6.11. HER VIRTUES
Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) enjoyed several merits and virtues. She was of those who emigrated twice; once to Abyssinia and another time to Madinah, and thus attained their great reward. She was a part of the first generation of Muslims; their bitter sufferings and their striving in the cause of Allah. Actually, she sacrificed all her property for the sake of her faith and fought in Allah’s cause in many battles. Thus, she had the honor of al-Mujahidun (those who strive in Allah’s cause). She also accompanied the Prophet (peace be upon him) in the Battles of Al-Muraysi, Khaybar, the Conquest of Makkah, besieging at-Ta’if and fighting Hawazin and Thaqif. Then she accompanied him in the Farewell pilgrimage in the tenth year after hijrah. Her great stance on the Day of Al-Hudaybiyah is also memorable.
Almighty Allah granted her sound judgment, far-sightedness, good understanding, and a sound mentality. This was proven by the hadith narrated by Muslim in which Umm Salamah said, “I used to hear people mentioning the Cistern, but I did not hear about it from Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him). One day while a girl was combing my hair, I heard Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) say, ‘O people.’ I said to that girl, Keep away from me.’ She said, ‘He (the Prophet) addressed the men only and he did not invite the attention of the women.’ I said, ‘I am amongst the people also (i.e. I have thus every right to listen to the things pertaining to religion).’ Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, “I shall be your harbinger at the Cistern; therefore, be cautious lest one of you should come (to me) and may be driven away like a stray camel. I would ask about the reasons, and it would be said to me: You do not know what innovations they made after you. And I would then also say, ‘Be away, be away.”
Look how she replied to her servant girl Saying that she is one of the people. She (may Allah be pleased with her) understood well that man and woman are equal before Allah In following HIS commands and avoiding HIS Sins and that women share With men in abiding by the address repotted by the Law -Giver.
One of her virtues is that Almighty Allah sent down a Quranic verse concerning her, which will continue to be recited until the Day of judgment, She was reported to have said to Allah’s Messenger ( peace be upon him) “Men fight in the cause of Allah but women do not while we (women) have a half of inheritance?” As a result, Almighty Allah sent down His saying, {And in no wise covet those things In which Allah has bestowed His gifts more freely on some of you than on others…} ( An-Nisa: 32)
It was also reported that umm salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) said, said to the Messenge;• of Allah (peace be upon him)} t Why arc we (women) not mentioned in the Glorious Qur’an as much men’? i and added, “One day J heard him (the Prophet) delivering his sermon while I was combing my hair. So I hastily compiled it, then I went to hear him. There I heard him saving, {O people! Allah, Most High, says, ‘Verily Muslim men and Muslim women, and believing men and believing women and de yoni Ine and devout women..} Among her virtues also is that the Revelation very often came to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon hill)) in her house and one day she saw Gabriel in the shape of Dihyah al-Kalbi. She was also among the reciters of the Glorious Qur’an, and she enjoyed eloquence and a good style. It was said that she sometimes composed poetry.
As regards her narration of hadith, she was among the Muslim women who narrated many hadiths from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). No wife of the Prophet (peace be upon him) excelled her in this field except A’ishah. In the time of the Companions, she was usually asked about matters of Shariah and fatwas for she was one of the jurists. She narrated 378 hadiths. May Allah be pleased with her, bless her, and make her last abode in Paradise.
(SOURCE: Wives of Prophet Muhammad, Their Strives and Their Lives by Muhammad Fathi Mus’ ad)
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