Praises of some Scholars on a group of female Sahabah (Sahabiyat) from Ahl Al-Bait:
The daughter of the Messenger of Allâh Fatima (RadiAllâhu Anha)
It is narrated from Aisha that she said: “I have not seen anyone resemble the Messenger of Allâh in his calmness, guidance, mode of conduct and in his standings and sittings like Fatima bint (the daughter) of the Messenger of Allah…” narrated by Abu Dawood (5217) and AtTirmidhi (3872), and its Isnad is good.
And Abu Nu’aim said about her in AlHilyat (Vol.2, page: 29): “And among the pure devout and the pious is Fatima (RadiAllâhu Anha), the honorable virgin, the piece of flesh that greatly resembles the Messenger, the closest of his children to his heart, and the first to join him after his death. She was totally keeping away from this world and its pleasure and very much
aware of the defects of this world and its blights”.
Adh-Dhahabi (Rahimahullah) said in AlSiyar (Vol.2, page: 118-119): “The leader of the women of the world in her time, the piece of flesh of the Prophet and the chosen direction (i.e. the Prophethood), the mother of her father, the daughter of the best creation -the Messenger of Allah, Abu Al-Qasim Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Abdul Muttalib bin Hashim bin Abdu Manaf- the Quraishian, the Hashemite, and the mother of the two Al-Hassans (i.e. Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein)”.
He also said: “The Prophet loved her and used to honor her and disclose secrets to her, and her merits are so many, she was patient, religious, generous, preservative, content and grateful to Allâh”.
And Ibn Kathir (Rahimahullah) said in Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah (Vol.9, page: 485): “She was nicknamed: the mother of her father”. He said: “And she was the youngest daughter of the Prophet, the only one left after his death; that is why her
reward was great, because she was tried by the death of her father”.
Ummul Mu’minin Khadija bint Kuwailid (RadiAllâhu Anha)
Adh-Dhahabi said in As-Siyar (Vol.2, page: 109-110): “The mother of the believers and leader of the women of the world in her time the mother of the children of the Messenger of Allâh (except Ibrahim), the first to believe in the Prophet and encourage him before anyone else, her merits are abundant, she is among the ladies who reached the perfection. She was intelligent, majestic, blameless, generous and among the people of Paradise. The Prophet used to praise her, prefer her to all his wives and grant her lot of consideration…
And among the honors she had from him is that he did not get married to anyone before her, and nor did he get married to any other wife till she died. And he missed her so much for she was indeed a blessed and beneficial partner… and
Allâh has ordained him to give her the glad tidings of having a palace made of Qasab (gold or silver) in Paradise wherein there will be neither any noise nor any toil (or fatigue, trouble etc)”.
And among that which Ibn Al-Qayim said in his book Jala’ul Afhaam (page: 349): That among her specialties is that Allâh has sent Salaam (greetings) to her through Jibril. He said: “And by Allâh this (greeting) is special (for her) and had not been for any woman besides her”.
And he said before: “And among her specialties: that she is the best among the women of this Ummah. However, there are three different views about her being prefered over Aisha (RadiAllâhu Anhhuma): the third one is indecision. He said: ‘I asked our Sheik Ibn Taimiyah about it’? He said: ‘Each one of them has a specialty of hers. As for Khadija her impact was in the first phase of Islam. She used to amuse the Messenger of Allah strengthen him and make him calm. She used to spend her wealth on him, she witnessed the onset of
Islam and withstood the problems faced in the cause of Allâh and in the (struggle) of the Messenger of Allâh. Her help to the Prophet was at the greatest time of need, she has helped and spent that which no one else has done. And for Aisha (RadiAllâhu Anha), her impact was at the latter phase of Islam she had the understanding of the religion and preached it to the nation, she benefited her children (i.e. the believers) with knowledge in a way that no one else has done. This is the meaning of his statement”.
Ummul Mu’minin Aisha (RadiAllâhu Anha)
Adh-Dhahabi said about her in As-Siyar (Vol.2, page: 140): “…And the Prophet did not marry any virgin besides her, and did not love a woman more than the love he had for her; I don’t know a woman in the Ummah of Muhammad -and even among all the women- more learned than her”.
And in As-Siyar also (Vol.2, page: 181) narrated from Ali bin Al-Aqmar said: “Whenever Masrooq narrated from Aisha, he would say: narrated to me by the
righteous, daughter of the righteous, the beloved of Allâh’s beloved, the one whose innocence was declared from above the seven heavens; so, I did not belie her”.
