying voluntary night prayer, giving charity to the poor, needy people and miserable. She used to work hand works such as tanning and sewing, then sold them and gave them as charity. She was a believer, Allah fearing and honest who keeps Kinship ties.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i></i></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i></i></span></span></span><div align="justify"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Zainab Bint-Jahsh as a generous and bounteous woman.</span></span></span></b></i></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are many examples of her great and limitless generosity for the poor. Muslim narrated that Aisha may Allah be pleased with her said: “the Prophet (PBUH) said to his wives: (the first one who will die after me is the one who has the longest hand”. “So, they used to measure their hands to see who has the longest one”. Aisha said: “This one was Zainab because she used to do hand work and give charity from selling them“. In another narration Aisha said: “after the death of the Prophet (PBUH) we used to gather at the home of one of us and stretched our hands to the wall in order to measure them. We kept doing that until Zainab Bint-Jahsh died, although her hand was the shortest in measure. At that time we realized that the Prophet meant by “the longest hand” the one who gives charity more. Aisha may Allah be pleased with her said: “zainab used to sew garments and gave them to the army to use them”.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another example, what Barzah Bint-Rafie narrated: “when the gain had been came, Omar send to Zainab Bint-Jahsh her portion. So she said: may Allah forgive Omar Ibnul-Khattab, maybe another one of my sisters could distribute this portion. They said: no, all of them are for you. She said: “Glorified be Allah, put them away and cover them”. Then she said: “take a handful of them and give it to so-and-so (some of her kinships and orphans)”. She distributed it until she only a small portion was left. So, Barzah said: “May Allah forgive you, O believers’ Mother, we must have a part of this money. Zainab said: “So take what is left”, we find only 580 dirhams. Then Zainab raised her hand supplicating Allah saying: “O, my Lord make me die before getting another gain by Omar”.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aisha may Allah be pleased with her said: “Zainab Bint-Jahsh was my peer with the Prophet (PBUH). I have never seen such a religious, Allah fearing, honest, keeping kinship ties and giving charity as much as she did- may Allah be pleased with her.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abdullah bin Shadad narrated that the Prophet (PBUH) said to Omar: “Zainab Bint-Jahsh is “</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Awahah“</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. The Prophet was asked: what does “</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Awahah”</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> mean? He said: “the most plaintive”. As Allah says: “</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Surely Ibrahîm is indeed constantly forbearing, most plaintive, constantly penitent”</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. (Hud: 75)</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also Aisha said: “she was a benign, worshiper and a shelter for orphans and widows“. Ibn Saad said: “when Zainab Bint-Jahsh died, she did not leave any money, for she used to give charity of all what she had, and she was the shelter for poor people”.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><b><i><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Zainab as the Noble Hadith Narrator :</span></span></span></div></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i></i></span></span></span><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lady Zainab may Allah be pleased with her was one of those who memorized the Prophet’s sayings, and narrated them. She narrated 11 Hadiths, and Al Bukhari and Muslim agreed upon two of them. Many companions of the Prophet (PBUH) narrated from her such as: her niece Muhammad Bin-Abdullah Bin-Jahsh, Alqassim Bin-Muhammad bin-Abu bakr and her servant Mathkur. Also many companions women narrated from her such as: “Zainab Bint-Abi sallamah and her mother Um Sallamah the believers’ Mother, the believers’ Mother Ramlah Bint-Abusufian known as Um Habibah may Allah be pleased with her and also Kulthoum Bint-Almusttalik.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of these Noble Hadiths: Zainab Bint-Abu Sallamh said: “I had visited Zainab Bint-Jahsh after the death of her brother, she perfumed herself and said: I swear I do not need this perfume but I heard the Prophet (PBUH) once saying: “it is forbidden for any woman -who believes in Allah and the day of judgment- to mourn more than three days except for her husband she must mourn four months and ten days”.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al Bukhari narrated: Um Habibah Bint-Abu Sufian reported from Zainab Bint-Jahsh that the Prophet (PBUH) came frightened and said: “there is no god to be worshipped but Allah, O grief to be to the Arab, for closing evil, today the dam of Yagog and Magog had punctured like this –he circled his thumb and another finger- Zainab Bint-Jahsh said: I asked the Prophet (PBUH): O Messenger of Allah would we be ruined while there are good people? He said: “yes, if there is more evil”.</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Courtesy: </span></span></span><a href="http://www.rasoulallah.net/v2/document.aspx?lang=en&doc=253"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.rasoulallah.net/v2/document.aspx?lang=en&doc=253</span></span></span></a></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"></span></div></div>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-64616456114844456852010-07-02T15:38:00.000+04:002010-07-02T15:38:06.920+04:00Ummul Mumineen Zainab bint Khozaima<div class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her Name & Title:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She is Zainab daughter of Khozaima AlHarith son of Abdullah son of Abdu Manaf son of Hilal son of Amer son of Sa'sa' Al-Hilalia. Historians agreed on her ancestry to her father as declared by Son of Abd Al-Bar in her biography, which is agreed upon by all our sources. As regards her ancestry to her mother, it was dropped by our sources. In the pre-Islamic era she used to be called the mother of the needy. All sources agreed on describing her as kind and generous to the poor and needy in the pre-Islamic era and during Islam, her name is hardly written in any book without mentioning her title as the mother of the needy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her marriage to Allah's Messenger (PBUH):<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Zainab daughter of Khozaima was one of the Prophet's (PBUH) wives who entered the house of the Prophet shortly after he got married to Hafsa, as she was a widow of an early immigrant who got martyred hence she became the fourth mother of believers. It seems that due to her short stay in the house of Allah's Messenger (PBUH) the writers of the biography of Allah's Messenger (PBUH) were turned away from her. As a result her news were mentioned few times and were marked with contradiction and discrepancy. She was the widow of an early immigrant called Obaida son of Al-harith son of Abd-Almutalib, who was martyred in Badr, so Allah's Messenger (PBUH) married her in the 3</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">rd</span></span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> year of Hijra. It is said that the marriage was only nominal as Allah's Messenger (PBUH) married her out of pity. It differed who handled her marriage to Allah's Messenger (PBUH). In the book called "Al-Isaba" (the Score), Son of kalbi said that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) engaged and then married her. Son of Hisham said that her uncle, Quobaisa son of Amr al-Hilali, handled her marriage to Allah's Messenger (PBUH) and that her dower was 400 Dirham.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also the period of her stay in the house of Allah's Messenger (PBUH) was debatable. In "Al-Isaba" there is a version stating that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) married her shortly after he married Hafsa daughter of Omar (May Allah be pleased with them) and that she died two or three months later. Another version from the same book states that "Allah's Messenger (PBUH) married her in the month of Ramadan in the 3</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">rd</span></span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> year of Hijra and that she lived with him for eight months and died in Rabie Alakher of the 4</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">th</span></span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> year of Hijra. In a book named "Shatharat Al-Dahab" (Particles of Gold) there is a version stating that "Allah's Messenger (PBUH) married Zainab daughter of Khozaima Al-Ameria, mother of the needy, in the 3</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">rd</span></span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> year of Hijra and that she died after three months". Zainab daughter of Khozaima was the most generous among the wives of Allah's Messenger (PBUH) to the orphans and needy hence she was called the mother of the needy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her Death:</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is preponderant that she died when she was thirty years old as stated by Al-Wakedi and also by Ibn Hajar in 'Al-Isaba". She rested in peace just like she lived in peace. Allah's Messenger (PBUH) performed her funeral prayer and buried her in Al-Baqie' in the month of Rabie Alakher in the forth year of Hijra. She was the first mother of believers (May Allah be pleased with them All), to be buried in Al-Baqie', dying after eight months of her marriage. None of the mothers of believers died during the life of Allah's Messenger (PBUH) except for Khadija, the first mother of the believers, who is buried in Al-Hojoun and Zainab daughter of Khozaima Al-Hilalia, mother of the believers and mother of the needy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Courtesy: </span></span></span><a href="http://www.rasoulallah.net/v2/document.aspx?lang=en&doc=251"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.rasoulallah.net/v2/document.aspx?lang=en&doc=251</span></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-40321781155465577282010-07-02T14:43:00.003+04:002010-07-02T14:43:23.472+04:00A Letter to the King of Oman<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">“In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">From Muhammad bin ‘Abdullah to Jaifer and ‘Abd Al-Jalandi.