FAJR REMINDER: HIS EXONERATION By: Umm ‘Affān Rajab 16, 1447 (6-January-2026) The shirt was torn from the back, which suggests that Prophet Yūsuf (‘Alayhi Salām) was truthful, and the wife of Al-‘Azīz was false when she made the accusation of betrayal against him. The husband concluded that the accusation was unfounded. Allāh informs us of his reaction: فَلَمَّا رَأَىٰ قَمِيصَهُ قُدَّ مِن دُبُرٍ قَالَ إِنَّهُ مِن كَيْدِكُنَّ إِنَّ كَيْدَكُنَّ عَظِيمٌ | يُوسُفُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَٰذَا وَاسْتَغْفِرِي لِذَنبِكِ إِنَّكِ كُنتِ مِنَ الْخَاطِئِينَ “So when he (her husband) saw his [(Yūsuf's (Joseph)] shirt torn at the back; (her husband) said: ‘Surely, it is a plot of you women! Certainly mighty is your plot! O Yūsuf (Joseph)! Turn away from this! (O woman!) Ask forgiveness for your sin. Verily, you were of the sinful.’” [Sūrah Yūsuf (12) Verse 28-29] While not all women are inherently deceitful or malicious, the cleverness and duplicity of some can have severe repercussions, especial...