Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 183
183 does in his cage. While pacing, he used to recite verses of poetry which translat e to, ‘This was the opportunity when you could have saved Islam and show n your bravery, but you are imprisoned. ’ The wife of Ha z rat Sa ‘ ad ra was a very brave woman. One day she was passing by his room when she heard these verses. She saw that the room was unguarded at the time, so she went to the door and s poke to the prisoner, ‘Do you know that Sa‘ad ra has imprisoned you and if he f inds out that I have freed you from th is prison, he will not forgive me? But my heart desires that I should set you free so that you can act upon your wishes and do something for Islam. ’ He replied, ‘You can free me during the battle. I promise I will come back to t his room right after the battle is over. ’ Th is woman also had strong feelings for Islam, and she harbored a great passion in safeguard ing it , s o she set that man free. Thus , he took part in the battle and fought so fearlessly that due to his bravery , the Islam ic forces, instead of retreating, advanced in the battle. Ha z rat Sa‘ad ra recognized him and later said , ‘ T h e man whom I had imprisoned due to his drinking alcohol was in today’s battle. Alt hough his face was covered, I recognize d his manner of attack and his height. I will search for the person who freed him and will severely punish him. ’ When Ha z rat Sa‘ad ra said these words, his wife became angry and she said, ‘ Are y ou n ot ashamed of yourself ? You yourself , sit on a deck i n a tree, while you have imprisoned that person who fearlessly break s through the lines of the enemy without a care for his life. I set him free from his prison. Do whatever you w ish [regarding th is matter]. ’ ( Al - Farooq Shiblee , p art o ne). Hence, women have done great deeds for Islam. However, this is not the case just for Islam. The history of religions before Islam show s that although those religions did not give the rights due to women, they still performed great deeds for their religions. The ol dest example is that of Krishna as of India. You might have heard that Krishna as had gopies [ milkmaids ] who would gather around him. When Hindus draw his pictures, they depict him as a child. Also, older narrations or legends often follow the standa rd of changing the appearances in order to make the myths more intriguing. Anyhow, in many of the pictures , they show Ha z rat Krishna as sitting in a tree with women standing around him, holding butter. Krishna as climbs down from the tree, grabs the butter, and runs away with it. In reality , there is great wisdom portrayed in these images. The wisdom is that the butter of any religious nation is its new