Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 26
•oUR BELoVED MASTER• 26 Syria. On his return, having reached Madinah, he fell ill and died within a few days. When this unfortunate news reached Makkah, his wife was devastated with grief. She would constantly weep and cry in memory of her husband. It was quite common in Arabia for a widow to remarry. But this girl loved her husband so much that she decided not to marry again in her lifetime and to spend the rest of her life in the memory of her husband. Now, most of her time was spent in mourning and lamenting her loss. She would neither eat nor drink. She wouldn’t change her clothes or take care of her appearance; she would just sit still, presenting a picture of sorrow. Thus passed many months, but there was no abatement to her grief. One night she saw in a dream that the whole world was in absolute darkness and nothing could be seen. All of a sudden an intense, bright light rose from her bosom and continued to spread and grow until it encompassed every space; and each nook and corner of the world was illumined. The innocent lady did not understand the meaning of this dream but it did bring some solace to her grief. Do you know who this girl was? Her name was A minah and she was the mother of our Holy Prophet sa.