Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 83
! ! 83 would not eat unless the hos ts joined him. On some pretext, the woman extinguished the lamp and then t hey both sat down with the guest and made noises as if they were also eating. But these days, the majority of women would rather send their guest to hell, than let their children go hungry. One Woman’s Faith After the Holy Prophet ’s sa death and during the last days of Ha z rat Abu Bakr’s ra Khilafat , the Muslims face d the Christians in a great battle. The number of Christians was far greater than the number of Muslims and the battle raged fiercely for several days. Finally, the Christians decided to make one swift attack to defeat the Muslim army. Accordingly, they launched an aggressive attack on the last day and the Muslims lost their footing. At last, Hind , who in her time as a disbeliever had removed and chewed upon the liver of Ha z rat Hamza ra , now showed great and true courage as a Muslim. When she saw the men [Muslims] retreat in battle, she rallied the women together, crying out , “Let us put them [the men] to shame. W e will go out and fight!” She handed the women sticks and cudgels and they left their tents. Wher ever they saw men returning from battle, they taunted them, “ Now you go home and do the cooking. We will go to fight!” At this , the men were so overcome with shame , that one companion stated that being wounded from a sword was more bearabl e than hearing those words. T he men turned back right away and attacked the enemy with such ferocity that they attained victory. This was the result of one woman’s courage and resolve. Even in this day and age , women can encourage their husbands to go forth in the field of tabligh. Women’s Influence o n Children A quality whi c h women possess , but men do not, is their ability to gain their children’s obedience , and this is the superiority of women. Proper training of childr en is very important, because evil progeny humiliates and disgrace s a person , whereas pious children bring honor. Do not think it is enough that you are Ahmadi. Rather i t is imperative that you make your children Ahmadi as well. I have often observed that when Muslim men marry Christian