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Peace be upon him who follows true guidance; thereafter I invite both of you to the Call of Islam. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Embrace Islam. Allâh has sent me as a Prophet to all His creatures in order that I may instil fear of </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Allâh in the hearts of His disobedient creatures so that there may be left no excuse for those who</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">deny Allâh. If you two accept Islam, you will remain in command of your country; but if you refuse </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">my Call, you’ve got to remember that all your possessions are perishable. My horsemen will </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">appropriate your land, and my Prophethood will assume preponderance over your kingship.”</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Amr bin Al-’As, who was chosen to carry the letter, narrated the following story that happened </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">before he was admitted into the audience of Jaifer.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">“When I arrived in ‘Oman I contacted ‘Abd, who was known to be more mild-tempered than his </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">brother:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Amr: I am the messenger of Allâh’s Prophet coming to see both, you and your brother.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Abd: You have to see my brother and read to him the letter you are carrying. He is my </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">senior in both age and kingship. Incidentally, what is the purport of your mission?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Amr: The Prophet calls upon you to believe in Allâh Alone with no associate, discard any </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">other deities and testify to the slavehood and Messengership of Muhammad.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Abd: O ‘Amr! You come from a noble family, but first of all, tell me what was your father’s </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">attitude concerning this Faith? You know, we used to follow his steps.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Amr: Death overtook him before believing in Muhammad’s mission; I wish now he had </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">embraced Islam and been truthful to it before his death. I myself had adopted the same </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">attitude until Allâh guided me towards Islam.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Abd: When did you embrace Islam?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Amr: When I was at Negus’s court. By the way, the latter did also enter into the fold of </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Islam.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Abd: What was his people’s reaction?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Amr: They approved of him and followed his steps.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Abd: The bishops and monks?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Amr: They did the same.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Abd: Beware ‘Amr of lying for this soon betrays man.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Amr: I never tell lies; moreover, our religion never allows it.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Abd: Has Hercules been informed of the Islamization of Negus?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Amr: Yes, of course.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Abd: How did you happen to know that?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Amr: Negus used to pay land tax to Hercules, but when the former embraced Islam, he </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">swore he would discontinue that tax. When this news reached Hercules, his courtiers urged </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">him to take action against Negus but he refused and added that he himself would do the </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">same if he were not sparing of his kingship.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Abd: What does your Prophet exhort you to do?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Amr: He exhorts us to obey Allâh, the All-Mighty, the All-Glorious, be pious and maintain </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">good ties with family kin; he forbids disobedience, aggression, adultery, wine, idolatry and </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">devotion to the cross.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Abd: Fair words and fair beliefs are those you are calling for. I wish my brother would follow </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">me to believe in Muhammad (s.a.a.w.) and profess his religion, but my brother is </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">too sparing of his kingship to become a subordinate.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Amr: Should your brother surrender himself to Islam, the Prophet would give him authority </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">over his people and take alms tax from the wealthy people to be given to the needy.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Abd: That is fair behaviour. But what is this alms tax you have mentioned?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Amr: It is a Divine injunction that alms tax be taken from the well-to-do people who have </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">surplus wealth and be distributed to the poor.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Abd: I doubt if this can work among our people.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">‘Amr stayed for some days to be admitted into Jaifer’s court until he was finally granted this permit.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">“He asked me to hand him the letter to read it. After that he asked me how Quraish reacted and I </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">answered that they had followed him, some out of their own freewill and others overpowered by </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">military fighting. Now, people have chosen Islam in preference to other creeds, and have realized </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">through their mental insight that they had been straying in darkness. None, except you, is now out </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">of the domain of Islam, so I advise you to embrace Islam so that you can provide security to </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">yourself and your country.”</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Here, he asked me to call on him the following day. The following day he showed some reluctance in </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">receiving me but his brother, ‘Abd, interceded and I was given the chance to see him again but this </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">time to address me in a threatening arrogant tone. However, after a private talk with his brother</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">and reconsidering the whole situation, both brothers embraced Islam and proved to be true to Islam </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">that had begun to make its way into this new area.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The context of this story reveals that this letter was sent at a much later date than the others, most </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">likely after the conquest of Makkah.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Through these letters, the Prophet managed to communicate his Message to most monarchs at that </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">time; some believed, while others remained obdurate and persisted in their disbelief. However, the </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">idea of embracing Islam, and the advent of a new Prophet preoccupied all of them.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Courtesy: </span></span></span><a href="http://www.muhammad.net/biographies-mainmenu-38/28-letters-of-the-prophet-saaw/127-letter-to-the-king-of-oman-jaifer-and-his-brother-abd-al-jalandi.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">http://www.muhammad.net/biographies-mainmenu-38/28-letters-of-the-prophet-saaw/127-letter-to-the-king-of-oman-jaifer-and-his-brother-abd-al-jalandi.html</span></a>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-59155569787899305752010-07-02T14:28:00.000+04:002010-07-02T14:28:55.957+04:00A Letter to Harith bin Abi Shamir Al-Ghassani, King of Damascus<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From Muhammad, Messenger of Allâh to Al-Harith bin Abi Shamir.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Peace be upon him who follows true guidance, believes in it and regards it as true. I invite you to </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">believe in Allâh Alone with no associate, thence after your kingdom will remain yours.”</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shuja‘ bin Wahab had the honour of taking the letter to Harith, who upon hearing the letter read in </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">his audience, was madly infuriated and uttered: “Who dares to disposs me of my country, I’ll fight </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">him (the Prophet),” and arrogantly rejected the Prophet’s invitation to the fold of Islam.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Courtesy: </span></span></span><a href="http://www.muhammad.net/biographies-mainmenu-38/28-letters-of-the-prophet-saaw/126-a-letter-to-harith-bin-abi-shamir-al-ghassani-king-of-damascus.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.muhammad.net/biographies-mainmenu-38/28-letters-of-the-prophet-saaw/126-a-letter-to-harith-bin-abi-shamir-al-ghassani-king-of-damascus.html</span></span></a>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-77020819917129643432010-07-02T14:26:00.001+04:002010-07-02T14:32:42.896+04:00A Letter to Haudha bin Ali<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
