Tawheed is the key

Those who raise the generations Part 2

So we still wonder hos sufyan reached the status of imam in the Deen? How not when he was raised by this merciful mother and he was fed with the milk of that advising mother with taqwa?

Ibn Hazm Rahimahullah said: “its obligatory on them (the women) to understand their Deen as its obligatory on the men. and its obligatory on them all to know the rulings of purity, salah and fasting, and whats haram and halal from eating, drinking and clothing as its for men.” [al-Ahkam by Ibn Hazm]

Whats the best thing for a sister..?

it was narrated from alee bin abee taalib, that he said they were sitting with the prophet saws, so he asked them, “whats the best thing for a woman”? so they stayed silent. so when he got back he asked his wife faatimah radiyallaahu anha, so she replied “that men dont see her” Alla yaraaha ar-Rijaal. so he mentioned that to the prophet saws and he said ” faatimah is a part of me”.

 Women and the fear of Allaah

Suwaid bin Amr Kaibi RadiYallaahu anhu says that three was a devout worshipping lady in the town of Ghuna who hardly used to sleep. When someone critisiced her for that she said: “ death and the long rest in the grave will be enough sleep for the believers”

Aminah RadiYallaahu anha the daughter of Abu Wara’ RadiYallaahu anhu was among the devout and fearing. Whenever the fire was mentioned to her she would cry and say: “ They will be forced into Hell; they will eat fire; they will drink of the fire and live!” she would cry as if she was being fried in the pan.

Hakim ibn Sinan Bahili RadiYallaahu anhu says that a woman who served Muadah Al-‘adawiyah RadiYallaahu anha said: “she would keep vigil for most of the night in prayers. When sleep would overcome her, she would tell herself: O self! Sleep is in front of you. If you let it overcome you, you will end up regretting that in the grave.”
One of her quotations was: “ i am amazed at an eye that sleeps while it knows of the long rest in the darkness of the grave.”

‘Ajradah al’Ammiyah RadiYallaahu anha used to saty awake from early in the night until fajr. On fajr, she would announce in a sad voice: “it is for You that the worshippers have spent their time in bringing the darkness of the night. They have stayed up for Your Mercy and Grace. So it is You and not anyone besides You that I ask to make me amongst the leaders of those who rush towards You; to elevate me to the rankts of the close ones and to recruit me among Your pious servants. For You are The Most Noble of The Noble; The Most Merciful of The Merciful and the Greates of The Great, O Generous One”. She would then fall down in prostration, pray and weep until fajr.

‘Ufairah Al-Abidah RadiYallaahu anha says: “sometimes i want to sleep but am unable to do so. How can i sleep when my record keeping angels do not sleep?”

Khalid Ibn Warraq RadiYallaahu anhu says: “I had a maid who was very strict on herself so i told her one day that Allaah was understanding and would accept the easiest of deeds. She cried and said: “I have placed upon Allaah such whims and fancies that the mountain would not be able to bear thei burden, just as they were not able to bear the burden of the Trust. I am aware that there is a resort in the grace of Allaah for the sinners, but how can i stand the remorce of not being among the winners?”

“And what is that,” i enquired.

“tomorrow, on the day of resurrection, when everything in the graves will be overturnd, the good people will ride their mounts of deeds and rush to the path. My Master! No lazy person can outrun the competitors, even if many gifts are presented. Or how can i face death of sorrow and dullness when i see everyone riding their mounts, raising the banners of the good people and those who yearn cross the path and those who love Allaah meet Him, while I lag behind with the wrongdoers and the sinners?”

she then cried and said: “Beware! Do not allow anybody to prevent you from competing in the race of deeds, for there is not in either world any house where sercants can make up for their lost time, Woe unto those who fall short of serving their Lord and yet keep up false hopes. Why can’t these hopes wake them up when the champions sleep?

We will quote imam Ghazali rahimahullah for the final advice in this matter:

These were the fears of the pious. We need to be even more apprehensive than they were. Our desires lead us and our misfortune dominates us while no examples of the predecessors move us, nor does the threat of death dirsturb us. We ask Allaah to reform our actions through His Grace. What is even more strange is that when we want wealth in this world, we farm, we do buisness and we board all sorts of vehicles on land and in the sea. When we seek the ranks of knowledge, we try to understand and we tire while memorising information.
Then, when we look towards the Eternal Kingdom, we are content by saying:” O Allaah! Forgive us and have mercy upon us.”Whereas the One Whom we should long for says: “Man will only reap what he strives for.” [Surat An-Najm: 39] and: “O man! What has deceived you about your Generous Lord?”

[Taken from the Book “Ten Frightening Things For Women”]

From ‘Abdah bin abi shawwal who was the servant of Rabi’ah al-adawiyyah Rahimahallaah. She said, “Rabi’ah used to pray the whole night. And then she would sleep until the fajr would appear. I would hear her say ” O nafsi, how long will you sleep? And until when will you wake up? Soon you would sleep and not wake up from it before the day of resurrection!”

[From Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa']

 

A wise woman

The righteous slave Shu’ayb Rahimahullaah wanted to get married. When he saw her he liked what he saw and she agreed on him aswell. But he feared she wouldnt be patient on his temper and ‘akhlaaq, so he said to her:” know that im of bad akhlaaq (temper)”. She replied to him as a wise, mature and patient wife and said:” worse than you in akhlaaq, is the one who causes you to be bad tempered”(i,e if i make you angry, then i have worse than your akhlaaq). He liked her reply and told her immedietly, “your my wife” (i,e i dont want other than you as a wife).”

