Topic: Asmaa bint Abu Bakr "thaatun-niTaqayn"

[Proud Muslima]

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Asmaa bint Abu Bakr belonged to a distinguished Muslim family. Her father, Abu Bakr peace be upon him, was a close friend of the Prophet may Allah raise his rank and the first Khalifah after his death.
Her halfsister, Aishah peace be upon her, was a wife of the Prophet and one of the Ummahat al-Mumineen. Her husband, Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, was one of the special personal aides of the Prophet. Her son, Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr, became well known for his incorruptibility and his unswerving devotion to Truth.

Asma a herself was one of the first persons to accept Islam. Only about seventeen persons including both men and women became Muslims before her. She was later given the nickname That an-NiTaqayn (the One with the Two Waistbands) because of an incident connected with the departure of the Prophet and her father from Makkah on the historic hijrah to Madinah.

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[noor]

:apl1  :bh1 masha'allaah dear sis. Proud Muslima a beautiful subject and you are providing a wonderful boigraphy for a great person indeed..waiting for it to be continued :wave2

[EVE]

:apl1  :bh1 masha'allaah dear sis. Proud Muslima a beautiful subject and you are providing a wonderful boigraphy for a great person indeed..waiting for it to be continued :wave2

you are right dear noor, it is a beautiful subject , may Allah reward you dear Proud muslima, I'll be waiting too   :thumbsup  :hearts2

[Servant of Islam]

We are all waiting......

Great thread (Y)(Y)(Y)

[Proud Muslima]

Thank you noor (F) Thank you EVE (F) Thank you servant of islam (F) you are so kind, you made me feel :$ :$

May Allah bless you my sisters  :hearts2  :hearts2  :hearts2

[Proud Muslima]

[COLOR=sandy brown]Asmaa became known from her tine and noble qualities and for the keenness of her intelligence. She was an extremely generous person. Her son Abdullah once said of her, "I have not seen two women more generous than my aunt Aishah and my mother Asmaa. But their generosity was expressed in different ways. My aunt would accumulate one thing after another until she had gathered what she felt was sufficient and then distributed it all to those in need. My mother, on the other hand, would not keep anything even for the morrow."

Asma's presence of mind in difficult circumstances was remarkable. When her father let Makkah, he took all his wealth, amounting to some six thousand dirhams, with him and did not leave any for his family.
When Abu Bakr's father, Abu Quhafah (he was still a mushrik) heard of his departure he went to his house and said to Asmaa:

"I understand that he has left you bereft of money after he himself has abandoned you."

"No, grandfather," replied Asmaa, "in fact he has left us much money." She took some pebbles and put them in a small recess in the wall where they used to put money. She threw a cloth over the heap and took the hand of her grandfather--he was blind--and said, "See how much money he has left us".

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[EVE]

What a beautiful posting sister proud muslima may Allah reward you these stories are true treasures. It enlightens the heart :hearts2  :hearts2

see you soon  :wave2

[Proud Muslima]

What a beautiful posting sister proud muslima may Allah reward you these stories are true treasures. It enlightens the heart :hearts2  :hearts2

see you soon  :wave2

My dearest EVE, may Allah bless you.


love you dear :ulv1   :hearts2

[Proud Muslima]

[COLOR=sandy brown]Through this stratagem, Asmaa wanted to allay the fears of the old man and to forestall him from giving them anything of his own wealth. This was because she disliked receiving any assistance from a mushrikeen if it was her own grandfather.

She had a similar attitude to her mother and was not inclined to compromise her honor and her faith. Her mother, Qutaylah, once came to visit her in Madinah. She was not a Muslim and was divorced from her father in pre-Islamic times. Her mother brought her gifts of raisins, clarified butter and qaraz (pods of a species of sant tree). Asma at first refused to admit her into her house or accept the gifts. She sent someone to Aishah to ask the Prophet, peace be upon him, about her attitude to her mother and he replied that she should certainly admit her to her house and accept the gifts. On this occasion, the following revelation came to the Prophet:


 لا ينهاكم الله عن الذين لم يقاتلوكم في الدين ولم يخرجوكم من دياركم أن تبروهم وتقسطوا إليهم إن الله يحب المقسطين

 إنما ينهاكم الله عن الذين قاتلوكم في الدين وأخرجوكم من دياركم وظاهروا على إخراجكم أن تولوهم ومن يتولهم فأولئك هم الظالمون  
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which means:
"God forbids you not, with regard to those who do not fight you because of your faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them. God loves those who are just. God only forbids you with regard to those who fight you for your Faith, and drive you from your homes, and support others in driving you out, from turning to them (for friendship and protection). It is such as turn to them (in these circumstances) that do wrong." (Surah al-Mumtahanah 6O: 8-9).


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[Proud Muslima]

[color=sandy brown]For Asmaa and indeed for many other Muslims, life in Madinah was rather difficult at first. Her husband was quite poor and his only major possession to begin with was a horse he had bought. Asma a herself described these early days:

"I used to provide fodder for the horse, give it water and groom it. I would grind grain and make dough but I could not bake well. The women of the Ansar used to bake for me. They were truly good women. I used to carry the grain on my head from az-Zubayr's plot which the Prophet (Salla-Allahu ^alayhi wa sallam) had allocated to him to cultivate. It was about three farsakh (about eight kilo meters) from the town's center. One day I was on the road carrying the grain on my head when I met the Prophet (Salla-Allahu ^alayhi wa sallam) and a group of Sahabah. He called out to me and stopped his camel so that I could ride behind him. I felt embarrassed to travel with the Prophet (Salla-Allahu ^alayhi wa sallam) and also remembered az-Zubayr's jealousy, he was the most jealous of men. The Prophet (Salla-Allahu ^alayhi wa sallam) realized that I was embarrassed and rode on."

Later, Asmaa related to az-Zubayr exactly what had happened and he said, "By God, that you should have to carry grain is far more distressing to me than your riding with (the Prophet)".

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