From Muhammad, Messenger of Allâh to Haudha bin ‘Ali:<br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Peace be upon him who follows true guidance. Be informed that my religion shall prevail everywhere. You should accept Islam, and whatever under your command shall remain yours.”</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The envoy chosen was Sulait bin ‘Amr Al-‘Amiri, who after communicating his message, carried back </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">the following reply to the Prophet (Peace be upon him):</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“The Faith, to which you invite me, is very good. I am a famous orator and poet, the Arabs highly respect me and I am of account among them. If you include me in your government, I am prepared to follow you.”</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The governor then bestowed a reward on Sulait and presented him with clothes made of Hajr fabric. Of course, he put all those presents in the trust of the Prophet (Peace be upon him).<br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet (Peace be upon him) did not accept Haudha’s demand. He usually turned down such peremptory tone, and would say that the whole matter was in the Hand of Allâh, Who gave His land<br />
to whoever He desired. Gabriel later came with the Revelation that </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Haudha had died. The Prophet (Peace be upon him), in the context of his comment on this news, said: “Yamama is bound to give rise to a liar who will arrogate Prophethood to himself but he will subsequently be killed.” In reply to a question relating to the identity of the killer, the Prophet said “It is one of you, followers of Islam.”</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Ref: Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum)</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Courtesy: muhammad.net</span></span></span></div></span>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-61200990630831863302010-06-27T06:20:00.000+04:002010-06-27T06:20:28.848+04:00Marriages of the Prophet (Sal-lal-lahu-alaihi-wa-sallam)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">By Shehzad Saleem</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The marital life of the Prophet (sws) has generally been misinterpreted by the critics of Islam. In this regard, unfortunately, the real stance of the Quran has often been misconceived even by some Muslim scholars. In the following paragraphs, we shall attempt to explain the Quranic viewpoint on this issue. </span></span></span><center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In order to understand the reason behind the various marriages of the Prophet (sws), it is of paramount importance to appreciate two specific dimensions of his personality peculiar to him only. </span></span></span><br />
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Of these, the first dimension is that he was a Nabi; in fact, on him the institution of Nabuwwat ended. A Nabi revives divine guidance and clears all misconceptions and doubts about it. He cleanses it from alien concepts and strives to reform the society. Since the Prophet (sws) was also the final Nabi, two basic requirements had to be arranged for: It was necessary to complete, finalize and seal the contents of the Last Word of Allah so that it could remain the ultimate source of guidance for all subsequent generations of mankind. Secondly, it was equally necessary to educate and instruct his wives so that they could become a model for all other women as well<a href="" name="1"></a></span></span></span><sup><a href="http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=RI9504-3#1." style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, it was necessary to highlight and preserve the private life of the Prophet (sws) so that Muslims could be able to follow him in this sphere also. It must also be realized that it was the Prophet's lofty character as a Nabi which played a key role in bringing about a remarkable change among the unlettered people of Arabia. During the course of his daunting mission, he came across many untoward and emergency situations. As a Nabi, he took lead in solving the social problems in particular, which arose during this perilous journey. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The second dimension of the Prophet's personality is that besides being a Nabi, he was also a Rasool. Like a Nabi, a Rasool is not sent merely to preach and sermonize, but to decide the fate of the nation he addresses. He accomplishes the all important task of Itmaam-i-Hujjat<a href="" name="2"></a></span></span></span><sup><a href="http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=RI9504-3#2." style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> upon his nation, after which they are not given any right to live if they still deny the truth revealed to their Prophet. This is because they have failed in the real test for which they were created. The nation of a Rasool must accept faith if they are to live. Victory for the Rasool over the forces of evil is ordained by the Almighty. Consequently, the Prophet (sws) adopted all measures which helped him in achieving the political dominance of the religion revealed to him. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With these dimensions of the Prophet's personality in the background, we now examine each of the Prophet's marriages. </span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The two initial marriages of the Prophet (sws), it is obvious, were solemnized in a normal perspective and on customary footings. He first of all married a widow, Khadijah (rta), when he was about twenty five years old, while she was almost forty years old. For the next twenty five years, the couple remained happily married and the Prophet (sws) during this period was seen in the role of an ideal husband --- something which he maintained throughout his marital life. At the death of Khadijah (rta), the Prophet (sws) was left with small children. Consequently, he married a widow, Saudah (rta), then fifty three years old. The need for this marriage like the previous one, it is obvious, arose from perfectly natural needs. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All subsequent marriages of the Prophet (sws) were conducted to fulfil the responsibilities of Nabuwwat and Risaalat. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the year 622, the Prophet (sws) migrated to Medinah as its undisputed ruler. His marriage with Ayesha daughter of his dear Companion, Abu Bakr (rta) was consummated two years later<a href="" name="3"></a></span></span></span><sup><a href="http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=RI9504-3#3." style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. The marriage had been legally solemnized a couple of years before migration. It seems that this marriage was, in fact, a divine selection, for the services rendered by Ayesha (rta) for the cause of Islam stand unparalleled. She was, perhaps, the greatest authority on Islam after the Prophet (sws). All the illustrious Companions of the Prophet (sws) consulted her for religious guidance. The Prophet's marriage with Ayesha (rta) and later with Hafsa (rta) daughter of Umar (rta), also proved instrumental in the strengthening of ties with his two close Companions. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Now, within the first few years after migration, many Muslim women were widowed particularly, because their husbands had been killed in the battles of Badr and Uhad. A large number of them including their children were left helpless. The opening verses of Surah Nisaa came to their rescue and suggested a way out to deal with their apathy. The custom of polygamy which was prevalent in Arabia was utilized to solve this problem. The Quran urged the Muslims to marry them if they could be just to all their wives and at the same time this number should not exceed four. Since the Prophet (sws) was to set an example in this regard, he took lead and married two widows Zainab binti Khuzaimah and Hafsah binti Umar. At this stage, he had four wives Ayesha (rta), Saudah (rta), Hafsa (rta) and Zainab binti Khuzaimah (rta). A few months later, Zainab binti Khuzaimah (rta) died and the Prophet (sws) married Ummi Salmah (rta) whose husband had been martyred in the battle of Uhad. Her husband Abu Salmah (rta) had rendered meritorious services for the cause of Islam. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The Prophet (sws), while discharging his duties as the final Nabi, next married Zainab binti Jahash (rta) in the fifth year after migration. The reason for this marriage must be understood in the light of some important details: Islam inherited the inhuman institution of slavery. There were scores of slave men and women in every house. Instantly freeing them, it is clear, would have resulted in a lot of social and economic problems. Islam, therefore, adopted a gradual methodology to do away with slavery. It undertook various measures in this regard. However, freeing these slaves was not the only problem which was to be tackled. An even more important problem was to blend and graft them within the normal social structure of the society once they had been set free. Keeping in view the great sense of superiority the Arabs had over slaves, this was an extremely uphill task. Consequently, the Prophet (sws) in order to make them acceptable as normal members of a society took a very radical step. He persuaded his cousin sister Zainab binti Jahash to marry Zaid bin Haarisah, a slave boy he had set free and brought up as a son. The marriage took place, but, unfortunately, it could not continue due to certain reasons and Zaid bin Haarsihah had to divorce his wife. After this unfortunate dissolution of marriage, the only thing which could console Zainab (rta) was if the Prophet (sws) married her. Furthermore, it was necessary to reform a social custom concerning some erroneous concepts about an adopted son. According to this custom, the Arabs regarded the adopted sons and foster sons equally in all respects. This, of course, is against human nature and as such had to be abrogated. However, as a social custom, it was so deeply rooted in the Arab society that it could only be the Prophet's personality which could abolish it. Consequently, on the Almighty's bidding<a href="" name="4"></a></span></span></span><sup><a href="http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=RI9504-3#4." style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, the Prophet (sws) married her to sympathize with her and to reform this custom. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Also, with this marriage, the normal law of keeping four wives was extended by the Almighty for the Prophet (sws) so that he could effectively discharge his responsibilities as a Nabi and a Rasool. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Qur'an says:</span></span></span><br />
