أحمد محمد لبن Ahmad.M.Lbn
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 | | موضوع: Umm Manee', Asmaa' bint 'Amr الأربعاء 28 ديسمبر 2016, 7:59 am | |
|  Umm Manee', Asmaa' bint 'Amr,
May Allaah be pleased with her!
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I do not know why the scholars of Seerah and historians do not give Umm Manee`, Asmaa' bint `Amr her due mention in their discussions and throw lights on her personality?
Perhaps they were greatly attracted by the personality of her friend and companion on the day of the greatest `Aqabah, Umm `Ammaarah whose personality captivated their thoughts and feelings. This captivation led to their discussion of every detail of her life.
They had the right to do so for the life of Umm `Ammaarah was full what can captivate the mind and the heart together.
However, it is a historical distortion and negligence of the rights of Umm Manee` not to mention her among the female companions who were around the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, either personally or through someone else who stood in for them in their great capacity.
Umm Manee` was the second woman among the Ansaari delegates who came from Yathrib (that was to be known later as Madeenah) to Makkah to pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam.
She suffered the hardships of the journey and bored all that with patience because she was driven by her love for Allaah and His Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, and her yearning to meet her beloved Muhammad, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, and listen to him.
She embraced Islam before she left Yathrib and her soul was filled with the splendor of this pure religion. She used to listen to Mus`ab ibn `Umayr or those who narrated from him. She was therefore emotionally prepared to receive the knowledge in its pristine form and far from the filth of ignorance and idolatry.
When the announcer of the journey announced, she quickly responded and joined the ranks of those travelling to Makkah with happiness and joy. She was one of the two Ansaari women who witnessed this great pledge that was the turning point in the cause of Da`wah. It was the will of Allaah to make Madeenah and its inhabitants the first battalion of Islam, its first fortifying armoury and the base from which the religion spread to all over the world in a manner unparalleled in human history.
It is therefore a crime against the important event of the Pledge of `Aqabah and against those who participated in it not to give them their deserved right in mentioning individually or to just make a passing and slight mentioning of a personality like Umm Manee`.
In Al-Isaabah, Ibn Hajar wrote:
"Umm Manee` is the mother of Shubaath. Some say her name is Asmaa' bint `Amr. Ibn Sa`d reported on the authority of Al-Waaqidi who also narrated with his chain of transmission reaching Umm `Ammaarah that she said: `Men where shaking the hand of the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, on the night of Al-`Aqabah while Al-`Abbaas was holding the Prophet's hand. When it was my turn and that of Umm Manee`, my husband, `Arabah ibn `Amr said: `O' Messenger of Allaah, these are two women who came with us and they also want to pledge their allegiance to you.' The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, responded, `I have accepted your pledge. I do not shake women's hands.'"
Ibn Sa`d also said that Umm Manee` attended the Pledge of `Aqabah in the company of her husband Khadeej ibn Salamah, and that she also witnessed the Battle of Khaybar."69 Ibn Hajar also mentioned the lineage of Asmaa' bint `Amr and said that she was known as Umm Manee`.70
Ibn Ishaaq reported, with a sound Isnad, on the authority of Ka`b ibn Maalik that Umm Manee` was one of the seventy people who witnessed the Pledge of `Aqabah.
Umm Manee` witnessed the Pledge of `Aqabah along with the honourable companion Mu`aath ibn Jabal. Likewise, she witnessed some wars that Muslims fought with their enemy and participated in activities that involved women companions like giving first aid, treating the wounded, giving water to the thirsty, preparing food and other activities that the then circumstances could permit.
Perhaps, Ibn Hajar's mentioning of her participation in the campaign of Khaybar and the fact that the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, gave her a share of the booty of that campaign indicated that she had participated in previous wars. For, Umm Manee`, who was one of the witnesses of the first Pledge, would not shirk her responsibilities. She would rather carry them out selflessly.
If some aspects of Umm Manee`s life were clouded or overlooked, this is made up for by the personality of her son, Mu`aath ibn Jabal.
It is enough a glory for her to give to Islam, at its first emergence, one of the most unique and outstanding Companions, Mu`aath ibn Jabal.
Therefore, it is Umm Manee`s right upon us to throw some lights on the personality of her son, Mu`aath, without any exaggeration or going out of the point.
69 Al-Isaabah, vol. 4, p. 477.
70 Ibid, vol. 4, p. 225.
Ibn Hajar has the following to say about Mu`aath:
"He was the leader and the authority in the knowledge of the lawful and unlawful.”71
Abu Idrees Al-Khawlaani said of him:
"He was fair-complexioned and handsome. He had sparkling teeth and dark eyes."
Ka`b ibn Maalik said:
"He was a young handsome man; one of the best youth of his clan."
