Hazrat Umme Haraam bint Milhaan — Page 2
Hazrat Umme-Haraam ra 2 was smiling again. The lady asked him the reason for his smile and he gave the same reply. The lady said again, ‘Pray to Allah that He may include me among them. ’ To this the Holy Prophet s as replied, ‘You are among the first ones’. This reply of the Holy Prophet s as filled her with so much joy that she cried out uncontrollably: ‘Allah-o- Akbar! Allah-o-Akbar!’ [Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest]. 1 This lady was Umme Haraam bint Milhaan ra , a sahaabiyah [companion] and relative of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as. A sahaabiyah is a Muslim woman who has met or seen the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as. The masculine form of sahaabiyah is sahaabi. Hazrat Umme Haraam ra belonged to a family that was very devoted to Islam as we will read in the pages ahead. Her mother’s name was Mulaikah Bint Maalik