Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 874
CHAPTER 37 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Favours to Women 874 threw her into the well. All I remember is her heart rending cries. She kept on crying, "My father, my father". Tears started to flow from the eyes of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. Another Companion addressed the narrator of the incident and told him that he had caused grief to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. H u du r sa silenced him by saying, "This poor person is asking for the atonement of his sins. " He asked the girl's father to repeat his story. He repeated the poignant tale. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa cried. The tears rained down from his eyes and his beard became wet. Then he said to the father of the girl, "God has forgiven all your sins of the dark ages. Now begin with a new righteous conduct in Islam. " 1 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa taught his followers, "Anyone who has a daughter, does not bury her alive, does not humiliate her or give preference to his son over her, God Almighty would enter him in paradise. " 2 Hadrat ‘Umar ra relates, "By God, we did not give any importance to womenfolk during the days of ignorance, until God revealed commandments in the Holy Qur’ a n and gave them the rights of inheritance as well. One day I was planning something and my wife told me that it would be better to do it in a certain way. I told her, "How dare you interfere in my affair?" She replied, "You wish that no one speaks contradicting you while your own daughter