QUR’ANIC VERSE RELATING TO SAWDAH
Some Qur’anic verses concerning Sawdah were revealed. In this regard, Allah ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “Sawdah feared that the Prophet (peace be upon him) might divorce her. Thereby, she said (to him), ‘Do not divorce me, but hold me and I will give my turn to A ‘ishah.’ And so he did. Accordingly, Almighty Allah revealed,
A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported, “Some of the wives of the Prophet (peace be upon him) asked him, ‘Who amongst us will be the first to follow you (i.e. die after you)?’ He said, ‘Whoever has the longest hand.’ So they started measuring their hands with a stick and Sawdah’s hand turned out to be the longest. Afterwards, We came to know that the length of the hand was a symbol of practicing charity, so she was the first to follow the Prophet (peace be upon him) and she loved to always practice charity.”
It is such a great and noble deed a Muslim woman spends her money in the cause of Allah, gives charity, and sacrifices her dearest possession for her religion. Lady Sawdah (may Allah be pleased with her), preceded by Lady Khadijah, represented the model of a truthful, benevolent, and charitable Muslim woman
“a wife fears cruelty or desertion on her husband’s part, there is no blame on them if they arrange an amicable settlement between themselves; and such settlement is best…” (An-Nisa’:128)
A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported, “The wives of the Prophet used to go to al-Manasi, a vast open place (near to al-Baqi at Madinah) to answer the call of nature at night. s Umar used to say to the Prophet, ‘Let your wives be veiled,’ but Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) did not do so. One night Sawdah bint Zuni ah, the wife of the Prophet (peace be upon him), went out at time and she was a tall lady. addressed her and said, ‘I have recognized you, O Sawdah.’ He said so, as he greatly desired that the verses of al-Hijab (the observing of veils by the Muslim women) might be revealed. So Allah revealed the verses of A-Hija
(SOURCE: Wives of Prophet Muhammad, Their Strives and Their Lives by Muhammad Fathi Mus’ ad)
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