NENE A'ISHA
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[ASALAMU ALEYKUM SISTERS AND BROTHERS
MANY ARTICLES HAVE BENN WRITTEN ABOUT MUSLIM MEN AND THEIR SACRIFICES FOR THE UMMAH; BUT VERY RARELY DO YOU READ OR HEAR OF MUSLIM WOMEN WHO WHERE ALSO HELD IN VERY HIGH ESTEEM FOR THEIR OBLE ACTIONS.
I WILL PRESENT THE STORIES OF TWO MUSLIM SISTERS WHOSE BEHAVORS ARE INSTRUCTIVE.
I BEGIN WITH THE STORY OF ASMAA,THE DAUGTHER OF ABU-BAKR.
WHERE THE PROPHET (SAW) AND HER DAD WHERE TAKING REFUGE IN THER CAVE OFTHAWR, SHE TOOK FOOD TO THEM. IN SO DOING,SHE RAN MAJOR RISKS.THE FIRST WAS THE DANGER TO HER PERSON.BUT THE MORE IMPORTANT WAS THE VERY REAL PISSIBILITY THE HER CTIONS WOULD REAVEAL THEIR HIDING PLACE TO THE ENEMIES,THE MUSH-RKEEN OF QURAISH.
TO AVOID THESE UNDESIRABLE OUT COMES, ASMAA CHOSE A ROUTE THAT WAS NOT THE MOST OBVIOUS.
IN FACT , IT WAS NEITHER COMFORTABLE NOR EASY.
SHE ALSO TOOK THER PRECAUTION OF CONCEALING THE FOOD SHE WAS CARRIYING IN THE BAG ENCLOSED INSIDE A BELT AROUND HER WAIST, FOR THIS SHE EARNED THE NICKNAME "THUL- NITAQAYN"
WHICH MEANS "BEHOLDER OF THE BELT."
AND EVEN WITH THESE SAFEGUARDS, HER ACTIVITIES BECAME KNOW TO THOSE WHO WERE PURSUING THE PROPHET(SAW)
WHEN SHE REFUSED TO REVEAL THIS WHEREABOUTS, ABU JAHL STRUCK HER.
ASMAA DEMOSTRATED HER BRAVELY WHEN SHE REPEATEDLY FACED THE DANGER OF WALKING TO THE CAVE,WHEN SHE REFUSED TO INDENTIFY ITS LOCATION TO THE PROPHET'S ENEMIES. SHE SHOWED HER LOYALTY AND CONTINUING TO SUPPOR HER FATHER AND HER PROPHET, EVEN IN THE FACE OF THREATS TO HER OWN SAFETY. FINALLY IT TOOK ENDURANCE FOR HER TO PERSIST AGAINST THESE OBSTACLES.
WHAT LESSONS FOR ALL MUSLIM , ,ASMAA TOUGHT US TO ENDURE HARDSHIPS THAT COME OUR WAY, WHETHER THEY BE PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL.SHE TOUGHT US BY EXAMPLE THAT AS LONG AS OUR ACTIONS ARE ISLAMICALLY CORRECT, WE CAN NOT HESITATE IN FINDIN OUR OWN DISTINCT WAY OF HELPING OUR UMAH TO SUCCEED.
I CHOE AS THE SECOND PERSONALITY UMM SALAMH, WHO HAS A WELL DESERVED REPUTATION FOR HER DEEP CONNECTION WITH EVERY MOTHER WHO CARRIES A CHILD IN HER ARMS.
SHE HER HUSBAND AND THEIR SON WERE PREVENTED FROM LEAVING MAKKAH TO MIGRATE TO MADINAH . HER FAMILY UNLAWFULLY TREW HER INTO PRISON, AFTER TAKING HER SON AWAY FROM HER, AND SEPARATING HER FROM HER HUSBAND, WHO CONTUNUED ON TO MADINAH.
UMM SALAMAH WEPT FOR ALMOST A WHOLE YEAR. CLEARLY,HER TEAS WERE FOR HER GRIEF . BUT AS TRADITION TELL US WHTH EACH PASSING DAY , SHE BELIEVED EVER MORE DEEPLY THAT SHE WOULD BE RENUNITED ITH HE SON . HER FAITH NEVER FLAGGED . RATHER , IT STEADILY INCREASED.
BEFORE THE YEAR CAME TO AN END ONE OF HER RELATIVES INTERVENED , AND SHE WAS FINALLY REUNITED WITH HER SON AND
SOMETIMES ALLAH(SWT) WILL TEST US IN WAYS THAT OFTEN INVOLVE OUR MOST BELOVED ONES - OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, OR OUR DEAR FRIENDS. SOMETIMES THE SITUATION IS TRULY BEYON OUR CONTROL, AND THER I NOTHING WE CAN DO , EXCEPT,AS UMM SALAMAH TAUGHT US: PERSEVERE, REMAIN CONSTANT IN OUR FAITH , PRAY TO ALLAH(SWT) ACCEPT THE OUTOME, (EVEN IF IT IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WEHOPED FOR).
ALLAH(SWT) KNOWS BETTER THAN E WHAT IS BEST FOR US.
THESE ARE ONLY TWO OF THE MANY STORIES OF SAHABAH WHO SUPPORED PROPHET MUHAMMAD(SAW) IN VARIOUS WAYS .
