Part of Who am I?
· Lesson 256 of 296
Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (256)
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Pause and reflect on the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures.
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A new challenge: Who am I?
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I am one of the daughters of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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I was the person most beloved to him.
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In my speech and my gait, I was the person who most resembled my father, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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Whenever I entered upon him,
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he would stand up for me, welcome me, and kiss me between my eyes.
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I would do the same for him whenever he came to me.
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I am the mistress of the women of Paradise.
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I was given the title al-Zahra.
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My husband is Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him.
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The Rightly-Guided Caliph.
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Our sons are al-Hasan and al-Husayn, may Allah be pleased with them both.
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The masters of the youth of Paradise.
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When my husband intended to marry the daughter of Abu Jahl,
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the Prophet, peace be upon him, became angry on my behalf.
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He said,
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"By Allah, the daughter of the Prophet of Allah and the daughter of the enemy of Allah shall not be joined together."
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"For my daughter is a part of me."
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"What troubles her troubles me."
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"And what harms her harms me."
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So my husband abandoned the proposal out of consideration for me.
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And Ali did not marry anyone else until I had passed away.
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When my father’s death approached, I came to him.
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He seated me beside him.
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Then he whispered to me.
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So I wept.
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Then he whispered to me a second time.
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So I laughed.
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Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said to me,
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"The Messenger of Allah singled you out with a secret, and you wept."
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"Then he whispered to you, and you laughed."
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"I adjure you by the right I have over you,"
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"to tell me why you laughed and why you wept."
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I said to her,
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"I would not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him."
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When he passed away,
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she said to me,
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"I adjure you by the right I have over you,"
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"to tell me."
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I said,
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"As for now, yes."
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"When he whispered to me the first time,"
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"he told me that he would die in this illness of his."
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"So I wept."
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"Then he whispered to me the second time and said,"
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"That I am the mistress of the women of this Ummah."
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"And that I would be the first of his family to join him."
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"So I laughed."
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I remained after the death of my father, peace be upon him, for six months.
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I was wasting away with grief for him.
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Then, when death approached me,
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I said,
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"I find it unsightly what is done to women at funerals."
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"A cloth is thrown over the woman,"
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"which reveals her shape."
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A woman said to me,
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"O daughter of the Messenger of Allah,"
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"shall I show you something I saw in Abyssinia?"
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She called for some fresh palm fronds.
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She bent them.
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She placed them over the bier.
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Then she threw a cloth over them.
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I liked that, and I requested it in my will.
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So I was the first person in Islam whose bier was covered in that manner.
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So, who am I?
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Share your answers with us in the comments below the video.
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We will pin the correct answer in the comments
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when the next episode is released, if Allah wills.