Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 400
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa 58 та sa ra sa ra. When the Holy Prophet" sent a message to king Negus through 'Amr bin Umayyah al-Zumar asking him to let the immigrants return. He also asked the king to perform his Nikah with Hadrat Ummi Habibah. Upon receiving this message the king started to make preparations for the marriage. One day a maid of Negus, the king of Abyssinia, brought to her a message from the king. The message was that the Holy Prophet would like to marry her. Hadrat Ummi Habibah" was overjoyed to receive the marriage proposal. She accepted the proposal and in happiness gave her silver bangles and rings as a gift to the maid. The king prepared the dowry for Ḥaḍrat Ummi Ḥabībah" and asked her to appoint someone as her guardian. She appointed Hadrat Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-'As" as her guardian. It was the Will of God that she was chosen to be the wife of the. Holy Prophet. The marriage ceremony took place in Abyssinia even though the Holy Prophet" was not present there. The king invited Ḥaḍrat. Ja'far and other Muslims present in Abyssinia for the Nikah ceremony and he himself delivered the Khutbah Nikah. Hadrat Khālid ibn Sa'īd made a speech in reply to the king's sermon. On behalf of the Holy. Prophet, Negus offered a dowry of four hundred Dinars to Hadrat Ummi га sa га ra. Habibah. It was a large sum of money which she badly needed at that sa time. A huge wedding feast was prepared on behalf of the Holy Prophet after the ceremony. The Nikah ceremony was held in the month of. Muharram, 7 AH (i. e. , May 628). та. In those days, it was difficult for the Muslims to travel from. Abyssinia to Medina. Therefore, Hadrat Ummi Habībah" lived in. Abyssinia for six years and when the situation changed and the Muslims. were able to return from Abyssinia to Medina she went back to Medina and lived with the Holy Prophet". It was Negus who made the arrangements to send her to Medina by boat under the supervision of. Shurāḥbil bin Hasana. When Hadrat Ummi Habībah" arrived in Medina from Abyssinia she was thirty years old. ra 400