AN EXAMPLE OF THE RELIGIOUS INDIGNATION OF HAZRAT UMMI HABIBAH(ra)

This was the treatment which they meted out to the blessed wife of the Holy Prophet(sa). Hazrat Ummi Habibah(ra) possessed such profound loyalty and love for the Holy Prophet(sa) that after a separation of about fifteen to sixteen years, when her father, who was the chief of Arabia and held the position of a king in Makkah came to Madinah on a special political mission and came to meet her, she pulled away the bedding of the Holy Prophet(sa) from beneath him. This was because she could not bear to see the pure cloth of the Messenger of Allah touch the impure body of an idolater. It is surprising that in the absence of Muhammad(sa), the Messenger of Allah, Hazrat Ummi Habibah(ra) safeguarded the sanctity of even his cloth,1 whereas these rebels did not even show veneration to the revered wife of Muhammad(sa), the Messenger of Allah, in his absence. These foolish people said that the wife of the Holy Prophet(sa) was a liar, even though she was correct in her statement. Hazrat ‘Uthman(ra) was the guardian of the orphans of Banu Umayyah. On seeing their growing enmity, her concern that the wealth of the orphans and widows may go to waste was correct. The true liars were those who took up the task of destroying the faith whilst claiming to love Muhammad(sa), the Messenger of Allah; not Ummi Habibah(ra), Ummul-Mu’minin.2