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€And for those who fear Allah, He (ever) prepares a way out, and He provides for him from (sources) he never could expect. And if any one puts his trust in Allah, sufficient is His purpose: verily, for all things has Allah appointed a due proportion # (At-Talaq: 2-3) One day she saw in a dream that someone called her by saying, "O mother of the faithful" She interpreted her dream to mean that the

Prophet (pbuh) would marry her. Such a dream strengthened her fortitude as Allah willed.

No sooner did her waiting period end than an abyssinian slave girl visited her to offer her the Prophet's proposal to marry her. She, out of joy, said to the maid aloud, "may Allah bless you" She also gave her what she wear of jewelry. Then she sent to Said Ibn al-As to commission him to conduct the marriage upon the request of Nagus who was commissioned by the Prophet (pbuh).

In the evening, Nagus gathered all Muslims in Abyssinia. Muslims

gathered together headed by Ja‘far Ibn Abu Talib, the Prophet's cousin. Thereupon, Nagus delivered a speech. He said,

"Praise be to Allah, the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Source of Peace (and perfection), the Guardian of Faith, the Preserver of Safety, the Exalted in

Might, the Irresistible, the Justly Proud. I testify that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah about whom ‘Issa Ibn Maryam (pbuh) told. To proceed. The Messenger of Allah sent me a message and asked me to give him Umm Habbeebah bint Abu Sufyan in marriage. Therefore, I responded to what the Messenger of Allah asked. Thereby, I'll give her four hundred dinars as a dowry. He, then, poured the dinars before the people.

Afterwards, Khalid Ibn Sa'id had the turn to speak. He said,

"Praise be to Allah. I praise Him and seek His help. I testify that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger, whom He sent with the guidance and the Religion of Truth and that He will make it prevail over all religions, even though the pagans may detest it.

To proceed: I responded to what the Messenger of Allah asked. Thereby, I'll give him Umm Habbeebah bint Abu Sufyan in marriage. May Allah bless the marriage to the Prophet (pbuh).

Then, Nagus paid the dowry to Khalid Ibn Said and held the wedding feast and said, "Have a seat; it is the Prophets sunna when marrying to offer food."

When the Muslims came out victorious in Khaybar and the emigrants of Abyssinia returned at the same time, the Prophet said, "I do not know with what occasion I should be happy!" The victory in Khaybar or the advent of Ja‘ far?

Umm Habeebah was among the emigrants. There, he consummated his marriage with her in the sixth or seventh year of the

Umm Habeebah kept on preferring her belief to all ties of kinship. She declared that all what she was concemed about was Allah and His Messenger (pbuh). This was illustrated in her attitude to her father Abu Sufyan when he visited her in Madina. His visit was to try convincing her husband, the Prophet (pbuh) to renew the period of Hudaibyah covenant after the disbelevers had breached their covenant. Abu Sufyan wanted to sit down upon the Prophet's mat, but she folded it and put it away. He wondered, "O daughter, I do not know whether it is better for me to sit upon this mat or not." She quietly answered, “It is the Prophet's mat and you are a disbeliever and impure. Thereby I did not like you to sit upon the Prophet's mat. He said, "O daughter, "you are surely seized by something evil after you left me." She firmly answered, "It is better to say, "Allah had guided me to Islam. O father, you are the leader of Quraish. I wonder how you could miss entering Islam. You only worship a deaf and blind stone. Then, he went back angry. What a great a ttitude that deserve all kind of reverence and respect.

After the Prophet's death (pbuh), Umm Habeebah stayed in her home. She would only leave for prayer. She did not leave Madina but for performing pilgrimage until she died. She was seventy years by then. She set a great example in adhering to belief and desisting the preIslamic values. She disregarded the ties of kinship when it contradicted her belief. May Allah be pleased with her.

She was Zaynab bint Jahsh, a Mother of the Believers, bint Rabab Ibn Ya'mur. Her mother was Umaima, the Prophet's aunt from the paternal side. She was called Burra before the Prophet married her. The Prophet (pbuh) changed her name to Zainab.

