Hazrat Sayyedah Khadijah — Page 32
32 32 people of the caravan to Madinah. During the night Abul‘Aas approached his wife and asked her guarantee of protection. In the morning when Muslims assembled in the mosque for Fajr Prayer, Zainab ra called out aloud from her apartment and announced that she had given guarantee of protection to her hus- band Abul‘Aas. After the Prayer, the Holy Prophet saw addressed the worship- pers and said, ‘You have heard what my daughter had said. I call Allah to witness that I knew nothing of her guarantee until this moment. I suggest that we should honour her pledge’. They all agreed. Abul‘Aas was set free and all his property was returned. After reaching Makkah, he returned all the articles and val- uables; people had deposited with him because of his honesty, and cleared all his debts. After managing all his affairs at Makkah, Abul‘Aas, may Allah be pleased with him, announced his accept- ance of Islam and shortly afterwards returned to Madinah and joined his wife. His domestic life, however, did not last very long. Hazrat Zainab, may God be pleased with her, died in 8 AH from the illness caused by the enemy’s attack during her journey from Makkah to Madinah. She was about thirty years old at the time of her death. Ruqayyah ra and Umme Kulsoom ra Both Ruqayyah ra and Umm-e-Kulsoom ra were engaged to ‘Utbah and ‘Utaibah respectively. They were the sons of Abu Lahb, an uncle of the Holy Prophet saw. When God chose the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw for