Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 234
234 was sitting behind the curtain listening to all of this, she suddenly came before them with her face uncovered and said, “ I am not willing to obey a father who says tha t he has no regard even for the command of the Holy Prophet sa. Here I am before you. Y ou may take a look at me. ” The young man however also had a very strong faith. H e immediately lowered his gaze and bowed his head and said , “ I will marry a righteous woman such as you , without looking upon y our face. I do not wish to slight a woman who is so strong and so sincere in her faith by insisting to first see her face. Now, I will marry you without looking at you. ” And so he married her. This was the state of their devotion, and this was the level of their obedience to the Holy Prophet ’s sa commandments. The commandment to observe purdah had been revealed , but this girl says , “L et my father disagree, but I refuse to obey a father who is not completely obedient to the Holy Prophet sa. When the Holy Prophet sa has allowed one to look upon his fiancé, then who is my father to stop this ? Now I am standing before you. Take a look at me. ” More so, note the sincerity of that young man who said, “ I do not w ish to belittle a woman with such a strong faith. I will now marry her without having seen her. ” These are the people who continually sacrific ed their lives for Islam without any hesitation. For t hey knew that once they had declared their faith in the Holy Prophet sa , everything they owned was his. At the Time of the B attle of Uhud During the B attle of Uhud, when a rumor was spread under the misapprehension that the Holy Prophet sa had been martyred, the women of M edina panicked and set out from their ho me s , running towards the grounds of Uhud. Uhud was eight to nine miles away from M edina. One woman was running in this state of panic when she saw the Muslim army heading back. She reached a companion of the Holy Prophet sa and asked, “ Tell me how the Holy Prophet sa is ?” Since this companion knew the Holy Prophet sa was alive and safe and his own heart was at peace , he thought instead of telling her about the Holy Prophet sa , he should t ell her about matters more directly related to her. So , he said, “ Lady , I am sorry that your father was killed in this battle. ” She said, “I did not ask you about my father, I am asking you how the Holy Prophet sa is ” He said, “ Lady , I am very sorry that your husband was also killed in this battle. ” The woman