Millennium Star⭐* [[---Part Fourteen---]]

 *Millennium Star⭐*

[[---Part Fourteen---]]
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

One of the prophet's wives "Ramla bint Abu Sufyan", popularly called - Umm Habibah (r.a) lived to a very old age. On her deathbed, she called for Nana ‘A’isha and said to her, “There was between us what is normally between co-wives (that's -  jealousy). May Allah forgive us for that.”

‘A’isha (r.a) answered, “May Allah have mercy on you and forgive you for that.”

*Lessons from the above:*

A wife being jealous of the other wives of her husband & the Islamic point of view

A wife being jealous of the other wives of her husband is something natural as the wives of the Prophet used to be jealous about him. However, if this jealousy is beyond the limits, it is dispraised and it might cause the breaking up of the family & marriage.. So being jealous without a sound religious reason is dispraised. So, a woman should fear Allah and not spoil her marital life *(loosing the unquantifiable rewards awaiting her)* by exaggerating in being jealous.

Today,

Out of jealousy, you see a woman going for all sorts of evils just to monopolize the husband. Some may even cheat on the children of the co-wife. They behave as if they won't die!

Now,

*How the wives of the Prophet (pbuh) dealt with the inherent jealousy:*

Undoubtedly the bond that governed the relationships between the wives of the Prophet (pbuh) was the bond of spiritual sisterhood and love for the sake of Allah. This is the basic principle that should unite all the believers in general.

The Prophet (pbuh) called co-wives sisters.

Evidence:

Muslim (1408) narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (pbuh) said: “A woman should not ask for her sister to be divorced so as to deprive her of what is rightfully hers and so that she may be married in her stead; rather she will have what Allah has decreed for her.”.

So how about sisters who were the wives of the Prophet (pbuh)?

Muslim Faithful!

Piety and fear of Allah (swt) formed the solid foundation that overcame the natural inclinations and jealousy of women and their competition for one husband.

The Shaytaan had no hopes of causing any troubles in the household of the Prophet (pbuh) and they were far above such a thing, for they were pure and purified due to their fear of Allah.

To this end,

‘Aa’ishah (ra) said in the hadith of al-ifk (ie - the slander of the hypocrites on her): The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) asked Zaynab bint Jahsh about me: “O Zaynab, what do you know, and what have you seen?” She said: O Messenger of Allah, I would not claim to have heard or seen something that I did not, and by Allah, I do not know anything but good.

Aa’isha (r.a) said: She was the one among the wives of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) who used to compete with me, but Allah protected her from using the opportunity to spoil me before our husband due to her piety.

Now,

If it were your co-wife who happen to be in a state like this, where ONLY YOUR TESTIMONY on her will set her free, what will you do? Be honest please!

Today,

Co-wives are not even waiting for opportunities to denting the image of each other before their husband, but to cook and fabricate lies against each other so that the victim-wife will not or never sell good market before their husband again.

Look at the case of Zaynab (r.a) above with A'ishah (r.a), Her competition with A'ishah did not prevent her from speaking highly of her in terms that she deserved.

My People!

The point is that piety and fear of Allah (swt) should prevent any evil consequences of excessive negative jealousy in women and protect them from any kind of wrongdoing and mischief.

TO BE CONTINUED


سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك نشهد ان لا اله الا انت نستغفرك ونتوابوااليك