Hazrat Amman Jan - An Inspiration for Us All — Page 107
107 A Revolutionary Wedding Dear Reader - imagine the scene I am about to set. It is the 14 th of March, 1909 , and Hadrat Amman Jan ra is holding her daughter's hand , Hadrat Nawwab Mubaraka Begum ra , a girl of just 12. Together they walk over to the neighbour's house. The homeowner is absent. It is 2pm in the afternoon and he has not yet returned from prayers in the mosque. Hadrat Amman Jan ra and her daughter patiently await his return. The gentleman returns after 3pm. Hadrat Amman Jan ra stands and taking her daughter's hand she puts it into the hands of the gentleman, Hadrat Nawwab Muhammad ‘ Ali Khan Sahib ra. Hadrat Amman Jan ra cannot control the tremors in her voice and tears begin to well in her eyes as she speaks , "I am giving you my orphaned daughter to take care of. " Before she loses control of her composure completely, Hadrat Amman Jan ra bids “ Salam ” to the couple and quickly leaves the house. What could this scene be? Indeed , to my astonishment it was the revolutionary wedding of Hadrat Nawwab Mubaraka Begum ra. Its simplicity seems amazingly groundbreaking and yet was completely based on Islamic principles. (The “ nikah ” ie the essential verbal agreement made in public, had alr eady occurred during the lifetime of the Promised Messiah as ). Hadrat Amman Jan ra , although the wife of a prophet, did not demand the pomp and ceremony of a large groom's procession (“ Barat ”) for her daughter ’ s wedding. There were no clamouring crowds, singing or horse processions that people may have expected, especially from a family of Delhi, where spectacle and grand ceremonies were