Women
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Looking
for a baby
Once upon a time ago in ancient Arab its about 14 centuries ago there is a woman named Halimah Sa’diyah binti Abdullah bin Al-Harits As-Sa’diyah from Bani Sa’ad, she is a famous Arab woman because she became the feeding mother of Rasulullah SAW when he was baby, she is breastfeeding him until two years.
Someday it was very dried season in Arab region. The weather dramatically raised the malnutrition toll around Arab plain. She and her husband leave the community with a group of people in caravan for looking baby, the baby parent will have paid them after the done the breastfeeding for two years.
“This donkey was thin and the camel not containing milk again “they started to argue.
This couple also carried on their baby while search the baby. When the night was raised, they can’t sleep well because their baby always cried a long of the night, because they can’t feed the baby with milk and it made the baby hungry to cry.
They decide to go to Mecca, someday when their group was arrived to Mecca, the started to find
Halimah Sa ’ diyah
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the baby who want to feeding by them. Especially, when they face the Rasulullah most of all of them refused because the reason of Muhammad was orphan baby.
“Who will pay them after feeding the baby? “The questioning that wandered through their mind.
“I can’t take the baby, the baby was orphan, I can take a benefit from taking the baby” they said.
After that the group was separated and leaved Halimah and his husband and their baby.
“In the name of God, I don’t really like to return home with that group of women, before I got a baby who very need to be feeding” Halimah argued.
“Do it, I hope our God will give us many good benefit from taking him as our stepson for the next two years” her husband said.
“I will take your baby, mam as my stepson and we will return to you again next to year” said Halimah to Aminah.
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Good Benefit
Baby
Some day after Halimah took the Muhammad baby on the way to return to their community they stopped at the route. They are facing the very critical scene they got very hungry and thirsty, but the reality their camel no longer contained milk as their food. Time passed the miracle from Allah was dropped to them,
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Allah help them by their camel. Their camel nipple was with astonishingly fulfilled by milk, so his husband squeezed the nipple to get the camel milk. Firstly, they were amaze with that. But, the realized that this gift was from Allah through the baby who carries on.
“In the of Allah, Halimah you took the miracle baby”
“Yes. you right my husband. That was the hope I wished before”
“Look at the camel, we will never be facing the terrible time, like hungry and thirsty again, and we must thankful to Allah for the gift”
“Let’s enjoy this gift from God”
The started to enjoy the gift until their satisfied and finally fall to sleep with very best quality of sleep on that fateful night.
The awaken at morning and start to march again heading to their homeland. Their camel and donkey changed, their donkey became healthier as their camel, and the trip became faster than before. After few time, the sight many white spots in front of them, the white spot was their caravan that leaved them before on Mecca. They became closer and nearer, and the imagining of white spot turned to be clearly scene of caravan and Halimah and his husband almost overtakes them.
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“Heiii... wolf cub..! don’t leave us...! wait for us..!
and accompany us..” the caravan yelled.
“Heii.. that was your white donkey, right? The white donkey that was thin before and seem unhealthy.
And you rode by that before.” Someone argued.
“Yes, in the name of Allah its absolutely right, this is our past donkey that we carried after we leaved our society” Halimah said. After said that Halimah slow moved the donkey and join the caravan that heading to their homeland.
The finally arrived to dens of Bani Sa’ad plain, and they were showed by the effect of the dried season and Halimah can see the good benefit after took the orphan baby, the good thing are coming to their family from all directions. After arrived at her home, the start to carry their goat to grassed at morning at returned at evening, their goat was returned with full of milk than the other people goat had. This condition was happened day to day in two years of took care to last messenger from Allah SWT, the baby of Muhammad SAW.
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Return to
Retake Care the Baby
Time passed fast, two years was passed and the time for returning the baby to his mother in Mecca was nearly come to Halimah family. They trip to Mecca again to meet Aminah, the son’s mother. After arrived and meet with her with heavy hearted he returned the son to her. Inside of Halimah heart, she was really wanted always together with that son after all his experienced and many good benefit that coming to their family.
