The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 389
IX - Repeated Treachery of the Jews, Compilation and Sequence of the Holy Qur ’ā n, Marriage of Ḥaḍrat Zainab ra , the Great Calumny and Mischief of the Hypocrites 389 grown old and am no longer able to bear children. ” 1 However, since the purpose of the Holy Prophet sa was different, she ultimately accepted. Her son acted as the guardian of his mother and married her to the Holy Prophet sa. As it has already been mentioned, Ummi Salamah ra was a lady of distinct stature and in addition to being extremely intelligent and sharp, she possessed a lofty rank in sincerity and faith. She was among those people who had migrated to Abyssinia on the instruction of the Holy Prophet sa in the early days. Even in migrating to Madīnah, she was the very first among the ladies. 2 Ḥaḍrat Ummi Salamah ra knew how to read as well, 3 and played a significant role in educating and training the Muslim women. Many narrations and Aḥādīth are related by her in the books of Ḥadīth , and in this respect she stands second among the wives of the Holy Prophet sa , and twelfth among all the Companions in total (including both men and women). Ḥaḍrat Ummi Salamah ra was blessed with a very long life and passed away in the era of Yazīd bin Mu‘āwiyyah at the age of eighty-four. 4 She was the last among the Ummahātul-Mu’minīn 5 to pass away. 6 At the time of her marriage since Ḥaḍrat Ummi Salamah ra was eldest among the wives of the Holy Prophet sa , to the extent that she could not even bear children, when performing his daily round after ‘Asr to inquire of the well-being of his 1 * Al-Iṣābah Fī Tamīziṣ-Ṣaḥābah, By Aḥmad bin ‘Alī bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 8, p. 405, Ummu Salamata bintu Abī Umayyah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon (2005) * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 4, p. 399, Ummu Salamata Ummul-Mu’minīn, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 8, p. 290, Dhikru Azwāji Rasūlillāh sa / Ummu Salamata bintu Abī Umayyah, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 2 * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 4, pp. 396-397/400, Ummu Salamata Ummul-Mu’minīn, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * Al-Iṣābah Fī Tamīziṣ-Ṣaḥābah, By Aḥmad bin ‘Alī bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 8, p. 404, Ummu Salamata bintu Abī Umayyah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon (2005) 3 Kitābu Futūḥil-Buldān, By Aḥmad bin Yaḥyā bin Jābir Al-Baghdādī As-Shahīru Bil-Balādhurī, p. 280, Amrul-Khaṭṭi, Al-Mausū‘ātu Bi-Shāri‘i Bābil-Khalq, Egypt, First Edition (1901) 4 * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 8, p. 292, Dhikru Azwāji Rasūlillāh sa / Ummu Salamata bintu Abī Umayyah, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * Tahzībut-Tahzīb, By Al-Imām Shihābuddīn Abul-Faḍl Aḥmad bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 6, p. 618, Ḥarful-Hā’i / Min Ismihā Hind Wa Hunaidah. . . . . , Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (1993) 5 Mother of the Believers [Publishers] 6 * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 4, p. 402, Ummu Salamah Ummul-Mu’minīn, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * Al-Iṣābah Fī Tamīziṣ-Ṣaḥābah, By Aḥmad bin ‘Alī bin Ḥajar Al-‘Asqalānī, Volume 8, p. 407, Ummu Salamata bintu Abī Umayyah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon (2005)