[the book al-Athkiyaa' by Ibn al-Jawzee]

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Among the Qurashiyyeen was a noble and righteous woman. A male servant owned by her husband, and who was of no desire in women at all entered upon her while she wasnt wearing her headcover. She shaved off her hair completly and said, ” I dont want to have hair that was seen by non-mahrams”

[From 'Uyoon al-Akhbaar by Ibn Qutaybah]

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A good start

From Umm Hameed Rahimahallaah who said:”The women of al-Madeenah al-Munawwarah used to send the bride before leting her into her new husband on the wedding night to ‘Aaishah bint abi Bakr radiyallaahu ‘anhum. Then she Radiyallaahu ‘anha would put her hand on the brides head and make duaa for her for everything good! she would advise her to fear Allaah and to give the husband the rights he has on her.”

[from "al-musannaf" by ibn abi shaybah]

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The Best of Women

A bedouin was asked about women, and being a man who was experienced with them he said:

“The best woman is the tallest when she stands, the most prominent when she sits, and the most truthful when she speaks. She is the one whose anger subsides quickly, and whose laugh is a beautiful smile. When she does anything, she does it well. She obeys her husband and adheres to her home. She is honored among her people, yet insignificant in her own mind - affectionate and fertile, and all of her affair is good.”

A Karamah to a righteous woman

Sa’d bin Ibraheem said: ” Zinneerah was a roman slave and became a muslimah. The mushrikeen tortured her until she lost her sight because of the severe torture. The mushrikeen said “the laat and ‘uzzah took her sight”. She said, ” i disbelieve in al-laat wal ‘uzzah” and Allaah returned back her sight”.

In another narration:” Abu Bakr Radiyallaahu anhu freed zinneerah from slavery and she lost her sight when she was freed. Quraish said:” its only laat and ‘uzzah that took her sight”. She said, “By Allaah they have lied, al-laat wal ‘uzzah neither harm or benefit“, and Allaah returned back her sight”

['Al-'Isaabah fee tamyeez as-Sahaabah', by Ibn hajr al-'Asqalaani]

I remember Imam anwar Awlaki (fa) mentioned this story in the abu bakr series. he said it was Allaah testing for her if she would remain strong even if she lost her sight. and when she did she passed the test and Allaah returned back her sight.

so everything we go through is a test on wether we would stick to this path even thou its getting tough or back off? and if we hold on the test would be over and we would be the winners InShaa’Allaah

“And stay in your homes”

Al-Imaam Abu Bakr ibn al-’arabee Rahimahullaah said: “I entered more than 1000 small towns and i didnt see better kids or more chaste women than the women of Naablous (a known city in Filasteen). I stayed in it a whole month and i didnt see a woman in the streets at daytime, except on friday when they came out to attend the Jum’ah prayer until the street was full of them. When the prayer had finshed and they returned to their homes my eye didnt see any of them until next friday.”

[The Book 'ahkaam al Qur'aan' by ibn al-'arabee al-maaliki]

Comment by another author:”What if the imaam Ibn al-’arabee lived in our time, and saw the roads, streets and malls filles with women and young girls day and night, what would he say?”

وقرن في بيوتكن ولا تبرجن تبرج الجاهلية الأولى وأقمن الصلاة وآتين الزكاة وأطعن الله ورسوله إنما يريد الله ليذهب عنكم الرجس أهل البيت ويطهركم تطهيرا [33:33

"And stay in your houses, and do not display yourselves like that of the times of ignorance, and perform As-Salat (IqamatasSalat), and give Zakat and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah wishes only to remove ArRijs (evil deeds and sins, etc.) from you, O members of the family (of the Prophet SAW), and to purify you with a thorough purification"

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Ibn Kathir Rahimahullah said about Faatimah bint Nasr al-'attar Rahimahallaah:" she was among the worshippers who stayed in their homes because of their chastity and modesty. It is said that she didnt leave her home except for 3 occasions.

-First time, from her fathers house to her husbands.
-Second time, from her husbands house to perform hajj.
-And third time, from her husbands house to her grave."

[From al-bidaayah wan-Nihaayah by Ibn kathir]

The Courageous Mujahidah

Ibn Hajr al-’Asqalaani mentioned about the Sahabiyyah Umm Musa al-Lakhmiyyah, the wife of Nusayr al-Lakhmee, the father of Musa bin Nusayr the ameer who is known for the opening of al-Andalous.

She attended the battle of Yarmouk with her husband and that day she killed a roman soldier and took whatever he had from money and weapon!

She narrated that incident herself saying: “We were a group of women and while the men took a round i saw a roman soldier who was dragging a muslim man with him. I took a pole from he tent and got closer to him and hit him on his head! I dragged him with me and the men helped me with that.”

['al-Isaabah fee tamyeez as-Sahaabah', by Ibn Hajr al-Asqalaani]

The Righteous Sahaabiyyah “Umm Waraqah Bint Nawfal al-Ansaariyyah” May Allaah be pleased with her, when the prophet went for the ghazwah of Badr she said,”Grant me permission to go with you, i can treat the sick and maybe Allaah will grant me Matyrdom“, the prophet said to her:”Stay in your home, for Allaah will give you martyrdom“, and she was therefore called “the Shaheedah“!She May Allaah be pleased with her used to read the Qur’an so she asked for permission from the Prophet to have a Mu’athin in her house, and he gave her permission. She Had two slaves (a male and a female) that would be freed when she died. They got up one night, covered her and strangled her until she died (because they wanted to be freed quickly) and ran away!The news reached the khaleefah of the muslims Umar Ibn al-Khattab May Allaah be pleased with him, he stood up and said to the people:”Who have knowledge about these two, or the one who saw them, bring them.”