Understanding Islam — Page 135
133 in the Way of Allah, and a dinar which you spend on your family. The best of them is the dinar which you spend on your family. 12 Prophet Muhammad sa himself had wives and daughters and he treated them very kindly and gave us an excellent model in terms of acting on these teachings and his personal precept. Due to this kind and compassionate treatment, history attests to the fact that all the wives of Prophet Muhammad sa were devoted to him. One example that illustrates this fact is that of Hazrat Maim ū na ra who cherished her first meeting with Prophet Muhammad sa as a great memory. She lived for many years after the death of Prophet Muhammad sa and had great appreciation for the time she spent in marriage with Prophet Muhammad sa. At the time of her death at the age of 80, she asked to be buried at precisely the spot where she had first met Prophet Muhammad sa. This shows the great degree of love she had for him and how the decades that passed since that first meeting did not diminish the significance of that memory in her mind. Prophet Muhammad sa would regularly seek the counsel of his wives in all important matters. He