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أحمد محمد لبن Ahmad.M.Lbn
مؤسس ومدير المنتدى
عدد المساهمات : 49023
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| | موضوع: Asmaa' bint 'Umays الثلاثاء 27 ديسمبر 2016, 5:43 pm | |
|  Asmaa' bint 'Umays
The woman of two migrations
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Some of the Prophet's, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, companions thought that the concept of Hijrah is restricted to migrating from Makkah to Madeenah. It is one of the levels of Eemaan and Islam, like the titles: `the earliest Muslims', the `Badr warriors'. They therefore assumed that those who migrated to Abyssinia and stayed there till the day of the battle of Khaybar had no reward of migration.
This opinion worried Asmaa'. She then came to the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, distressed, and she asked him of the truthfulness of what some of the companions were saying. The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, told her, "You have two migrations and the people have one."
The Prophet's, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, statement to Asmaa' was not to soothe her nerves or to console her. It was rather an explanation of the reality, a clarification concerning an ambiguous matter and a way of preventing crisis.
For, those who left Makkah for Abyssinian running away with their religion did really migrate. Allaah Says (what means): {... Was not the earth of Allaah spacious enough for you to emigrate therein? ...} [Quran 4: 97]
Indeed, the concept of migration to Abyssinian was popular in such a way that accepts no other interpretation. And those who emigrated there also moved from there to Madeenah as emigrants.
It is not only that, when they arrived at Madeenah and before they could settle down — and in spite of their being exhausted by the long journey through the land and the sea and through nights and days — they learnt that the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, was on a battle in Khaybar and they proceeded there. They continuously endured the pain and hardship, yearning to meet the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam.
They arrived there when the battle had already ended and Khaybar had been conquered. The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, then said: "I do not know for which I should be happier: the conquest of Khaybar or the arrival of Ja`far?"
He said this in acknowledgement of the efforts of these emigrants in the way of Allaah, for he put the conquest of Khaybar and the difficulties the Muslims faced in that battle on the same level with the arrival of Ja`far and his fellow emigrants who have just arrived from Abyssinia!
Asmaa', may Allaah be pleased with her, was among the first Muslims. She embraced Islam very early along with her husband Ja`far. They were newly-wed when they set out for Abyssinia as emigrants in the way of Allaah.
Islam had overwhelmed their lives. Instead of staying in Makkah and enjoying their first days of marriage, they had their honeymoon in the path of Jihaad and struggle and in the path of perseverance. This, according to a sincere believer who really loves Allaah and His Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, is most pleasant experience and the greatest in reward.
Asmaa’, may Allaah be pleased with her, was on the same level of greatness that manifested in the personality of her husband, Ja`far. She was equally enduring, understanding and cognisant of the responsibility. The evidence for this is her pleasant character, pure origin and deep faith. Did the Prophet, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, not attest to her being one of the `believing sisters'?
If one counts the years the emigrants to Abyssinia spent in the foreign land and among foreign people, and one considers the Qurayshi conspiracies they faced and hard life they confronted, one will realize the impacts of all that.
Asmaa’s spent fifteen years there during which many children were born, many people died, many children grew up and many events and changes occurred.
In order to avoid an assumption that these emigrants were exiles who had no connection with their bases in Makkah or Madeenah, the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, was always in contact with them.
He would send emissaries to them who gave him their news and acquaint them with the new development concerning the religion like new verses that were being revealed and new legislations that were being promulgated. `Amr ibn Umayyah Ad-Damri was one of such emissaries.
Asmaa’, may Allaah be pleased with her, came back from Abyssinia with three sons: `Abdullaah, Muhammad and `Awn.
It was after Asmaa’ returned from Abyssinia that she faced real test! The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, sent her husband, Ja`far out to the battle of Mu'tah as a substitute leader of the Muslim army after Zayd ibn Haarithah who was later to be martyred there.
The battle of Mu'tah was the first of its kind between the Muslims and the Romans in the history of Da`wah. The Muslims army consisted of three thousand soldiers while the Romans and their allies far outnumbered them with an army of more than one hundred thousand soldiers.
The reason for this war is that the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, sent Al-Haarith ibn `Umayr Al-Azdi, may Allaah be pleased with him, to the king of Basra with a letter inviting him to Islam. Al-Haarith was attacked and killed by Shurahbeel ibn 'Amr Al-Ghassaani who was an ally of the Romans.55
The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, was seriously upset and distressed by this incidence. So he called upon the Muslims to set out and avenge the death of Al-Haarith.
When their number reached three thousand men, he appointed three commanders over them who were to take up the command of the army in succession. He instructed that if the first commander was martyred the second should take up the responsibility and if the second commander was martyred the third one should take up the command and that if the third was also killed the Muslims should agree to choose a commander among themselves.
The three commanders were: Zayd ibn Haarithah, Ja`far ibn Abu Taalib and `Abdullaah ibn Rawaahah, may Allaah be pleased with them all!
55 The Ghassanids among the Arabs of Syria were allies of the Roman as the Manadhirah among the Arabs of Iraq were allies of the Persians. |
| | | | أحمد محمد لبن Ahmad.M.Lbn
مؤسس ومدير المنتدى
عدد المساهمات : 49023
العمر : 72
| | موضوع: رد: Asmaa' bint 'Umays الثلاثاء 27 ديسمبر 2016, 5:45 pm | |
| We should not say much about this battle. The fact is that all the three commanders were martyred. The Muslims then appointed Khalid ibn Al-Waleed their commander, and he was able, through his military ingenuity, to deceive the Roman and their Ghassanids allies. He then brought the Muslims out of this battle without their enemies — who were much greater in numbers and weapon — winning any victory.