<div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"O Prophet! We have made lawful to you the wives whom you have paid their dowers and the slave girls whom Allah has given you as booty and the daughters of your paternal uncles and aunts and the daughters of your maternal uncles and aunts who migrated [from Mecca] with you; and any believing women who gifts her soul to the Prophet on the condition that the Prophet wishes to marry her. This privilege is yours alone and not for the believers. We very well know what We have imposed on them as obligations regarding their wives and slave girls --- in order that there be no difficulty for you [in your mission] and Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. You can keep any of them away from you and keep any of them near you and it is lawful for you to bring any of them near you whom you have kept away. This is more proper so that they be contented and not be sorrowful --- that they may feel satisfied with what you give them. And Allah knows what is in your hearts and Allah is All-Knowing and Most Forbearing. All other women besides these are not lawful for you nor can you change them for other wives, even though their beauty attracts you except those who are your slave-girls<a href="" name="5"></a></span></span></span><sup><a href="http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=RI9504-3#5." style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. And Allah does watch over all things." (33:50-2) <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> An analysis of the above mentioned verses reveals two important aspects: <br />
Firstly, two restrictions were imposed on the Prophet (sws): neither could he marry outside a certain sphere defined by the Quran, nor could he divorce any of his wives in order to wed another woman. According to this range, he could only marry women belonging to the following three categories. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> i) Women who had been made prisoners in a battle. <br />
ii) Women who had migrated from Mecca with the Prophet (sws) and were his close relatives. <br />
iii) Women who wanted to gift their soul to the Prophet (sws) on the condition that he wished to marry them. This meant a complete surrender of marital rights and acceptance of whatever the Prophet (sws) could afford to give them as far as time and attention were concerned. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Secondly, since all these marriages were conducted to realize a mission<a href="" name="6"></a></span></span></span><sup><a href="http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=RI9504-3#6." style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, all restrictions which are generally imposed on men in the capacity of husbands were lifted. Consequently, he was absolved from observing equality between his wives<a href="" name="7"></a></span></span></span><sup><a href="http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=RI9504-3#7." style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> After this special law had been revealed for the Prophet (sws), he married Ummi Habibah (rta), Safiyah (rta), Jawairiyah (rta) --- all of whom were the daughters of the leaders of the Quraish in order to tone down the rivalry of this leadership. It must be borne in mind that the Arabian society was feudal in nature and had its own peculiar traditions. One such tradition was the extreme respect and regard the Arabs had for their sons-in-law. Various tribes were at peace with others merely due to this relationship. To fight with a son-in-law was considered as a great shame for them. In these conditions, it was very appropriate for the Prophet (sws) to marry in various tribes and put an end to their hostility. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Ummi-Habibah (rta) was the daughter of Abu-Sufyaan, the Prophet's paternal uncle and one of his greatest enemies. She had migrated to Abyssinia to get some respite from the atrocities of the Quraish. There her husband accepted Christianity and she was left helpless. The Prophet (sws) married her and after this marriage, it became very difficult for Abu-Sufyan to remain the Prophet's adversary. Ultimately, with the conquest of Mecca, he accepted Islam. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Jawairiyah's (rta) tribe Bani Mustaliq had taken to highway robbery. The Prophet (sws) waged war on them and subdued them. A great number of them were taken prisoners. Jawairiyah the daughter of the tribe's chief was also among them. The Prophet (sws) married her and eliminated the seeds of hostility from this tribe. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> In the battle of Khaibar, after a peace treaty had been concluded with the enemy, the Muslim forces came across Safia binti Huyee --- a helpless widow of an aristocratic family. Her father, Huyee bin Akhtab --- a prominent leader of the Jews had been killed in the battle of Quraizah. The Prophet (sws) set her free and gave her the option to go to back to her family or to marry him if she wanted. Saffiyah showed her consent to marry the Prophet (sws). The marriage subsequently took place, and proved very effective in toning down the hostilities of the Jews. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> At the conquest of Mecca in the eighth year after migration, the Prophet (sws) married Maimoonah (rta), who had gifted her soul to him. Her only wish was to be associated with the Prophet (sws). </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> From the above details, it is evident that most of the marriages of the Prophet (sws) were conducted to help in realizing his mission as a Nabi and a Rasool. He had been given special directives in this regard and as such his marriages should be viewed in the light of these directives. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="" name="1."></a></span></span></span><sup><a href="http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=RI9504-3#1" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Consequently, the Quran, while reminding the wives of the Prophet (sws) about their primary duty, says: `And make known what is rehearsed to you in your homes of the revelations of Allah and His wisdom.' (33:34) <br />
<a href="" name="2."></a></span></span></span><sup><a href="http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=RI9504-3#2" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2.</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The unveiling of truth by a Prophet to the extent that no one has an excuse to deny it. <br />
<a href="" name="3."></a></span></span></span><sup><a href="http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=RI9504-3#3" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3.</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Recent researches have established beyond doubt that Ayesha (rta) at the time of the consummation was in her twenties. The Ahaadith which report her age to be eight or nine years at the time of marriage are absolutely baseless. For further details see Hakim Niaz Ahmad's "Tehqeeq Umri Ayesha Siddiqah" (Mashkoor Academy, Karachi) <br />
<a href="" name="4."></a></span></span></span><sup><a href="http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=RI9504-3#4" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4.</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> In the words of the Quran: `And when Zaid divorced his wife, We gave her to you in marriage in order that there may be no difficulty to the believers to wed the wives of their adopted sons if they divorced them.' (33:37) <br />
<a href="" name="5."></a></span></span></span><sup><a href="http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=RI9504-3#5" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5.</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> As mentioned earlier, Islam had inherited the institution of slavery. It had adopted a gradual methodology to do away with it. Consequently, during the interim period, temporary directives had to be given about slave men and women present in the society. The Prophet (sws) set an example before the Muslims in this regard and the manner in which he treated his slave men and women was beyond compare. He gave his slave women the same regard and respect as his wives if not more. The case of Maria Qibtia, a maiden gifted by Maquaqus, the king of Egypt, to the Prophet (sws) speaks volumes for this treatment. It must be kept in mind that the Prophet (sws) could not marry her, since, according to the Quran, he could only marry slave women captured in a battle. Returning a royal gift, of course, would be against courtesy. <br />
<a href="" name="6."></a></span></span></span><sup><a href="http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=RI9504-3#6" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6.</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The words `so that there is no difficulty for thee' [in accomplishing thy mission] and `This privilege is yours alone and not for the believers'. clearly point out the underlying wisdom of this law specifically meant for the Prophet (sws). <br />