On the other hand, Aminah was very happy with the condition of her son, because in age of two years old the son was had similarity the son who in age of four years old. Before Halimah leaved the Aminah house she decides to express her feeling to keep take care the son again.
“I am sorry, Aminah, can I ask you something before we leave?”
“What is that?”
“I really love your son very much, he was like my own son, can I retake care again? Ask Halimah.
“It’s okay. but let me with him few time, because I had really missed him”
“Okay. Madam”
After few time passed, Halimah finally can take again the son. And they decided to return to dens of
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Bani Sa’ad, and stayed until the son age of 4 or 5 years old. Halimah returned the Muhammad to Aminah after facing the chest surgery from Malaikat Jibril, she was very afraid at that time. After returned Muhammad to his mother, Muhammad chosen by Allah SWT to all human, so Halimah and her family converted to Islam.
Source : https://desiemeilana.wordpress.com/kisah- shahabiyah/halimah-sadiyah-wanita-yang-menyusui-rasulullah/
accessed at 19 Desember 2017
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The Lucky
Baby Sitter
A long time ago, in Rasulullah's era there lived a girl named Maria. Her full name was Maria Al Qibthy.
She has a sister named Sirin. They were a slave of the King of Egypt Empire named Muquaqis at that time.
In 628 Masehi, Rasulullah SAW ruled his messenger named Hatib bin Abi Balta'ah to deliver a letter containing an invitation for Muquaqis to embrace Islam religion. Unfortunately, the Egyptian king rejected that invitation. Instead, the king gave a gift of two beautiful ladies to Rasulullah. They were Maria and her sister, Sirin.
Finally, Hatib, Maria, and Sirin went to the Rasulullah's house in Mekah by horse. On the way, Maria and Sirin got a lot of things about Islam from Hatib. Maria and Sirin feel attracted to Islam. When they were arrived in Rasulullah's house, Hatib was telling the
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Muquaqis rejection to Rasulullah and offering Maria and Sirin as a gift.
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After a year of living in Mekah, Maria married by Rasulullah and Sirin married with Hasan bin Tsabit.
Rasulullah got one child from Maria named Ibrahim bin Muhammad. Rasulullah gave his full attention to Maria and her son who make jealousy to the other Rasulullah's wife. Even Maria was making Hafsah and Aisyah hostile because of jealousy. Rasulullah was saving Maria in the house of Haritbah bin Nu'man that located beside of the mosque.
Unfortunately, Rasulullah and Maria’s happiness didn’t last long. Ibrahim bin Muhammad was died in 1.5 years because he had a high heat temperature. Rasulullah also take care of his son's body by himself. He also carried him to the resting place named Baqi’.
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After a year left his son, Maria's loneliness was increased when she must be a widow because Rasulullah also get the call by Allah SWT. Her days were passed alone.
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One day, Maria visited the tomb of Rasulullah and her son in Baqi to cure her loneliness. She cried above the tomb of Rasulullah and burst out all his heart.
Five years being a widow, Maria followed her husband and son to fulfill the call of Allah SWT. There was a riwayat which states that Rasulullah and Maria live together again in the akhirat.
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Umar’s daughter
Rasullullah’s wife
Hafsah was Rasullullah’s wife. Hafsah born, when Quraisy was renovated ka’ba building. She was daughter of Umar bin Khattab. Her mother name was Zainab binti Madh’nun. Hafsah very interested with literature, she also read some book from a woman who healed daughter of Abdullah al Qarsyiah al Adawiyah.
So, she became a woman who had wide knowledge in Quraisy people.
Hafsah was married with Khunais bin Hudzafah when Hafsah still too young, but they lived with harmony and happiness. When Hafsah in 18 years old, her husband was died. Khunais died in battlefield, in Badar war. He died as syuhada’. Then, he was buried beside Utsman bin Madh’un.
