9.4. PATIENCE AND PERSISTENCE
Suddenly, Umm Habibah found herself having to select one out of three choices. The first was to respond to her husband who wanted her to renounce Islam and embrace Christianity. She knew very well that if she succumbed, the only result would be disgrace in this life and in the life after. How could she do this to herself after she had tasted the sweetness of faith?! This was an impossible option for Umm Habibah.
The second choice was to return to her father who was still a disbeliever and there she would be helpless and live in humiliation.
The third choice was to go on living in Abyssinia as an alien, alone with no family, home, or support.
Overwhelmed by the decision she had to make, Umm Habibah secluded herself from all the people around her. She suffered a fierce conflict between her nature and her faith, and found herself torn between pity and confidence, and fear and security. Eventually she propelled her burden upon Allah, the Almighty, and she took her daughter in her arms and slept.
Favoring Allah’s Content over anything else, Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) decided to go on living in Abyssinia until Allah accomplished what He had ordained.
It was an extremely strenuous situation for a woman to live alone in exile with a little child depending on a merciless and indifferent husband who was guilty of apostasy and endeavored to make her an apostate too.
Had it not been for her deep faith and her strong conviction and her absolute trust in Allah, the Almighty, she would have been defeated right from the very first moment by frustration and grief, and would not have been a wife of the honorable Prophet (peace be upon him) whose images cross our mind whenever we remember all the beautiful attributes. In fact, Umm Habibah set a wonderful example of the deep faith in Allah, the true conviction, the beautiful patience and the firm persistence; she decided to keep for faith and reject all joys of this world.
With reference to her husband, he died as an apostate and his ultimate reward was disgrace in this life and in the life hereafter.
(SOURCE: Wives of Prophet Muhammad, Their Strives and Their Lives by Muhammad Fathi Mus’ ad)
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