Ummul-Mumineen Maimunah Bint Harith Al-Hilalia (رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ)

Ummul Mo’mineen Hazrate Maymoona bint Haariṡ radiy-Allāhu ta’ala anha :
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Aap ki wilaadat 594 A.D. me hui.

Aap ke waalid ka naam Haariṡ ibn Hazn aur waalida ka naam Hind bint Awf hai.

Aap ke waalid Makka ke Banu Hilaala qabeele se ta’alluq rakhte hain.

Aap ka pehla nikaah Ma’sood bin Amr se hua. Talaaq ke baad Aap ka dusra nikaah Abu Ruham ibn Abdul Uzza se hua. 7 Hijri me us ka bhi inteqaal hua.

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Huzoor Rasool-Allāh Muhammad sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam ke saath Aap ka nikaah Shawwaal 7 Hijri (629 A.D.) me (Makka se 10 mile door) Sarif me hua.

Sulaih Hudaibiyah ke baad jab Huzoor sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam Umrah ke liye Makka aaye the. Jab Huzoor sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam Umrah se faarigh hu tab Hazrate Maymuna ne apni bahen Ummul Fazl Lubaaba (Hazrate Abbaas ibn Abdul Muttalib radiy-Allāhu ta’ala anhu ki biwi) ke saath Nikaah ka paighaam bheja aur Huzoor sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam ne qubool kiya.

Aap ka asl naam ‘Barrah’ tha. Huzoor sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam ne Aap ka naam ‘Maymoona’ (Ba-barkat /Blessed) rakha.

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Is ke baad Aap ne tamaam zindagi Madeena me guzaari.

Aap bahot nek, khush-akhlaaq aur sakhi thi.
Aap ne kai ghulaamo ko aazaad karaya tha.
Ek baar Aap ne ek ghulaam ko aazaad karaya to Huzoor sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam ne is nek kaam ki ta’areef ki aur farmaaya ‘Maymoona! ALLĀH ta’ala tumhe is amal ka behtareen badla ata farmaega.’

Aap ko ilm e deen sikhne me aur isha’at e Islaam me bahot dilchaspi thi. Aap logo ko ta’aleem e deen deti thi aur jo koi bhi ahkaam e shariat ke masa’il sikhne ke liye aata use sikhaati thi.
Hazrat Abdullāh ibne Abbaas radiy-Allāhu ta’ala anhu ne bhi Aap se ta’aleem haasil ki hai.

Aap se taqreeban 76 Ahadeeṡ marwi hai.

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Makka mukarrama me qayaam ke dauraan Aap ki tabiyat kuchh aleel hui. Aap ke farmaan par Aap ko maqaame Sarif par laaya gaya. Yahi Aap n inteqaal farmaaya.

Aap ka wisaal 5 Safar 51 Hijri (671 A.D) ko hua.

Aap ki namaaze janaaza Hazrat Abdullāh ibne Abbaas radiy-Allāhu ta’ala anhu ne padhaai.

Aap ka mazaar Sarif (Saudi Arabia) me hai.

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ALLĀH ta’ala us ke Habeeb sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam ke sadqe me
Aur Ummul Mo’mineen Hazrate Maymoona bint Haariṡ radiy-Allāhu ta’ala anha aur Ahle bait ke waseele se
Sab ko mukammal ishq e Rasool ata farmae aur Sab ke Eimaan ki hifaazat farmae aur Sab ko nek amal karne ki taufiq ata farmae.
Aur Sab ko dunya wa aakhirat me kaamyaabi ata farmae aur Sab ki nek jaa’iz muraado ko puri farmae.
Aameen.

Abdullah (RA) and Abbas (RA) stated that her name was “Barrat” and the Holy Prophet (pbuh) renamed her name as “Maimunah (RA)” after the marriage. Her father was Harith Al-Hilalia bin Hazam and her mother was Hind bint Awf. She was first married to Abdullah bin Masood bin Umroo Thaqafi and After divorce she was married to Abu Ruhm bin Abdul Uzza who died and Maimunah (RA) was became a widow.

In the year of 7 Hijra, when the Holy Prophet (pbuh) went to perform “Umrah-al-Qada”. Abbas bin Abdul Mutallib who is his (pbuh) uncle and he proposed to the Prophet (pbuh) that he (pbuh) may marry with Maimunah (RA). The Prophet (pbuh) accepted the proposal of his (pbuh) uncle. After 3 days of stay in Mecca the Prophet (pbuh) was return to Madina-al-Munauwara as was agreed in “Sulah-e-Hudaibiah”.

Jaffer bin Abi Talib (RA) had made arrangements of the marriage. It is stated that this marriage was soliminised while the Prophet (pbuh) was in “Ahram”. The marriage was consummated at a place called “Sarif” outside the Mecca. There are two different versions about her “Mehar”, it is said that 500 Dirhams was her “Mehar” and the other versions is that Maimunah (RA) did not ask the “Mehar” and willingly offered herself to the Prophet (pbuh). He married her to bring the “Qurayeshi” nearer to Islam and to show that he (pbuh) was a genuine well-wisher of the Meccans. She was the last to occupy the status of “Ummul-Mumineen” as the Holy Prophet (pbuh) did not marry any woman after Maimunah (RA).

Maimunah (RA) alloted a room adjacent to the Mosque of the Prophet (pbuh). All the other wives “Ummul-Mumineen” welcomed her and treated her very kindly. A’isha Siddiqua (RA) narrated that
Maimunah (RA) was the most virtuous and God-fearing and most considerate in treating her relatives well. She used to pray in the Mosque of the Prophet as she had heard that ‘the prayer offered in that Mosque is thousand time better than other Mosque except the Holy “Haram” in Mecca where it is equivalent to 1,00,000 prayers.

When the Holy Prophet (pbuh) fell ill, he (pbuh) was with Maimunah (RA). She was very intelligent and had strong memory. She used to memorize the “Ahadith” which she heard from the Holy Prophet (pbuh). She narrated 76 “Ahadith” She was used to borrow money. Once she borrowed a huge sum of money and someone said, “How will you pay it back?”, She said that the Prophet (pbuh) had said, “If one has the intention to pay it back, Allah (S.T.) himself pays off the debt”.

Maimunah (RA) died in the year 61 Hijra during the period of Caliph Yazid (Rah) bin Maviya (RA) at the age of 80 years. She breathed her last at “Sarif” where she was married with the Prophet (pbuh). Abdullah bin Abbas (RA), the famous Companion who was her nephew offered the funeral prayer.

MAY ALLAH (S.T.) BE PLEASED WITH HER.