<a href="" name="7."></a></span></span></span><sup><a href="http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=RI9504-3#7" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7.</span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Inspite of this relief, history testifies to the fact that the Prophet (sws) observed this equality between his wives in every sense of the word. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The basic pillar of the Islamic creed — namely, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shahadah</span></span></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> or testimony of faith — is as follows: There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. The first part of the </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shahadah</span></span></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> expresses the transcendent Oneness of Allah, and the second part upholds the unique human example of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) as Allah's servant and Messenger.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This means that the role of Muhammad was twofold: He was Allah's Messenger who conveyed to the humanity the will of Allah revealed to him. In this way, as Messenger of Allah, Prophet Muhammad represented Almighty Allah's will before his fellow humans. At the same time, he was a perfect human being who realized and implemented Allah's will in his own life. This being the case, Prophet Muhammad is considered a role model for the whole of humanity and, in particular, the leader of those humans who submit to the Creator by following in his footsteps.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In other words, the Prophet received the divine guidance and was its exemplar and practitioner par excellence. For this reason, the Prophet himself was the best enunciator and explicator of the Qur'an. Therefore, the best commentary on the Prophet's life is the Qur'an itself. When asked about his character, `A'ishah, the Prophet's wife, said, "His character was the Qur'an" (Ahmad).<br />
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Addressing the Prophet, Almighty Allah says in the Noble Qur'an:</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In fact, the Qur'an and its teachings cannot be entirely understood and practically adhered to apart from the Sunnah of the Prophet. The reason is that the Prophet's exemplary life was the Qur'an's realization in the human life. So, for all practical purposes, the scope of the Sunnah is as it were contiguous with that of the Qur'an.<br />
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Almighty Allah also says in the Qur'an:<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Indeed you have in the Messenger of Allah a beautiful pattern (of conduct) for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day and who engages much in the praise of Allah.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">]</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Al-Ahzab 33:21)</span></span></div><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This means that the believers must take the Prophet as their role model in all spheres of life. Thus, we can see that Almighty Allah has decreed that the example of Prophet Muhammad should necessarily serve as a practical demonstration of the precepts laid down in the Noble Qur'an. In this respect, Almighty Allah says:</span></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Allah did confer a great favor on the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from among themselves, rehearsing to them the signs of Allah, purifying them, and teaching them the Book and the Wisdom, while, before that, they had been in manifest error.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">]</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aal `Imran</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3:164)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He who obeys the Messenger obeys Allah.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">]</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(An-Nisaa' 4:80)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And whatsoever the Messenger gives you, take it. And whatsoever he forbids, abstain (from it). And keep your duty to Allah, for Allah is strict in punishment.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">]</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al-Hashr</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">59:7)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is not fitting for a believing man or a believing woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and His Messenger, to have any option about their affair, and whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he surely strays off a manifest straying.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">]</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Al-Ahzab 33:36)</span></span></div><span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="bodyContent" style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are all very powerful words from the Almighty about the norm set by the Prophet as the expression of Allah's own will.<br />
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Anyone who has studied the Qur'an and the life of Prophet Muhammad can see how this noble Book groomed the Prophet step by step until he became not only the spiritual leader of his people and the whole humanity but also the temporal head of a new political entity that he himself shaped from scratch. This is a miracle, indeed.<br />
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Islam teaches that Almighty Allah has created humans to be the representatives of the willful obedience to Allah's will and commands on earth. But how could we have known the purpose of our existence and our role if we had not received clear and practical instructions as to what Allah wants us to do? For this, Allah sent the Prophets to teach people what they should know about Him, the universe, and their destiny, as well as to guide and help them lead a meaningful life on earth.<br />
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It was from the Prophets that we obtained answers to all our questions pertaining to life, death, and the Day of Judgment. Through their model lives, they taught us how to live in this life as good humans.<br />
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Indeed, the humans were groping along through the darkness of ignorance, injustice, and inequality until these Prophets came and led them to the light of truth. When Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) appeared, the Arabian Peninsula was steeped in ignominy and ignorance. The superstitions prevailing at the time had turned those people into callous beasts.<br />
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But the Prophet was able to instill into them (not merely into a few persons but also into millions who lived in several places) a culture and enlightenment that made them the best and the noblest of the whole world.<br />
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If we study the life as well as the teachings of Prophet Muhammad, we can clearly see that his achievement as a Prophet could never have been realized if he had not been chosen, sent and guided by Almighty Allah.<br />
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This means that the real miracle of Muhammad was the fact that he received revelation from Almighty Allah to lead the people from the depths of darkness into the light of truth. This was no ordinary magical performance; the nature of this divine revelation, as well as its content, amply demonstrates otherwise. The miraculous nature of the Qur'an is evident to anyone who has conducted even a cursory study of its impact on the Arabs of those days.<br />
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The barbarous tribes were so superstitious that they used to kill their own newborn female babies. They used to bow down before stone idols and indulge in internecine warfare for decades in an unceasing fury of tribal vendetta. These types of people were transformed into a compassionate and cultured community. In their new mould, they stood shoulder to shoulder for Prayer five times a day like a solid, concrete wall, irrespective of tribe, race, color, language, or social position. They surrendered their pride and prestige and prostrated themselves before Allah, the One and Only God of the universe.<br />
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With the Qur'an in hand, Prophet Muhammad was able to instill into his followers such human qualities as gentleness, forgiveness, and spirit of brotherhood so much so that those primitive people became concerned more with the well-being of their less fortunate brothers than with themselves.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By the grace of the All-Merciful Allah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave shape to the teachings of Islam with a model society whose hallmark was truth, justice and peace. This achievement was obviously far beyond the capability of all humans (no matter how accomplished they might have been in their respective spheres) unless they were guided and aided by Almighty Allah Himself. In fact, not only did the Prophet receive the Qur'an into his heart and soul but also he was its living model who managed to lead millions out of the depths of darkness toward light.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Courtesy: </span></span><a href="http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1203758903474&pagename=Zone-English-Living_Shariah/LSELayout"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1203758903474&pagename=Zone-English-Living_Shariah/LSELayout</span></span></a>Teacher by profession, freelancer by passion and a follower of Prophet Muhammad صلّى الله عليه وسلّم by the Grace of Allahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01681049490508563861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690958287405899775.post-30848497490923025232010-06-26T10:37:00.000+04:002010-06-26T10:37:04.932+04:00The Prophet's Mercy towards the Elderly<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By Muhammad Mus'ad Yaqut</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the last</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">years,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the world has witnessed a remarkable interest in the elderly. Many international conferences and symposiums</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">were held</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to deal with the issues and problems they encounter. In 1982, the first initiative to care for the elderly</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">was declared</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as the United Nations declared the ninth decade of the 20th century "the decade of the elderly." In 1983, the World Health Organization adopted the slogan "Add Life to Years." In addition, the UN conference held in Madrid in 2002 adopted a plan of action to solve the problems of the elderly in various countries around the world. The outcome of these conferences, however, was just sweet promises and plans without any actual application.</span></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), on the other hand, was a pioneer in this field. He taught caring for the elderly irrespective of sex, color, or religion, and he himself set a great example in practicing the principles he taught. This article highlights Islamic teachings related to treating the elderly, and gives glimpses of how the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) put them in effect.