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03. Ummul Mumin Sauda (رضی اللہ عنہا)

The Mother of Believers

SAUDAH BINT ZAM’AH(رضی اللہ عنہا)

SAUDAH BINT ZAM’AH
“I Desire to be Raised Among Your Wives”

She is the Mother of the Believers, Saudah bint Zam’ah bin Qays Al-Quraishiyyah Al-Amiriyyah. She was the first woman the Prophet married after Khadeejah. She was a dignified lady and noble. She was first married to As-Sukran bin Amr and she migrated with him to Abyssinia. Her family was angered by this migration. When she returned from her hijrah, her husband died, Allah have mercy on him. He was among the most sincere helpers of the Messenger. When he died, his wife, Saudah remained without a helper and family. So the Prophet married her and that occurred when she was 55 years of age.

What Do You Desire?

 

After a while, Saudah accompanied the Prophet. It occurred to him to divorce her. So what happened?

Al-Qasirn bin Abi Barah narrates: that the Prophet sent to Saudah a message of divorce. She sat in wait for him on his way and said: “I adjure you by the One Who sent down His Book on you and chose you over His Creation, why do you wish to divorce me? Do you have some ill feelings toward me?” He said: “No.” Then she said: “I adjure you by the like of the first, will you take me back. I do not have any need for men but I desire to be raised up among your wives (on the Day of Resurrection).” So he took her back. She said: “I have given my day to’ A’ishah.”

Yes, 0 Mother of the Believers … is there any honor greater than this? To be resurrected on the Day of Judgment while you are a wife of the seal of the Prophets. May it do you much good.

‘A’ishah never forgot this action (of hers). It is reported from ‘A’ishah that she said: “I never found a woman more beloved to me and like whom I wish I could be than Saudah who was passionate. When she became old, she donated her day with the Prophet to’ A’ishah.”

She died, Allah be pleased with her, at the time of ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab.

 

SOURCE:
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