HER EMIGRATION TO ABYSSINIA
Being among the early-converted Muslims, Sawdah bint Zuni ah (may Allah be pleased with her) along with other Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) suffered many kinds of torture. When persecution against Muslims aggravated, the Prophet (peace be upon him) directed them to migrate to Abyssinia saying, “You may go to Abyssinia (and _you may stay there) until Allah relieves you from your affliction. It is a land of faithfulness whose king is fair and does not make room for injustice. ” Thereupon, some of the Companions went to Abyssinia along with their families while others went alone. Sawdah and her husband, as-Sakran ibn migrated to Abyssinia in the company of eight people from Banu Amir.
And, out of patience and in anticipation of Allah’s reward. she (may Allah be pleased with her) accompanied her husband and migrated to Abyssinia sacrificing all her property for the sake of her religion. This is how Allah tests His servants’ faith by afflicting them with both good and evil.
False news reached the Prophet’s Companions who had migrated to Abyssinia that the disbelievers had made up with Islam and left its people free (to believe in Allah), and persecution was put to an end. Therefore, some emigrants, among them were Sawdah (may Allah be pleased with her) and her husband, decided to go back to their homeland while others preferred to stay in Abyssinia. As soon as they approached Makkah, they found that the news was untrue and that the disbelievers’ persecution and enmity against Muslims had not stopped. It was not long after they returned to Makkah, that the disease of her husband worsened, and it did not take long until he passed away. She bore the brunt of her husband’s death patiently.
(SOURCE: Wives of Prophet Muhammad, Their Strives and Their Lives by Muhammad Fathi Mus’ ad)
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