Her father, Umar bin Khattab was very sad, because her lovely daughter became a widow when she was still young. But, Hafsah feel happy because her husband was passed away as syuhada, and his injured
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as a proof if his was war in Allah’s way. Umar was very sad. her young daughter had been a widow.
Umar bin Khattab had an idea about to looked for a good husband for Hafsah. After that, Umar went to Abu Bakar to ask about Hafsah.
“Yaa Abu Bakar, my lovely daughter had been a widow, would you marry her?”
But Abu Bakar didn’t say anything about married with Hafsah. After he didn’t get any answer from Abu Bakar he was very sad, but he also very shamed because he was rejected by his best friend. Then Umar bin Khattab went to Ustman bin Affan house, when he said.
“my best friend, ya Ustman, my daughter had been a widow her husband was died in Badar war, would you marry with my daughter, Hafsah”
Then Ustman answer.
“I’m sorry my brother, even I didn’t wanted to marry in this time”
After he rejected with his best friend, he came to Rasululloh to said about their attitude. After that Rasululloh said.
“Hafsah will get a better husband than Abu Bakar, and Ustman will get a wife better than Hafsah”
And finally, Umar bin Khattab got his son in law, he was Muhammad. Ummar was very happy, he got the highest honor in Rasululloh’s era. He directly said the good news to his best friend, Abu Bakar.
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After Hafsah join with wife’s of Rasululloh. Umar said to Hafsah “How small you, when compare with Aisyah, and how small your father when compare with Aisyah’s father”. So Umah said when he had jealous with Aisyah, she must relanted with Aisyah.
In narrated, Hafsah had been talaq by Rasullullah becouse she was open Rasullullah secret.
But Jibril remind Rasululloh Hafsah. Jibril said
“Hafsah is a good wife, she diligent in fasting and she also diligent worship and she is your wife in heaven”
when her father, Umar bin Khattab was passed away, he got a messenger from Umar. And when Hafsah Passed away, he gave her Messenger from her father to her cousin.
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Ummu Kultsum’s
love story
Once upon a time, there lived a girl named Ummu Kultsum. She was daughter of Prophet Muhammad and she was sister of Ruqoyah. Ummu Kultsum and Ruqoyah known as unique sisters. They were together all the time, played together, ate together, and even slept in a one mattress. They also married with same man, which is Utsman bin Affan.
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Ummu Kultsum’s maried with the brother of her daughter’s husband, Utaibah bin Abu Jahal. Utbah and Utaibah were the son of Abu Jahal, Rasulullah’s uncle.
One day, when Islam came and Surah Al-Lahab came to Rasululullah, Abu Jahal directly ordered his son to divorce their wife, Ummu Kultsum and Ruqoyyah. Abu Jahal was very angry about surah Al-Lahab, either his son. Therefore, Utaibah came to Rasulullah and yelled all kind of terrible words. Rasulullah than pray to Allah,
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and he wished Utaibah would die bitten by wolves. And it’s came true.
After Ummu Kultsum divorced by Utaibah, she came back to Rasulullah’s home. Her daughter, Ruqoyyah was married with Utsman bin Affan.
Unfortunately, it didn’t last long. Ruqoyyah died in 22 years old. Rasulullah then married Ummu Kultsum with Utsman bin Affan and they live happily ever after. Their marriage has running almost 7 years but they didn’t get any child. Ummu Kultsum died in 9th year of hijriyah.
Rasulullah cried in her funeral.
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Khumairoh
One day, Rasul Allah PBUH and Aisha were sitting home. Some Habasya people came into masjid wanted to exercise with their swords. Rasul Allah PBUH looked at Aisha and asked her,” O Humaira, do you want to watch them exercise with their swords?” Aisha nodded and replied,” Yes Rasul Allah, I do.”
Then, Rasul Allah PBUH stood up to the door.
