Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 235
235 said, “I did not ask you about my husband either; I am asking you about the Holy Prophet sa. ” He said, “ Lady , I am very sorry that your brother was also killed in this battle. ” She replied to him, “When did I ever ask you about my brother? I am asking about the Holy Prophet sa. ” He said, “The Holy Prophet sa is safe and sound. ” The woman replied, “If the Holy Prophet sa is safe and alive , then I do not care if my father was killed, or if my husband was killed, or if my brother was killed, I only need the Holy P rophet sa to be alive. ” Then she rushed onwards and said, “Tell me where the Holy Prophet sa is standing so I may see him with my own eyes, and so that I know for sure that he is alive and safe. ” When she saw the Holy Prophet sa standing and he appeared in good health , she ran to him. She clutched the hem of his shirt and kis sing it, said, “O Prophet of Allah ! W hat did you do to have this rumor spread about you?” It was as if in her grief and panic , she did not realize that a person does not spread such news a bout oneself. And so, she asked him, “ O Prophet of Allah ! W hy was this false news about you even spread?” These were the brave women who loved Islam and the Holy Prophet sa so much that they cared for nothing else. B ecause they had cultivated a true faith. T hey understood that what truly matter ed was obedience to the Holy Prophet sa. If walking upon this path , their father is killed, or husband is killed, or brother is killed, they should endure the grief happily in order to please God, and they should continue to give precedence, to the obedience of Allah and His Prophet above all else. Similarly, when the Holy Prophet sa was returning from Uhud, an Ansar i , whose brother ha d been killed in the battle, was holding the Holy Prophet ’s sa horse’s reins, proud that they had b rought the Holy Prophet sa safely back to M edina. When the Holy Prophet sa arrived at the gates of M edina , there was a lady standing there. The Ansar i exclaimed, “O Prophet sa of Allah , my mother! O Prophet sa of Allah , my mother!” He meant that this was his aged mother and since one of her sons had been killed in the battle, she will be in intense grief [when she finds out], so he wanted the Holy Prophet sa to console her. When the Holy Prophet sa came closer he said, “ Lady, I am very sorry that your son was killed in this battle. ” Her eyesight was weak, so she began to look here and there to see where the voice was coming from. Once she managed to focus her gaze up on the face of the Holy Prophet sa and recognized him, she said, “ O