Al-Waaqidi said:
"He was one of the most handsome men. He witnessed all the battles and he narrated Ahaadeeth from the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam.
Some of those who narrated Ahaadeeth from him are: `Abdullaah ibn `Abbaas, Ibn `Ady, Ibn Abu Awfa Al-Ash`ari, `Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Samurah and Jaabir ibn Anas.
He participated in the battle of Badr while he was twenty-one years old.
The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, appointed him as the governor of Yemen, and the Hadeeth regarding this is in Saheeh Al-Bukhaari on the authority of Ibn `Abbaas.
Saif said on the authority of `Ubayd ibn Sakhr who reported that the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, told Mu`aath when he was sending him to Yemen:
"Indeed, I realized the affliction that you have suffered because of this religion and the debts that you have incurred. Gifts are therefore made lawful for you. If you are presented with a gift, you can take it."
So when he came back from Yemen, he had with him thirty heads of animals that were presented to him as gifts.
Saif also reported that the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, told him when he was bidding him farewell: "May Allaah protect you from your front, your rear, your right, your left, your above and your beneath. May He guard you against the evils of men and Jinn."
71 Al-Isaabah vol. 3, p. 406.
Abu Daawood reported on the authority of Mu`aath that he said: "The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, told me, `I love you'."
Anas ibn Maalik also counted him among those who compiled the Quran during the time of Allaah's Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam.
`Abdullaah ibn `Amr narrated that the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, said: "Learn how to recite the Quran from four men." And he counted Mu`aath among them.
Masrooq said:
"We were with `Abdullaah ibn Mas`ood. And he told us Mu`aath was a comprehensive leader and devoutly obedient to Allaah. Farwah (one of those present) then said: `I forgot!' `Abdullaah ibn Mas`ood retorted, `I did not forget. We used to liken him to (Prophet) Ibraaheem, may Allaah exalt his mention.
Abu Nu`aym said about Mu`aath:
"He was leader of the jurists and treasure of the scholars. He witnessed the Pledge of `Aqabah, the battle of Badr and other campaigns. He was one of the best Ansaari youths in terms of forbearance, gentleness, modesty and generosity. He was very handsome. `Umar, Abu Qataadah, `Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Samurah are some of the companions who narrated Hadeeth from him."
Ibn Ka`b and Ibn Maalik said:
"Mu'aath was a handsome and magnanimous young man. He did not ask Allaah for anything except that He granted it."
Abu Sufiyaan narrated that some of his teachers narrated a story in which 'Umar was reported to have said: "Women were unable to give birth to the like of Mu'aath. If it had not been because of Mu'aath, `Umar would have perished."
At-Tirmithi reported on the authority of Anas that the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said: "The most knowledgeable of them concerning the lawful and lawful is Mu`aath."
Ibn Abu Shaybah and Ibn 'Asaakir reported on the authority of Abu 'Awn Ath-Thaqafi that the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, said: "Mu`aath will come on the Day of Resurrection with a step ahead of other people."
Ibn Sa'd also reported in his Tabaqaat with a disconnected chain of transmission that when the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, sent Mu`aath to the people of Yemen as their governor he wrote to them: "I am sending to you the best of my family."
Mu`aath has many more virtues.
He arrived from Yemen during the caliphate of Abu Bakr, may Allaah be pleased with him, and he died during the spread of plague in Syria in the year 17 A.H. or shortly after, according to the opinion of most scholars. He was aged thirty-four.
Dear reader, the above are just spotlights on the personality of Mu`aath ibn Jabal. We, as well as history, owe him more. The spotlights are just examples of Allaah's favour upon him in terms of physique, manners, abundance knowledge, wisdom and intellectual alertness.
In conclusion, I would like to ponder a little on the saying of 'Umar, "Women were unable to give birth to the like of Mu`aath!"
The belly that bore Mu`aath was that of Umm Manee`!
The breasts from which Mu`aath suckled milk were that of Umm Manee`!
The arms that gently and affectionately cuddled him were that of Umm Manee`!
The heart that had love and compassion for him was that of Umm Manee'!
The tongue that taught him how to speak and that instructed him was that of Umm Manee'!
Indeed, all meanings of motherhood were abundant in her, as an ability to understand and comprehend was resplendent in him. It was the combination of these that made Mu`aath a unique man, the like of whom is very uncommon among men.
The favour in all this belongs to Allaah alone.
Umm Manee's being around the Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, started from when she travelled to Makkah to pledge her allegiance, to her participation in his campaigns within the context of what is permissible for women in Islam and her presentation of her son Mu`aath as one of the greatest servants of Islam. All this earned her a closeness to the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam; and this is enough a merit and virtue for her!
We pray that Allaah honour the abode of Umm Manee', reward her with the best and make us join her in the company of His righteous servants. |
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