Aisha followed him immediately. She put her chin onto Rasul Allah’s shoulder and leaned her face onto his cheek. Few times later, Rasul Allah PBUB tried to ask her, “Have you done it?” Aisha didn’t want to finish it immediately.” O Rasul Allah, not that hurry, please.” So, he kept standing for Aisha to continue. Once again, Rasul Allah asked her, “Have you done it?” Aisha replied the same. Rasul Allah kept standing until Aisha got enough.
Actually, Aisha didn’t want to watch them.
However, she just wanted to show anyone how special
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she was in Rasul Allah’s eyes. It really showed that she was really special in Rasul Allah’s eyes.
Aisha
and Fatima
One day, Rasul Allah had a meal ceremony. It was his habit to share foods to his relatives and sahabah, not excepted to Khadija’s friends. He called his youngest and most beautiful wife, Aisha. “Aisha, leave some pieces for Khadija’s friends!” Because he said Khadija, Aisha was really jealous. She said,” Can’t you just love me only? Am I not too special for you so you always keep calling her name?” Rasul Allah PBUH smiled hearing that.
“Khadija was old and she’s not beautiful. But look at me! I’m younger and pretty. Can’t you just forget her and move on me?” Rasul Allah just kept smiling.
Fatima; Rasul Allah’s daughter with Khadija heard what just Aisha said. She was angry that Aisha said something bad about her mother. So, she came to Rasul Allah PBUH and asked him. “If you don’t feel good of what she said, just stop her!” Rasul Allah said. Fatima was confused and said,” How could I interrupt her while she’s your beloved wife?”
Rasul Allah smiled and replied, “Just do it by kidding her!” Fatima still confused, “How come?” So,
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Rasul Allah whispered something to her. Then, she came to Aisha and said, “O my young mum, you are my father’s beloved wife and you are so pretty. However, even my mum wasn’t young and pretty, she got a virgin man. But you, even you are young and pretty, you got a widower.” Aisha couldn’t say anything. She just wanted to laugh to hear that.
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Fitnah
about Aisha
One day, when Rasul Allah PBUH and Muslims army went back from a battle, Aisha also joined with them. In a place, they took a rest. Aisha was in a palanquin. Suddenly, she lost her necklace. Then, she came out and tried to find it. Finally, she found it in a place quite far from the place she took a rest.
Unfortunately, when she came back to the place, Rasul Allah and his army had gone. There was nobody there.
So, she just sat down there hoping if somebody could help her.
A long time later, she didn’t see anyone coming.
She was really tired and slept alone without his niqab.
Suddenly, she was really shocked hearing a voice.
“Innalillahi, Rasul Allah’s wife!”, said a man. She was awake immediately and wear her niqab. It was Safwan, one of Rasul Allah’s army. He knew her face because he
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had ever seen her before Allah commanded Rasul Allah’s wife wearing niqab.
He asked Aisha to ride his camel without saying anything. Aisha rode the camel as Safwan was guiding.
They didn’t even talk to each other avoiding fitnah.
Finally, they arrived in a place when Rasul Allah took a rest for the next time. Munafik people started to spread out fitnah to all people. When they arrived in Medina, Aisha was ill. She didn’t feel the pity of Rasul Allah at that time. She asked her mum what was wrong with him. Her mum said that people in Abdullah Ibn Ubay command are spreading out a fitnah about her and Safwan. She was really sad.
One day, Rasul Allah PBUH came to her and said,
“If you really did it, then you have to do taubah to Allah.” Aisha replied, “Allah is the only one who knows that I’m innocent.” Several days later, Rasul Allah came to bring good news. He said, “Congratulations! You are free from the fitnah now. Allah has cleaned up your name.” Yeah, Allah has sent verses about her innocence. They are in Quran Surah of An-Nur Verse number 11 until 20.
Source :
http://kisahmuslim.com/1777-rasulullah-bersama-istri-istrinya.html http://babarusyda.blogspot.co.id/2012/02/ketika-fatimah-berseteru-
dengan-aisyah.html
http://kisahmuslim.com/3271-tuduhan-dusta-terhadap-istri- rasulullah.html