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12pt;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Duty of the Young</span></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0cm;"><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anasibn</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Malik</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If a young man honors an elderly on account of his age, Allah appoints someone to honor him in his old age.</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">" (At-Tirmidhi; ranked</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hasan</span></span></em></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> by Al-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Albani</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; margin-right: 2.25pt; margin-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet here advises the young of the Muslim society, who will be tomorrow's elderly, to honor the elderly. Continuous application of this Prophetic advice helps bridge the gap between generations and spreads an atmosphere of love and understanding between the young and the old. Consider here also the generalization in the Prophet's words:</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"If a young man honors an elderly</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">;</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the hadith requires honoring the elderly regardless of their color or religion.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; margin-right: 2.25pt; margin-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In another</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hadith</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Muslims are told to be merciful to all people, Muslim and non-Muslim:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0cm;"><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anas ibn</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Malik</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"By Him in</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whose</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hand my soul is, Allah does not bestow His mercy except on a merciful one."</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> They (the Companions) said, "All of us are merciful." The Prophet replied,</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Not only</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that each of you has</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mercy upon the other, but to have mercy also upon all people."</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ya`la</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">; authenticated by Al-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Albani</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12pt;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Sign of Reverence for Allah</span></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abu Musa Al-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ash`ari</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"It is out of reverence to Allah to respect the white-headed (aged) Muslim."</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dawud</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">; ranked</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hasan</span></span></em></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Al-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Albani</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the hadith above, the Prophet considered respecting the elderly a way to show reverence for the Almighty. He linked reverence for the Creator</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">creatures with veneration of the All-Powerful and the weak elderly. The hadith implies all kinds of respect and care for the elderly: Health care, psychological care, social care, economic care, ending illiteracy, providing</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">education,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and other forms of care that the international community calls for today.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In one hadith, the Prophet disavows those who do not venerate the elderly and considers them alien to the Muslim society:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He is not one of us who does not show mercy to our young ones and esteem to our elderly.</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(At-Tirmidhi and Ahmad; authenticated by Al-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Albani</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12pt;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Practical Examples</span></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The young should (initiate) salutation to the old, the passerby should (initiate) salutation to the sitting one, and the small group of persons should (initiate) salutation to the large group of persons."</span></span></strong><strong><span dir="rtl" lang="AR-EG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Al-Bukhari)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the hadith above, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gives practical examples of Islamic etiquette and starts with a token of respect to the old.</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thus</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the young should take the initiative toward the aged in greeting and also helping, showing kindness, visiting, advising, phoning, and so on.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Similarly, giving priority to the elderly in different situations is a token of respect and honor to them:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jibreel</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ordered</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">me to give priority to the elderly."</span></span></strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(</span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fawa'id</span></span></span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bakr</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ash-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shafi`i</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">; au</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">thenticated by Al-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Albani</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet also ordered Muslims to</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"start with the elderly"</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> when serving a drink or the like (Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ya`la</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">; authenticated by Al-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Albani</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">).</span></span></div><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 11px; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In addition, the Prophet ordered that priority</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">be given</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to the old concerning leading prayers:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0cm;"><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Malik ibn</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Huwayrith</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet said,</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"When the time for prayer is due, one of you should announce</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Adhan</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and the oldest among you should lead the prayer."</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (Al-Bukhari)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This hadith does not contradict the other hadith that gives priority in leading the prayer to one who is distinguished in recitation and memorization of the Qur'an. The two criteria are to</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">be considered</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, as reported in the hadith of</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mas`ud</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ansari</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(may Allah be pleased with him):</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0cm;"><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet said,</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"</span></span></strong></span><span class="grame"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The person who is best versed in the recitation of the Book of Allah should lead the prayer; but if all those present are equally versed in it, then the one who has most knowledge of the Sunnah; if they are equal in that respect, then the one who has immigrated (to Madinah) first; if they are equal in this respect, then the oldest of them.</span></span></strong></span><span class="grame"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"</span></span></strong></span><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Muslim)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Furthermore, according to Prophetic guidance, the elder are worthier to start</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">cnversation</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once,</span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Huwayyisah</span></span></span></span><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and</span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Muhayyisah</span></span></span></span><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, the sons of</span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mas`ud</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ibn</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ka`b</span></span></span></span><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, and `</span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abdur-Rahman</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ibn</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sahl</span></span></span></span><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">came to the Prophet to discuss a certain matter with him.