4.6. HER VIRTUES
Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) enjoyed excellent character as she lived with the Prophet (peace be upon him) performing her duties towards him very well and having good relation with Allah (the Exalted and Glorified). She used to fast the day and pray at night to the extent that she was distinguished with this character. Once, Jabriel came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said to him concerning Hafsah, “She is of a consistent fasting at day and a continuous performing of prayer at night, and she will be from among your wives in Paradise.
Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to follow the example of the Prophet (peace be upon him) in her fasting and performing prayer. A Muslim woman is in dire need of fasting so that she can train herself on harshness and austerity. This is a practical manner in the divine training and it has a deep effect in disciplining and purifying the soul. Fasting strengthens the will and enables faith and piety to control the body and its needs. Moreover, it makes one’s body the mount of his spirit. A woman who keeps fasting enjoys sensitivity, transparency, and clarity. Thus, a Muslim woman should master her soul through fasting which is considered the strongest factor that can purify one’s self in order to be able to keep good relationship with Allah (the Exalted and Glorified).
Then, comes the second lesson, which is to perform (supererogatory) prayer at night, which provides the Muslim woman with divine energies and spiritual aspirations. Truly, the paradise of the Muslim woman is in her prayer. Therefore, a Muslim woman should attach to Allah and try to seek His pleasure in cooperation with her husband. What an excellent Muslim wife is she who helps her husband in righteousness, piety, and religious affairs! And, what an excellent Muslim husband is he who helps his wife in obedience to Allah. In this regard, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, “May Allah have mercy on a man who gets up at night, performs prayer, and awakens his wife (to perform prayer) and in case she rejects, he sprinkles some water on her face. And, may Allah have mercy on a woman who gets up at night, performs prayer, and awakens her husband (to perform prayer) and in case he rejects, she sprinkles sone water on his face.
What is this compared with what we see now from the Muslim men and women! How far way still from those righteous people!
Among her virtues is that she was generous in giving out charity, benevolent. ascetic in the vanities of this worldly life and hopefully seeking the blessings of the Hereafter. On the death of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and after she had accompanied him in the Farewell Hajj, Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to perform pilgrimage every year.
The Mother of the Believers, said concerning her, “She was the only one from among the Prophet’s wives who equaled me in her status with regard to the Prophet (peace be upon him). “
Moreover, she was so well-known of good recitation of the Glorious Qur’an that she was counted as one of those who used to recite the Qur’an masterly. It was stated in as-Suyuti’s book, Al-Itqan fi Tilum al-Qur’an, that the reciters (of the Glorious
Qur’an) from among the Muhajirum were:
the four Rightly-guided Caliphs, Talhah, Sa’d, Hudhayfah, Salim, Abu Hurayrah, Abd Allah ibn as-Sa’ib, Abd Allah ibn Mas’ud, Abd Allah ibn Umar, Allah ibn Hafsah, Aisha and Umm Salamah. He enumerated five persons from the Ansar.
Among her virtues also is that she could well read and write. She had been educated by ash-Shifa’ bint Abd Allah. On his part, the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to encourage ash-Shifa’ to teach Hafsah as he encouraged Hafsah to learn from ash-Shifa’. Once, on visiting Hafsah in the presence of ash-Shifa’, the Prophet Peace be upon him) said to her, “Would you not teach her reading as you have taught her writing.
A conscious Muslim woman learns from the Mother of the Believers, Hafsah, two important lessons. They are as follows:
First: she should always keep a good relationship with Allah, Most High, through fasting, performing supererogatory prayer (at night), worshiping Allah, and remembering Him.
Second: a Muslim woman should endeavor to learn useful knowledge and drink from the Islamic sciences as much as she can.
She (may Allah be pleased with her) enjoyed eloquence. This is proven by her quoted sermons and sayings. She was
among the memorizers of the Prophetic hadiths. Rather, she was among the narrators of Hadith. She narrated sixty hadiths on the authority of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and her father. May Allah be pleased with her.
(SOURCE: Wives of Prophet Muhammad, Their Strives and Their Lives by Muhammad Fathi Mus’ ad)
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