I PRAY THAT THEIR EXAMPLES INSPIRE US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR CONTENPORARIES, MAY ALLAH(SWT) BLESS OUR EFFORTS, AND GUIDE US AS WE OFFER OUR CONTRIBUTIONS IN OUR TIME.:tti_sister:
MANY ARTICLES HAVE BENN WRITTEN ABOUT MUSLIM MEN AND THEIR SACRIFICES FOR THE UMMAH; BUT VERY RARELY DO YOU READ OR HEAR OF MUSLIM WOMEN WHO WHERE ALSO HELD IN VERY HIGH ESTEEM FOR THEIR OBLE ACTIONS.
I WILL PRESENT THE STORIES OF TWO MUSLIM SISTERS WHOSE BEHAVORS ARE INSTRUCTIVE.
I BEGIN WITH THE STORY OF ASMAA,THE DAUGTHER OF ABU-BAKR.
WHERE THE PROPHET (SAW) AND HER DAD WHERE TAKING REFUGE IN THER CAVE OFTHAWR, SHE TOOK FOOD TO THEM. IN SO DOING,SHE RAN MAJOR RISKS.THE FIRST WAS THE DANGER TO HER PERSON.BUT THE MORE IMPORTANT WAS THE VERY REAL PISSIBILITY THE HER CTIONS WOULD REAVEAL THEIR HIDING PLACE TO THE ENEMIES,THE MUSH-RKEEN OF QURAISH.
TO AVOID THESE UNDESIRABLE OUT COMES, ASMAA CHOSE A ROUTE THAT WAS NOT THE MOST OBVIOUS.
IN FACT , IT WAS NEITHER COMFORTABLE NOR EASY.
SHE ALSO TOOK THER PRECAUTION OF CONCEALING THE FOOD SHE WAS CARRIYING IN THE BAG ENCLOSED INSIDE A BELT AROUND HER WAIST, FOR THIS SHE EARNED THE NICKNAME "THUL- NITAQAYN"
WHICH MEANS "BEHOLDER OF THE BELT."
AND EVEN WITH THESE SAFEGUARDS, HER ACTIVITIES BECAME KNOW TO THOSE WHO WERE PURSUING THE PROPHET(SAW)
WHEN SHE REFUSED TO REVEAL THIS WHEREABOUTS, ABU JAHL STRUCK HER.
ASMAA DEMOSTRATED HER BRAVELY WHEN SHE REPEATEDLY FACED THE DANGER OF WALKING TO THE CAVE,WHEN SHE REFUSED TO INDENTIFY ITS LOCATION TO THE PROPHET'S ENEMIES. SHE SHOWED HER LOYALTY AND CONTINUING TO SUPPOR HER FATHER AND HER PROPHET, EVEN IN THE FACE OF THREATS TO HER OWN SAFETY. FINALLY IT TOOK ENDURANCE FOR HER TO PERSIST AGAINST THESE OBSTACLES.
WHAT LESSONS FOR ALL MUSLIM , ,ASMAA TOUGHT US TO ENDURE HARDSHIPS THAT COME OUR WAY, WHETHER THEY BE PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL.SHE TOUGHT US BY EXAMPLE THAT AS LONG AS OUR ACTIONS ARE ISLAMICALLY CORRECT, WE CAN NOT HESITATE IN FINDIN OUR OWN DISTINCT WAY OF HELPING OUR UMAH TO SUCCEED.
I CHOE AS THE SECOND PERSONALITY UMM SALAMH, WHO HAS A WELL DESERVED REPUTATION FOR HER DEEP CONNECTION WITH EVERY MOTHER WHO CARRIES A CHILD IN HER ARMS.
SHE HER HUSBAND AND THEIR SON WERE PREVENTED FROM LEAVING MAKKAH TO MIGRATE TO MADINAH . HER FAMILY UNLAWFULLY TREW HER INTO PRISON, AFTER TAKING HER SON AWAY FROM HER, AND SEPARATING HER FROM HER HUSBAND, WHO CONTUNUED ON TO MADINAH.
UMM SALAMAH WEPT FOR ALMOST A WHOLE YEAR. CLEARLY,HER TEAS WERE FOR HER GRIEF . BUT AS TRADITION TELL US WHTH EACH PASSING DAY , SHE BELIEVED EVER MORE DEEPLY THAT SHE WOULD BE RENUNITED ITH HE SON . HER FAITH NEVER FLAGGED . RATHER , IT STEADILY INCREASED.
BEFORE THE YEAR CAME TO AN END ONE OF HER RELATIVES INTERVENED , AND SHE WAS FINALLY REUNITED WITH HER SON AND
SOMETIMES ALLAH(SWT) WILL TEST US IN WAYS THAT OFTEN INVOLVE OUR MOST BELOVED ONES - OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, OR OUR DEAR FRIENDS. SOMETIMES THE SITUATION IS TRULY BEYON OUR CONTROL, AND THER I NOTHING WE CAN DO , EXCEPT,AS UMM SALAMAH TAUGHT US: PERSEVERE, REMAIN CONSTANT IN OUR FAITH , PRAY TO ALLAH(SWT) ACCEPT THE OUTOME, (EVEN IF IT IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WEHOPED FOR).
ALLAH(SWT) KNOWS BETTER THAN E WHAT IS BEST FOR US.
THESE ARE ONLY TWO OF THE MANY STORIES OF SAHABAH WHO SUPPORED PROPHET MUHAMMAD(SAW) IN VARIOUS WAYS .
I PRAY THAT THEIR EXAMPLES INSPIRE US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR CONTENPORARIES, MAY ALLAH(SWT) BLESS OUR EFFORTS, AND GUIDE US AS WE OFFER OUR CONTRIBUTIONS IN OUR TIME.:tti_sister: