The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) – Volume III — Page 20
Seal of the Prophets - Volume III 20 Muslim woman. 1 Praise of the Holy Prophet sa with regards to Abul-‘Āṣ ra It has already been mentioned that the son-in-law of the Holy Prophet sa , Abul- ‘Āṣ bin Ar-Rabī‘ was a near relative of Ḥaḍrat Khadījah ra from the Quraish, i. e. , her nephew. Despite being a polytheist, his treatment towards his wife was very kind, and after he became a Muslim, the relationship of both husband and wife also remained pleasant. Therefore, the Holy Prophet sa would often praise Abul-‘Āṣ ra in this regard, saying that he had treated his daughter well. 2 Abul- ‘Āṣ ra passed away in the era of the caliphate of Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr ra in 12 A. H. His honourable wife, however, passed away in the lifetime of the Holy Prophet sa. Her daughter, Amāmah, who was very dear to the Holy Prophet sa , was married to Ḥaḍrat ‘Alī ra after the demise of Ḥaḍrat Fāṭimah ra , but had no children. 3 Ghazwah of Banū Liḥyān - Jamādi’ul-Ūlā 6 A. H. (September 627) The painful occurrence of the Aṣḥābur-Rajī‘ has already been mentioned in the accounts of 4 A. H. On this occasion, 10 innocent Muslims who had been sent for peaceful preaching were ruthlessly murdered by deceit. At the root of this entire mischief was the hand of the Banū Liḥyān, which at the time resided between Makkah and Madīnah, in the Valley of Ghurān. Naturally, the Holy Prophet sa was deeply saddened by this event, and since the behaviour of the Banū Liḥyān still remained hostile and mischievous and the danger that they would become the cause of future mischief against the Muslims still existed, the Holy Prophet sa thought it administratively appropriate to somewhat 1 * Al-Baqarah (2:222) * An-Nur (24:33) * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābuṭ-Ṭalāq, Bābu Qaulillīhi Ta‘ālā Wa Lā Tankiḥul-Mushrikāti Ḥattā Yu’minna Wa La-Amatun Mu’minatun. . . , Ḥadīth No. 5285 2 Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābu Faḍā’ili Aṣḥābin-Nabiyyi sa , Bābu Dhikru Aṣhārin-Nabiyyi sa Minhum Abul- ‘Āṣ-ibnur-Rabī‘, Ḥadīth No. 3729 3 * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 8, p. 260, Dhikru Banāti Rasūlillāhi sa / Zainabu Bintu Rasūlillāhi sa , Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 4, p. 52, Thumma Kānat Sanatu Ithnatai ‘Ashrata Minal-Hijrah/Ḥajjatu Khālidin, Dārul- Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) (Publishers) * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 4, pp. 321-322, Fī Dhikri Aulādihil-Kirām, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)