But the Muslims' loss was calamitous in that their three commanders were martyred.
The battle of Mu'tah was the first (and the last) that Ja`far fought against the enemies of Allaah and in the way of Allaah.
As he was great in Abyssinia and in the presence of the Negus, he was also great in the field of battle. When he realized that his horse disturbed him from moving freely in the battle, he got off it, wounded it (so the enemy could not use it) and then boldly rushed into the battle.
His hand was cut off while he was holding the banner. He fell in the pool of his own blood and died.
The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, —the truthful and the trustworthy Prophet— said the truth when he said that Allaah had substitute for Ja`far with his two cut-off hands, two wings with which he could fly to wherever he wished in the Paradise.
His wife, Asmaa’, may Allaah be pleased with her, was extremely sad and she broke into enormous tears and wailing. She had the right to do so, for Ja`far was her companion, her husband and her sweetheart.
Asmaa’s tears never dried up and she never ceased crying until Allaah's Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, visited her on the third day and consoled her. He requested for the audience of Ja`far's sons and they all came.
`Abdullaah ibn Ja`far informed us of this in the following narration:
"The Messenger of Allaah gave Ja`far's family some time to mourn him and then visited them and said: ‘Do not cry over my brother after this day.' He then said: ‘Bring the children of my brother to me.' And we were brought to him like young birds. He then said: ‘Call the barber for me!’ And the barber came and shaved our heads."
The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, then said: "As for Muhammad (one of Ja`far's brothers), he looks like our uncle Abu Taalib, as for `Abdullaah, he resembles me physically and behaviourally." He then held my hand and raised it and said: "O' Allaah! Be the Supporter of Ja`far's family and bless `Abdullaah (his son) in the transactions of his hands." He said so three times.
Then our mother came and mentioned our orphanhood and started whining over that. The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, then told her, "Asmaa’, are you afraid of poverty for them while I am their guardian in this world and in the Hereafter?"
Asmaa’ then devoted all her time in caring for herself and her children. She trained them and brought them up in proper manner, while the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, never forgot Asmaa’ or her sons. For, he is closer to the believers than their own selves.
He would visit them whenever the opportunity to do arose; he would ask of them and their situations and would show kindness to them with gifts.
The situation continued in this manner until the day of the battle of Hunayn. Abu Bakr had just been widowed of his wife, Umm Roomaan. So the Prophet, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, married Asmaa’ (Ja`far's widow) to him, according to the narrations.
What is unclear to us is: Was it Abu Bakr, may Allaah be pleased with him, who showed interest in marrying her or it was the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, who made the choice? This is what all reports failed to mention.
In any case, this marriage was a consolation for the two sides: Abu Bakr, may Allaah be pleased with him, and Asmaa’.
Abu Bakr, may Allaah be pleased with him, was the first man to embrace Islam; he was the second of the two in the cave (the Prophet's, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, only companion who was with him in the cave). He was the first minister, the trusted adviser, and the most trusted companion of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, who spent his wealth and his life for the cause of Islam.
Asmaa’, on the other hand, was one of earliest female Muslims. She was persevering and knowledgeable; and she had migrated twice. She was also the wife of Ja`far, the flying martyr.
Asmaa’, may Allaah be pleased with her, lived in the house of Abu Bakr, may Allaah be pleased with him, as a satisfied, honourable and responsible wife. She knew the rights and fulfilled the covenants. She had a son for Abu Bakr whose name is Muhammad.
A manifestation of good companionship that Asmaa’ enjoined with her husband, Abu Bakr showed when he was in his illness in which he died. He ordered that it was Asmaa’ who should wash him when he died. This is clearly an extreme show of love and trust.
She was then married by `Ali ibn Abu Taalib, may Allaah be pleased with him, after the death of Abu Bakr, may Allaah be pleased with him, and she had a son for him named `Awn.
Asmaa’ lived in the house of `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, as a noble lady who fulfilled her marital obligations without negligence or sluggishness, in spite of all these movements.
It was reported that her sons, Muhammad ibn Ja`far and Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr bragged to each other one day, each of them telling the other that he was better and that his father was better than the other's. `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, was present and he asked Asmaa’ to judge between them.
You wonder: Did `Ali wanted to test her intelligence or he just wanted to know the extent of love and sense of obligation that occupied her heart?
Here, Asmaa’ demonstrated the loftiest picture of a Muslim woman and a believing wife! She provided an everlasting lesson for every girl, every wife and every mother.
She answered without hesitation or discrimination, "I have never seen a young man better than Ja`far, and I have never seen a middle-aged man better than Abu Bakr!"
The two boys then kept quiet and stopped their bragging.
It was then that `Ali, may Allaah be pleased with him, spoke jokingly, "What have you then left for us?"
We will answer this question by Allaah's help:
Asmaa’ had maintained the same stand and the same way. How could she change?
She was a woman who Islam had melted in its crucible since she embraced the religion to the extent that she became a living example of the blissful teachings of the Quran and the Sunnah.
Asmaa’s journey from this world then started drawing near when the news of the death of her son, Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr came to her from Egypt. She went to her prayer corner in her house, concealed her fury, performed some supererogatory prayers and held back her tears. All this had a negative effect on her body that was already weak and aging. She then started bleeding from her breasts and lost so much blood that she eventually died and her soul moved to the high heavens. May Allaah be pleased with her and please her! |
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