And Ibn Al-Qayim mentioned in Jala’ul Afhaam (pages: 351-355) some of her specialties, which can be summarized as follows: “she was the most beloved person to the Messenger of Allâh. He did not marry a virgin besides her, and at times the revelation will come to him while he is in her blanket. And when the Ayah of choice was revealed (in Surah Al-Ahzab Ayah: 28) he started with her and asked her to choose (between Allâh and His Messenger and the hereafter and between the life of this world and its glitter). She chose Allâh and His Messenger, and the remaining wives imitated her. And that Allâh proclaimed her innocence from the false accusation which the people of the falsehood threw upon her, and revealed in proving her innocence and excuse Ayât that are recited on the Mihrabs (prayer niche) of the Muslims and in their prayers, till the Judgment Day; and witnessed for her that she is among the
purified ones and promised her forgiveness and generous provision. And with this high status of hers she humbles herself for Allâh and says: ‘verily my affair within myself is too minor for Qur’an to be revealed about me’; and that the senior Sahabah will come to her whenever they find difficulty in a case in the religion, they would ask her and would find its knowledge with her. And that the Prophet died in her house and on her day (of share) between her neck and chest, and was buried in her house; that the Angel showed her image to the Prophet in a piece of silk before he married her. He said: ‘If this is from Allâh then he would make it possible’, and that people used to seize the opportunity of sending him gifts on Aisha’s day with him, they would present him with what he loves while he is in the house of the most beloved woman to him. May Allah be pleased with all of them”!
Ummul Mu’minin Sawdah bint Zam’ah (RadiAllâhu Anha)
Adh-Dhahabi (Rahimahullah) said in AsSiyar (Vol.2, page: 265-266): “She is the first woman the Prophet married after
Khadija, he stayed alone with her for about three years or more, till he married Aisha. She was an honorable lady, noble and corpulent and she was the one who offered her day to Aisha in order to please the heart of the Prophet”.
And Ibn Al-Qayim (Rahimahullah) said in Jala’ul Afhaam (page: 35): “…She became old with him, and so, he wanted to divorce her, she gave her day to Aisha (RadiAllâhu Anha), he then withheld her. And this is among her specialties, that she preferred the love of the Prophet, giving up her day and sacrificing herself in order to stay near to him. The Prophet used to share his days with his wives and would not give her a share, and she was pleased with that, preferring the pleasure of the Prophet. May Allâh be pleased with her”!
Ummul Mu’minin Hafsa bint Omar bin Al-Khattab (RadiAllâhu Anha)
Adh-Dhahabi said in As-Siyar (Vol.2, page: 227): “The esteem covered, daughter of Amir Al-Mu’minin Abu Hafsa Omar bin AlKhattab. The Prophet married her on the
third year of the Hegira after she has completed her Iddat (period a widow or a divorced woman may not remarry) from Khunais bin Hudhafah As-Sahmi one of the emigrants. Aisha said: she was the one who used to compete with me, among the wives of the Prophet”.
Ummul Mu’minin Ummu Salamah Hind bint Abi Umayyah (RadiAllâhu Anha)
Adh-Dhahabi said in As-Siyar (Vol.2, pages 201-203): “The pure veiled lady… among the first emigrants… she was considered among the learned female Sahabah (Sahabiyat)”.
And Yahya bin Abubakr Al-Amiri said in Ar-Riyad Mustatabah (page: 324): “She was virtuous and patient, and she was the one who suggested to the Prophet on the day of Hudaibiyah to shave his head and sacrifice his Hadye (offering); and she saw Jibril in the form of Dehiyah”.Ummul Mu’minin Zainab bint Khuzaimah Al-Hilaliyah (RadiAllâhu Anha)
Adh-Dhahabi mentioned in As-Siyar (Vol.2 page: 218) that she was called the mother of the needy because of her great kindness.
And Ibn Al-Qayim (Rahimahullah) said in Jala’ul Afhaam (page: 376): “She was called the mother of the needy because she regularly used to feed the needy. She did not stay with the Prophet except for two or three months, and died (RadiAllâhu Anha)”.
Ummul Mu’minin Juwairiyah bint AlHarith (RadiAllâhu Anha)
She is the mother of the believers and the wife of the chief of Messengers, and that is sufficient for her as a virtue and honor.
Ibn Al-Qayim said in Jala’ul Afhaam (page: 376-377): “And she was the one for whose sake the Muslims freed one hundred slaves of a household. They said: ‘they are the in-laws of the Messenger of Allâh, and that was among her blessings on her people (RadiAllâhu Anha)”.
Ummul Mu’minin Safiyah bint Huyaiy (RadiAllâhu Anha)
It is reported in Jami’e At-Tirmidhi (3894) with an authentic Isnad from Anas that the Prophet said to her “Verily you are the daughter of a Prophet (i.e. among the descendants of Haroun bin Imran), your uncle is a Prophet (i.e. Musa bin Imran) and you are under a Prophet (i.e. married to Muhammad)”.
