Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 36
! ! 36 we do the same, we can become the like of those Com panions. When Satan sees a person resolve to strive towards the path of religion, he sets a trap for that person , permeating his mind with doubts as to his capa city. It is like a spider’s web. W hen the fly forcibly breaks out of one, it [the spider] weaves another one around it. In this same manner, Satan too circles about people and when he sees that his shackles are breaking, he builds more of them. One of these shackles is t hat when a man or a woman wishes to do a good deed, Satan creates doubt [in their minds] that ‘ Could I ever become such an indi vidual? It can never be , so I shall not even try. ’ Even though so and so put in the effort and achieved this stat us. Therefore, if a person perseveres, why can t he y not become like others a lso ? Being the Wife of a Prophet is n ot the Only Reason for Distinction One should not believe that Ha z rat A’isha h ra and women like her served their faith, just because they were the wives of the Holy Prophet sa and there wa s nothing else for them to do. If they served the ir religion because they were the wives of a prophet, then was not Haz rat Noah ’s as wife the wife of a prophet also ? Or was Lot ’s as wif e not the spouse of a prophet? Yet, what did they do? They did not even accept the ir [husband’s] prophet hood and were thus ruined. If it were enough to be the wife of a prophet , then why were they not righteous ? W hy did they not cultivate a relationship with God and demonstrate their serv ice to the ir religion? T he reality is that they were ruined and destroyed because they did not follow the commandments of God Almighty, whereas the wives of our Holy Prophet sa attained an elevated status due to their actions. Allah Almighty states : n ُﺳ ُﺒ َﻠ َﻨ ﺎ َﻟ َﻨ ۡﻬ ِﺪ َﻳ َّﻨ pُۡ ِﻓ ۡﻴ َﻨ ﺎ َﺟ ﺎ َﻫ ُﺪ ۡو ا ا :َِّ ۡﻳ َﻦ َو “ And as for those who strive to meet Us – We will surely guide them in Our ways. ” (Holy Qur’ān , C h. 29: V. 70) Which means, ‘ We open the doors for those who strive to reach Us. ’ Thus , those men and women who struggled in the time of the Holy Prophet sa – those who lost their homes for the sake of their religion ; who dedicated their lives and property in the cause of Alla h ,