9.3. THE EMIGRATION TO ABYSSINIA
When life in Makkah became too difficult and fierce for the Muslims to bear since the polytheists went too far in their tyranny and their enmity towards them, the Prophet (peace be upon him) permitted his followers, among them were Umm Habibah and her husband Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh, to emigrate to Abyssinia.
After all these successive hardships, Umm Habibah thought that she would live a calm and peaceful life. She was oblivious to the knowledge that Allah was about to make her go through the most difficult experience she could ever think of and after which she would come out stronger and more faithful.
Settling down in Abyssinia, Umm Habibah continued her worshiping Allah and started raising her daughter upon obeying Allah and His Messenger. On the other hand, however, her husband spent most of his time sitting and talking with the priests there.
One night Umm Habibah saw in her sleep that her husband Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh being in a terrible condition and got lost in a deep dark sea. So, she woke up terrified and was not able to attain any peace of mind.
Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) related the story saying, “I saw in my sleep my husband Allah ibn Jahsh in the worst and ugliest image he could ever be. I was terrified. I said, ‘By Allah he has changed’. In the morning I found him telling me that he thought about it and decided that the best religion to be adopted is Christianity. I said to him, ‘It is not better for you than Islam, and I told him about my vision but he paid me no attention.’ He then became wholeheartedly engaged in drinking. He gave Umm Habibah the freedom to choose either to be divorced or to adopt Christianity.
(SOURCE: Wives of Prophet Muhammad, Their Strives and Their Lives by Muhammad Fathi Mus’ ad)
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