إجازة الشيخ أحمد بن محمد بن أحمد لبن بقراءة الإمام عاصم

The Prophet’s, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, Daughters
Zaynab
Ruqayyah
Umm Kulthoom
Faatimah

The Prophet, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam,    as a Father!

Then comes the great role, role of Muhammad, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, as a father!

We have discussed him while talking about the noble women companions who attained, during the early days of Islam, honour and glory through their embrace of Islam and Eemaan. These women fulfilled more than what was required of them and, as a result, became model for us and all nations throughout history.

Some of them were mothers of the faithful in the light of Allaah's Saying (what means): {And his wives are their mothers}, thereby attaining the greatest meaning of motherhood.

Though we might notice some stances that slightly affected their femininity in a negative way but did not have any impact on their general excellent morals, that is certainly due to some traits —like jealousy, for instance— that Allaah, in His wisdom, created in them.

This jealousy is found in both male and female but it is more pronounced in the female. It emanates from self-centredness. In some cases, this trait can overwhelm all other feelings and lead to horrible consequences for the concerned woman and those who are around her.

But if the jealousy is guarded by the rope of Allaah such as Eemaan, certainty and pure heart, it metamorphoses from a burning log into cold ashes. That was the case with the mothers of believers, may Allaah be pleased with them all!

In conclusion of this thesis, we are going to discuss the personalities of his daughters, Zaynab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthoom and Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with them!

Khadeejah, may Allaah be pleased with her, gave birth to the Prophet's daughters in succession. They are like roses whose calyxes have opened and their fragrance exudes all over the household of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam. They were to the Messenger of Allaah like a cool breeze in the night of Qurayshi denial and a shinning smile that kindled hope in the heart and a strong will to proceed on the path.

The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, had been denied the fatherly love and compassion, and motherly affection and care since childhood. His father died while he was in the womb of his mother. When he started recognising things and faces, his mother also died.

This deprivation left its mark on the psych of the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam. So he was very compassionate, extremely soft and tender-hearted.

The goal of the divine training for him was for that promised day, the day of his commission as a Prophet and a Messenger.

Only Allaah Knows the reason for the death of all the Prophet's male children including the last of them, Ibraaheem —born to him by Maariyah, the Copt— who lived for many months, crawled, talked, laughed, cried and had even started speaking few words.

Allaah willed it that Zaynab, Ruqayyah and Umm Kulthoom, may Allaah be pleased with them, would die during the lifetime of their father. Even Faatimah, may Allaah be pleased with her, who survived her father joined him only few months after his death.

Perhaps, the reason for all this is to make the Message, with which he was sent, the only axis.

Dear readers! Pardon me for talking extensively about the Prophet's daughters.

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» Women whose lives were connected with the life of the Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam
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» “That Prophet”?
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