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">`</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abdur-Rahman</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, who was the youngest of</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">them</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">all, started talking. Thus, the Prophet said,</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Let the eldest (among you) speak first"</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (Al-Bukhari).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Easy Rulings for the Elderly</span></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shari`ah always adopts leniency and ease with persons having excuses, such as the elderly. This can be noticed in expiations and obligations required from them.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best evidence of easing expiations for the elderly is the story of</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Khawlah</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">bint</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tha`labah</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, which was mentioned at the beginning of</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Surat</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Al-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mujadilah</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Her aged husband,</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aws</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ibn</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Samit</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, who was also her cousin, pronounced</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">zhihar</span></span></em></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (declaring her unlawful to him as a wife, while at the same time not divorcing her so she can remarry). Thereupon the general Islamic ruling concerning</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">zhihar</span></span></em></span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">was revealed</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Those who put away their wives (by saying they are as their mothers) and afterward would go back on that which they have said, (the penalty) in that case (is) the freeing of a slave before they touch one another [that is, have intercourse]. Unto</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you are exhorted; and Allah is Informed of what you do.</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">he who finds not (the wherewithal), let him fast for two successive months before they touch one another [that is, have intercourse]; and for him who is unable to do so (the penance is) the feeding of sixty needy ones.</span></span></strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Al-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mujadilah</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">58:3–4)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After this</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">revelation</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke to</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Khawlah</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet said to</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Khawlah</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, "</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let him free a slave.</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">" She said, "O Messenger of Allah, he does not have the means to do that." The Prophet said, "</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then let him fast for two consecutive months.</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">" She replied, "By Allah, he is an old man; he is not able to do that."</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the Prophet told her, "</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then let him feed sixty poor people with a</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">wasaq</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(a measure equal to approximately 132.6 kilograms) of dates.</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">" She said, "O Messenger of Allah, he does not have that much." The Prophet then promised to help him by giving him an amount of dates; after all this he did not forget to advise the</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">lady</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, "</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take care of your cousin properly</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">." (</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tafsir</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ibn</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kathir</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, vol. 8)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Concerning obligations, Islam exempts the elderly who cannot bear fasting the month of Ramadan from observing this obligation, but requires them to feed a poor person for each day that they miss.</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, the elderly who cannot pray standing up are allowed to pray sitting down; if they cannot pray sitting down, they are allowed to pray lying on a side.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In addition, it is authentically reported that the Prophet once rebuked</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mu`</span></span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">adh</span></span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ibn</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jabal</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">when he led people in prayer and prolonged it:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 36pt; margin-top: 0cm;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Prophet said to him, "O</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mu`</span></span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">adh</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">! Are you putting the people to trial?</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[Thrice]</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It would have been better if you had recited</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sabbihisma</span></span></em></span></span><em><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rabbika-l-a`la</span></span></span></span></em></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[Surah 87]</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">,</span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wash-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">shamsi</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">wa</span></span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">duhaha</span></span></span></span></em></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[Surah 91]</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, or</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wal-layli</span></span></em></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">idha</span></span></em></span></span><em><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">yaghsha</span></span></span></span></em></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[Surah 92]</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, for the old, the weak, and the needy pray behind you."</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Al-Bukhari)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, Islam allowed the elderly who cannot perform Hajj to delegate another person to perform it on their behalf. Al-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fadl</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">narrated that a woman from the tribe of</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Khath`am</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O Allah's Prophet! The obligation of Hajj has become due on my father while he is old and weak, and he cannot sit firm on the mount; may I perform Hajj on his behalf?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied,</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Yes, (you may)"</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (Muslim).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 2.15pt; margin-right: 2.15pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Examples of the Prophet's Mercy</span></span></strong></div><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 11px; margin-left: 6.8pt; margin-right: 6.8pt;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 2.15pt; margin-right: 2.15pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having discussed the Islamic code of treating the elderly,</span></span></span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is now appropriate to give some practical examples from the Prophet's life. We will see him listening politely and respectfully to an elderly polytheist, seeking to release an elderly man captured by</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quraish</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, and honoring an elderly person and ordering him to improve his appearance.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Listening to an elderly polytheist respectfully.</span></span></em></strong></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">IbnKathir</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, in his biography of the Prophet, narrated that `</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Utbah</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ibn</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rabi`ah</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, one of the chiefs of</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Makkah's</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">polytheists, came to the Prophet trying to dissuade him from his call. He addressed the Prophet in a ridiculing manner, "Are you better than `Abdullah (the Prophet's father)? Are you better than `Abdul-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Muttalib</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(the Prophet's grandfather)?