Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 511
! ! 511 After this, the Muslim women of M e dina set forth excellent e xamples of continuous sacrifice. The examples of sacrifices displayed by the female companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa cannot be found in the women of any other nation. During the battle of Uhud , when the rumors of martyrdom of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa spread, the weak and cowardly ran from the battlefield towards M e dina. At the same time , the women of M e dina were madly running towards the field of Uhud and some of them even reached t he battlefield. It is said of one woman , that upon arriving on the battlefield, she asked a Muslim about the Holy Prophet Muhammad ’s sa wellbeing. The Muslim informed her that her father had died. She said that she was not asking him about her father but was asking about the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. In some narrations , it is stated that the Muslim gave her the news of the death of her father, brother, son , and husband. And in another narration, it is stated that he gave her the news of the death of her three relatives : father, brother , and husband. Yet, e ach time this woman said, “I do not ask you about my relatives, I only ask you about the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. ” The Muslim told her that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was well. Afterwards , she ran towards the field of Uhud. Her statement is proof of how much love she had in her heart for the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. She kept running towards the field of Uhud and she would say to any soldier she met on the way : ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص M َر ُﺳ ْﻮ ُل ﻣ ﺎ C َﻓ َﻌ َﻞ “O ! W hat has the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa done? ” This statement is very typical of a woman. No man can think up a statement such as this, for when a woman’s child or husband dies , she laments, ‘O, what have you done? You have left, leaving us to remain alone. ’ Therefore, this statement, ‘O ! W hat has the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa done’ speaks to the feminine voice and no historian c ould ever invent such a detail, for none other than women speak in such a way. The wo man continued to repeat, “O ! W hat has the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa done? He has beco me a martyr and has left us to remain. ” She could not be consoled , even after the