Two: During days of the slander!! It was really a great trial for the victim, `Aa`ishah and her parents, Abu Bakr and Umm Roomaan, may Allah be pleased with them. It was rather the generality of the Muslims that was put in trial so that Allah might separate the evil from the good and distinguish the believers from the hypocrites. The trial was also a violent storm that nearly destroyed everything if not for Allaahs benevolence, care and mercy. We deem it suitable to mention the story of this trial in full as narrated by `Aa`ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, herself. She said: Whenever Allaahs Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, intended to go on a journey, he used to draw lots among his wives and would take with him the one on whom the lot had fallen. Once he drew lots when he wanted to carry out an expedition, and the lot came upon me. So I proceeded with Allaahs Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, after Allaahs order of veiling (the women) had been revealed and thus I was carried in my Hawdaj (on a camel) and dismounted while still in it. We carried on our journey, and when Allaahs Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, had finished his expedition and returned and we approached Madeenah, Allaahs Messenger, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, ordered to proceed at night. When the army was ordered to resume the homeward journey, I got up and walked on till I left the army (camp) behind. When I had answered the call of nature, I went towards my Hawdaj, but behold! A necklace of mine made of Jaz ` Dhufaar (a kind of black bead) was broken and I looked for it and my search for it detained me. The group of people who used to carry me, came and carried my Hawdaj on to the back of my camel on which I was riding, considering that I was therein. At that time women were light in weight and were not fleshy for they used to eat little (food), so those people did not feel the lightness of the Hawdaj while raising it up, and I was still a young lady. They drove away the camel and proceeded. Then I found my necklace after the army had gone. I came to their camp but found nobody therein so I went to the place where I used to stay, thinking that they would miss me and come back in my search. While I was sitting at my place, I felt sleepy and slept. Safwaan ibn Al-Mu`attil As-Sulami Adh-Dhakwani, may Allah be pleased with him, was behind the army. He had started in the last part of the night and reached my stationing place in the morning and saw the figure of a sleeping person. He came to me and recognized me on seeing me for he used to see me before veiling. I got up because of his saying, `Inna Lillaahi wa inna ilayhi raaji`oon, which he uttered on recognizing me. I covered my face with my garment, and by Allah, he did not say to me a single word except, `Inna Lillaahi wa inna ilayhi raaji`oon, till he made his she-camel kneel down whereupon he trod on its forelegs and I mounted it.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 03:30:00 +0000
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