The Prophet (pbuh) betrothed her for his previous slave, Zayd Ibn Harithah (the beloved of the Prophet (pbuh). Zainab and her family did not like such proposal. But the Prophet (pbuh) said, "I like it for you". She said, "O Messenger of Allah, 1 do not like it for myself. Moreover, I am the most beloved single woman in my family and T am your cousin. Thus | could not do that." Therefor, Allah the Almighty revealed,

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dit is not fitting for a believer, man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and His Messenger, to have any option about their decision: if anyone disobeys Allah and His

Messenger, he is indeed on a clearly wrong path. - (al-Ahzab: 36)

Thereupon, Zaynab got married to Zayd to obey the command of Allah and His Messenger and to be committed to the Islamic principle in which all people are equal. None can be preferred to another except by piety. The marriage however turned out to be unhappy. Zaynab the highborn looked down upon Zayd the freedman who had been a slave. And he

was not comely to look at. Both were good people in their own way, and both loved the Prophet, but there was mutual incompatibility and this is

fatal to married life. Zayd wished to divorce her, but the Prophet (pbuh) asked him to hold his hand and to fear Allah although the Prophet had known previously that there must be divorce and he himself will be commanded by Allah to marry her. The aimed was to destroy the pagan taboo about adopted sons and superstition of erecting falsc relationships to the detriment or loss of blood relations. However, the Prophet (pbuh) would not want to tell Zayd or any other what the purpose of Shariah was behind such a marriage. He feared that the people, especially disbeliever's, might circulate that Muhammad got married to his son's wife thereupon Allah revealed,

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Thou didst fear the people, but it is more fitting that than shouldst. Fear Allah, Then when Zayd had dissolved (his marriage) with her we joined her in marriage to thee: In order that (in future) there may be no difficulty to the believers in the (matter of) marriage with the wives of their adopted sons; when the latter have dissolved (their marriage) with them.

And Allah's command must be fulfilled. 3 (al-Ahzab: 37)

Al-Wagidi stated, this ayah (verse) was revealed while the Prophet (pbuh) was talking to ‘Aisha at home. Then, he had a shiver and then recovered and smiled He said, who would go to please Zainab? Then, he recited the verse. When she was informed, she thanked and prayed to Allah.

Thus, Allah joined Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) in marriage to His Prophet (pbuh) without a bride's guardian or witnesses. The contract of marriage was stated in the glorious Quran. She boasted over the other mothers of the faithful by saying, "It is your families who concluded your marriage but Allah concluded mine from above His throne”

In another version, she said, "Allah concluded my marriage in the heaven." And in another version she said, "Allah concluded my marriage from above the seven heavens." She also said, "I have the most honorable guardian; your families concluded your marriage and Allah concluded mine from above the seven heavens."

She was righteous, pious and truly faithful. “Aisha ascertained that by saying, "I have never seen a woman who is better than Zaynab in religion, piety, truthfulness, keeping good terms with kinship relationship, charity, doing devotional work."

She (may Allah be pleased with her was generous, charitable she would tan hides and weave clothes to give them in cause of Allah to the needy and the poor.

When she died ‘Aisha said, "A thank-giver a devout and a haven of orphans and widows has passed away." Then she said, "Once the Prophet (pbuh) said to his wives,

"The one who will die after me is the one with the biggest hand"

Then, after the Prophet's death we gathered together and extended our hands higher along the well. They kept doing that until Zaynab bint Jahsh died. She was not taller than us. But we realized that the Prophet (pbuh) meant, the long hand which spends charity.

Zainab worked for the poor, for whom she provided from the proceeds of her manual work, as she was skilful in leatherwork. She died soon after the Prophet (pbuh) The leader of the believers, “Umar ibn al-Khattab prayed over her corpse. The people of Madina walked in her funeral until they buried her in Bagee’. She was the first to die after the Prophet (pbuh) among his wives. May Allah have mercy on her.

She was Safiyya bint Huyay Ibn Akhtab ibn Sa'yah. She belonged to al-Lawi ibn Israel ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim (may peace be upon them all) she was also a descendent of the Prophet Harun. She was chaste, rational, beautiful, religious and of good family. She got married to Sallam ibn Abu Al-Hugaiq before Islam. Then she married Kinanah ibn Abu al-Huqaiq. Both of her husbands were Jewish poets. Kinanah was killed was in the battle of Khaybar and his wife, Safiyya was captured like all other Jewish women.