إجازة الأستاذ أحمد لبن مدير المنتدى بقراءة الإمام عاصم الكوفي

موضوع: Rufaydah Al-Aslamiyah الثلاثاء 27 ديسمبر 2016, 8:20 pm

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Rufaydah Al-Aslamiyah
May Allaah be pleased with her

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There are some people who are not widely popular until we have an extensive and detailed study of their lives. And there are others who are short into fame by a single incidence, a single event or just an aspect of their lives. This event, in spite of its short period, may be more memorable than decades or other different events.

Rufaydah Al-Ansaariyah or Al-Aslamiyah falls into the second category.

She emerged to us in the context of her camp, ‘Rufaydah's Tent'. This camp has become a name that is always mentioned with her name throughout her life and throughout the course of history.

The first mention of her was during the battle of the Trench (otherwise known as battle of Confederates) when Mu`aath, may Allaah be pleased with him, was struck with a spear in his medial arm vein causing him a big wound.

The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, said: "Let him stay in Rufaydah's Tent in the mosque until I return soon."

So Rufaydah was known as her tent was also known. The place of the tent and its importance are also known. Rufaydah was known to all the companions. She was known for her caring for the sick and the wounded and her treatment of them.

No doubt, this job needs medical knowledge and experience; and knowledge of production and application of drugs and treatment of wounds and broken bones. Rufaydah was qualified in all these aspects, and within a limited period of time. This is not an exaggeration. We are also not giving Rufaydah's expertise a scientific arena more than what the fundamentals of science of this age would allow.

As for expenses, all that had been from her personal money and effort. She did not take any wage or reward for her works. Rather, she spent generously and hoped to get her reward from Allaah alone.

Dear reader, you can imagine the extent of knowledge, effort and expenses, when you realise the number of wars fought by the Muslims under the leadership of the Prophet, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, and how `Rufaydah's Tent' is moved from one battleground to another.

I have had the opportunity to write about Rufaydah on a number of occasions and I felt honoured for that. Each time, I was imagining the material reality of the topic with all its dimensions. This had made great impact in my mind, constraining my heart and making me short of words.

Without being immodest, I have never, throughout my wide reading, come across an individual who could rival Rufaydah in the histories of nations and peoples, unless we talk of the effort of a group, organization, government or state.

When we read the history [especially the life history of the Noble Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam], we find that there were a number of female companions of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, who went out to take care of the wounded and give water to the thirsty. This means that they were doing all that in the Rufaydah's Tent, set up for that purpose.

Setting up of this tent means provision of what the injured could lie on, availability of surgical and autopsy materials, drugs, bandages for dressing wounds, special foods, availability of nurses who were, of course, the female companions who served the wounded and took care of them.

All this was under the supervision of Rufaydah, and with her personal participation.

Rufaydah's Tent can be compared to what is known as field hospital in modern military terms. It was certainly one of the first founding cells of Islamic civilization.

IZHAR UL-HAQ

إجازة الأستاذ أحمد لبن مدير المنتدى بقراءة الإمام عاصم الكوفي

Rufaydah Al-Aslamiyah