</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"</span></span></span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the Prophet did not respond to those degrading remarks. `</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Utbah</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">continued, "If you say that they are better than you, then they worshiped the gods you criticize; and if you claim that you are better than they, you can proclaim this loudly in order to be heard. You exposed us before the Arabs until it</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">was spread</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">among them that the</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quraish</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">has a magician or a monk. Do you want us to unsheathe the sword and engage in a bitter</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">war</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">until annihilation?"</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When `</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Utbah</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">noticed the politeness of the Prophet, he changed his offensive tone and continued, "Oh my nephew! If you desire money and wealth by preaching what you are preaching, we will collect enough for you from our own. We will make you the wealthiest of all of us.</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If it is chieftainship that you desire,</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we are ready to make you our paramount chief, so that we will never decide on a matter without you. If you desire</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">rulership</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, we will make you our ruler.</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">if this condition that you call revelation is a jinn whose grip you cannot escape from, we are ready to call the most distinguished physicians of time to examine you, and we will spend generously till you are completely cured. For sometimes a jinn seizes hold of a victim totally till the former is exorcised."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When `</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Utbah</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">finished his impudent speech, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him politely,</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Is that all, Abu Al-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Walid</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">?"</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> "Yes," he replied.</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Then listen to me,"</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the Prophet said to him. "I will," agreed `</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Utbah</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Then the Prophet recited the beginning of</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Surat</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fussilat</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(41).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seeking to release an elderly captive.</span></span></em></strong></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In his biography of the Prophet,</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ibn</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hisham</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">reported that when the Muslims captured `</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amr</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ibn</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abi</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sufyan</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ibn</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Harb</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the Battle of</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Badr</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, it was said to Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sufyan</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, "Pay for the ransom of your son `</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amr</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">." However, Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sufyan</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">answered, "Must I lose twice! They have killed</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Handhalah</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and now I must pay for the ransom of `</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amr</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">! Let him stay with them, they can keep him as long as they wish." Afterwards an old man called</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sa`</span></span></span></span><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">d</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ibn</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nu`man</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of the tribe of</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Banu</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">`</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amr</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ibn</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">`</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Awf</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">departed for Makkah to perform `</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Umrah</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. In spite of the critical political conditions, especially after the Battle of</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Badr</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">,</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sa`</span></span></span></span><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">d</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ibn</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nu`man</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">thought that he would not be captured in Makkah since the</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quraish</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">did not harm pilgrims. However, Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sufyan</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">attacked him and held him hostage until the Muslims in Madinah released his son. Some people of the tribe of</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Banu</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">`</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amr</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ibn</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">`</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Awf</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him what had happened to their relative. They asked him to give them the son of Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sufyan</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to free</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sa`</span></span></span></span><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">d</span></span></span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ibn</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An-</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nu`man</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">from captivity. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) released the son of Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sufyan</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">without a ransom and then sent him to his father who, consequently, released the old man.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Treating the elderly gently.</span></span></em></strong></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">IbnKathir</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tells the following in his biography of the Prophet. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered Makkah in Ramadan AH 8 (January 630) and entered the Sacred Mosque, Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bakr</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">brought his father, Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quhafah</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, to the Prophet to embrace Islam. When the Prophet saw him, he said to Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bakr</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">,</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Why didn't you leave the old man at his house and I would've gone to him there?"</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bakr</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">said, "You are more deserving of him coming to you than he is of you going to him." The Prophet seated Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quhafah</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in front of him and honored him. Then he passed his hand on Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quhafah's</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">chest and asked him to embrace Islam and Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quhafah</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">did. The Prophet, noticing that Abu</span></span><span class="SpellE"><span class="spelle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quhafah's</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hair was white, directed that his hair</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">be dyed</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are just few examples of the Prophet's gentleness, mercy, and respect towards the elderly. These examples, and many others, translate the sublime Islamic code of ethics for treating the elderly and provide Muslims, generation after generation, with a practical model that they should follow. Such care for the elderly is in line with the Islamic principle of the dignity of the human being and with the spirit of solidarity and</span></span><span class="GramE"><span class="grame"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mercy</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that pervades the Muslim society.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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