Chief of the Prophets — Page 117
Chapter Seven 117 included an embroidered mantle, a leather bed which was stuffed with dry leaves of the date palm tree, and a water skin made of leather. 1 According to another tradition, it also included a hand mill. 2 On the same day after the traditional wedding-farewell ( rukhṣati) , Muḥammad sa went over to their house, and asked for some water that he supplicated on and sprinkled on the husband and the wife with the following prayers: “O my Allah! Bless their mutual relationship, and bless their relationship with other people, and bless their progeny. ” 3 He returned to his house after that. Advice Regarding the Bringing up of Girls and the Love for Fāṭimah ra In that age, the birth of girls was considered unfortunate in certain tribes and as the Qur’ān states, if a girl was born to someone, his face would turn black out of grief and he would hide from his people out of embarrassment. Muḥammad sa quite sternly eradicated this misconduct, and it was fully inculcated in the minds of people that raising a girl entitles one to great rewards from God the Exalted. ‘Ᾱ’ishah ra relates that the Messenger of Allah said, “The one who is given girls, if he raises them admirably, those girls will become an obstacle between him and the punishment of Hell. ” According to a Ḥadīth Qudsī, 4 Muḥammad sa said that the one who (properly) raised two girls, he and Muḥammad sa would be close to each other in Paradise like two fingers joined together. ” Ibn ‘Abbās ra relates that 1 Nasā’ī, cited by Kitābun-Nikāḥ in Talkhīs al-Mazāh. 2 Al-Iṣābah. 3 Al-Iṣābah. 4 A saying of Allah narrated by Muḥammad sa but not part of the Qu’ran. [Publisher]