Adh-Dhahabi said in As-Siyar (Vol.2, page: 232): “She was chaste, sensible, and possessed a noble origin, beautiful and religious. May Allâh be pleased with her”. He also said: “Safiyah was very patient and respectful”.
Ibn Al-Qayim said in Jala’ul Afhaam (page: 377): “The Messenger of Allâh married Safiyah bint Huyaiy from the descendants of Haroun bin Imran the brother of Musa)”.
He also said: “And among her specialties is that the Messenger of Allâh freed her
(from slavery) and made of her freedom her Sadaq (dowry)”. Anas said: “He made her freedom her dowry and that became Sunnah (a tradition) to the Ummah till the Judgment Day. It is allowed for a man to free his slave and make of her freedom her Sadaq, and she becomes his wife, as noted by Imam Ahmad (Rahimahullah)”.
Ummul Mu’minin Ummu Habibah Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan (RadiAllâhu Anha)
Adh-Dhahabi said in As-Siyar (Vol.2 page: 218): “The veiled mistress”. He also said: “Ummu Habibah had sanctity and dignity, especially under the rule of her brother. And his position towards her, he (i.e. Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan) was called: the uncle of the believers”.
And Ibn Kathir said in Al-Bidayah wanNihayah: “She was among the distinguished mothers of the believers and she was among the devoted worshippers and ong the pious ones. May Allah be pleased with her”!
Ummul Mu’minin Maimunah bint AlHarith (RadiAllâhu Anha)
It is reported in As-Siyar (Vol.2, page: 244): from Aisha (RadiAllâhu Anha): “Verily she is among the most pious of us, and the best of us in linking ties with relatives”.
And Adh-Dhahabi said: (Vol.2, page: 239): “She was among the distinguished women”.
Ummul Mu’minin Zainab bint Jahsh (RadiAllâhu Anha)
In Sahih Muslim, from a long Hadith narrated by Aisha (RadiAllâhu Anha) it is said: “She was the one who used to compete with me among his wives in position towards the Messenger of Allah; and I have never seen a woman better than her in religion, nor have I seen a more pious, more truthful, more close to relatives than Zainab, she was great in charity, and self sacrificing in the work. She offered and got closer to Allâh; except that she had violent character and quickly annoyed. But whenever that happened to her, she would quickly retrieve herself from it”.
Adh-Dhahabi said (Vol.2, page: 211): “It is Allâh the Highest who gave her in marriage to His Prophet by the statement of His Book, with neither a wali’y nor witness. She used to boast with that to the other mothers of the believers and would say to them: Your parents gave you in marriage, and I was given in marriage by Allâh from above His Throne”. The Hadith is recorded in Sahih Al Bukhari (7402).
He also said: “She was among the distinguished women in terms of ascetism, piety and generosity; may Allâh be pleased with her”.
He also said (Vol. 2 page: 217): “She was righteous, full of fasting and night prayers, faithful, and she was called: the mother of the needy”.
The aunt of the Messenger of Allâh Safiyyah bint Abdul Muttalib (RadiAllâhu Anha)
Adh-Dhahabi said in As-Siyar (Vol.2 page: 270): “Safiyyah the aunt of the Messenger of Allah, the daughter of Abdul Muttalib,
the Hashemite. She was Hamza’s sister and the mother of the Prophet’s disciple: AzZubair”.
He also said: (Vol.1, page: 270) “The truth is that she was the only one who embraced Islam among the aunts of the Prophet. She was very grieved and patient on the death of her brother Hamza, and she was among the first emigrants”.
And among the Sahabiyat (female companions) of the household are:
The daughters of the Prophet: Zainab, Ruqayyah and Umm Kulthum. Ummu Kulthum and Zainab the daughters of Ali bin Abi Talib, and their mother is Fatima.
Umamah bint Abi Al-Aa’s bin Ar-Rabi’e, and her mother is Zainab the daughter of the Messenger of Allâh. She is the one whom the Prophet used to carry during As-Salah.
Ummu Hani’e bint Abi Talib bin Abdul Muttalib.
Duba’ah and Ummu Al-Hakam the daughters of Az-Zubair bin Abdul Muttalib.
They are mentioned in a Hadith recorded by Abu Dawood (2987); and Duba’ah is the one mentioned in the Hadith of the stipulation in the Hajj; it is to her that the Prophet said: “Say: if anything prevents me (from completing the Hajj or Umrah), then my ritual consecration will end where You prevented me”.
And Umamah the daughter of Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 