Friday, April 6, 2012

MAIL - 19 - Part - 21

This is in response to my friend's mail - http://debatebasedonscriptures.blogspot.in/2012/01/mail-18-part-2.html
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I Wrote -

Dear Friend

Prophet Mohammad is halfway through his mission. He is 54 years old and he is the head of the state of Madina. About 14 years of his prophet-hood is over. Now he is entering the second and the final phase of his prophet-hood.



The Third Marriage

"They dressed her in a wedding dress made from fine red striped cloth from Bahrain and then her mother took her to the newly built house where some women of the Ansar (people of city of Madina) were waiting outside the door. They greeted her with the words, "For good and for happiness, may all be well." - Imam Ibn Kathir.

Above were the response from the people of Madina when prophet Mohammad married the 9 year old Aisha, who was the daughter of his closest friend. It was the people of his city, who were making the arrangements for the marriage.

- The parents of Aisha were well aware of The Great Mission of her marriage to prophet Mohammad.
- The relatives of Aisha were well aware of
The Great Mission of her marriage to prophet Mohammad.
- The people of Aisha, in the city of Madina were well aware of The Great Mission of her marriage to prophet Mohammad.

The Mission behind the Marriage with 9 Year old Aisha
 

I hope you haven't forgotten the so far a few Principles and Etiquettes of prophet Mohammad. In simple terms -

- It was for The Delegation of The Principles and Etiquettes of prophet Mohammad, for the future generation that he married the 9 year old girl named Aisha.

If there exists a relation under the sky, by which one can clearly measure the personality of another person, it is The Marriage Relation.

Why at 9 ?
 

- It was not why prophet Mohammad chose a 9 year old girl. 
- It was why prophet Mohammad chose Aisha who was at 9.

"Some might have viewed the marriage of Muhammad and A'isha as an exceptional marriage, but then the two partners were exceptional people. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was the last of the Prophets and the best of creation; and A'isha was a very intelligent and observant young girl with a very good memory." - Imam Ibn Kathir.


- This is why prophet Mohammad chose Aisha who was at 9.

A Great Personality in the Making
 
A very long story in short : -

"A'isha (may Allah be pleased with her) spent the next nine years of her life with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and
A. She grew into womanhood,
B. She remembered all that she saw and heard with great clarity, for to be the wife of the Prophet was even more than extraordinary.

So much happened around him - the Quran continued to be revealed, verse by verse, and people's hearts were constantly being turned over and transformed, including hers and
C. She was a witness of so much of all that took place." - Imam Ibn Kathir.

- With the company of prophet Mohammad, the girl Aisha was growing with great knowledge.


A. She grew into womanhood

A very long story in short : -

"Her marriage to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not change A'isha's playful ways, and her young friends continued to regularly come to visit her in her own room. "I would be playing with my dolls," she once said, with the girls who were my friends, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would come in and they would slip out of the house and he would go out after them and bring them back, for he was pleased for my sake to have them there." - Imam Ibn Kathir.

- Prophet Mohammed brought-up this girl in a natural way.
- Prophet Mohammad let her to play with her friends.
- ...

"Aishah said, "The Messenger of Allah raced with me and I won the race. This occurred before I gained weight, and afterwards I raced with him again, and he won that race. He said, This (victory) is for that (victory)." - Imam Ibn Kathir at Quran 4:19


- Prophet Mohammed brought-up this girl in a natural way.
- Prophet Mohammad even played with her.
- ...

"It was the practice of the Messenger of Allah to be kind, cheerful, playful with his wives, compassionate, spending on them and laughing with them. The Messenger used to race with Aishah, the Mother of the Faithful, as a means of kindness to her." Imam Ibn Kathir at Quran 4:19


- Prophet Mohammad was kind, cheerful and playful with her.- ...

"A'isha was a spirited young girl who still had a great deal to learn when she married the Prophet (may Allah be pleased with her, and peace be upon him) she was very quick to learn, however, for she had a clear heart, and a quick mind and an accurate memory. She was not afraid to talk back in order to find out the truth or make it known, and whenever she beat someone else in argument, the Prophet would smile and say, She is the daughter of Abu Bakr! " - Imam Ibn Kathir.

- Prophet Mohammad was making one of the great  woman personality in the history of mankind, who was known for her knowledge.


B. She Remembered all that she saw

A very long story in short : -

"Musa ibn Talha ( a companion of prophet Mohammad) once said, "I have not seen anyone more eloquent than 'A'isha." 'A'isha (may Allah be pleased with her) became so wise that one of her contemporaries used to say that if the knowledge of 'A'isha were placed on one side of the scales that of all other women on the other, 'A'isha 's side would outweigh the other. She used to sit with the other women and pass on the knowledge that she had received from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and long after he had died, and as long as she lived, she was a source of knowledge and wisdom for both women and men. Abu Musa once said, "Whenever a report appeared doubtful to us, the Companions of the Prophet, and we asked 'A'isha about it, we always learned something from her about it."  - Imam Ibn Kathir.

- Prophet Mohammad was making one of the great woman personality in the history of mankind, who was known for her knowledge.


C. She was a witness

A very long story in short : -

"It is not surprising, therefore, that a great deal of the knowledge that we still have today, about how our beloved Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) lived and behaved, was first remembered and then taught to others by 'A'isha." - Imam Ibn Kathir.

- Prophet Mohammad was making one of the great woman personality in the history of mankind, who was known for her knowledge.

"During the nine years that A'isha was married to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) she witnessed many of the great events that shaped the destiny of the first Muslim community of Madina al Munawarra" - Imam Ibn Kathir.

- Prophet Mohammad was making one of the great woman personality in the history of mankind, who was known for her knowledge.

"it was during the course of their marriage that she must have listened to many of the Jews and the Christians an the idol worshipers who came not to listen to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) but to argue with him, in the hope that they could find a plausible excuse to justify their rejection of him. It was through exchange such as these that A'isha learned to distinguish what was true from what was false." - Imam Ibn Kathir.

- Prophet Mohammad was making one of the great woman personality in the history of mankind, who was known for her knowledge.

"As the prophetic guidance continued to be revealed through the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), A'isha's way of life - along with that of all the Muslims - was gradually reshaped and refined:

It was during the course of their marriage -

that drinking alcohol was finally forbidden,
that it was made clear what food was halal (permissible) and what food was haram (forbidden),
that it became necessary for women to wear the hijab (dress code for women) in public and when praying,
that the guidance as to how to fast was revealed,
that paying the Zakat (mandatory charity) became obligatory on all Muslims, and
that all rites of the hajj (the pilgrimage) were purified and clarified." - Imam Ibn Kathir

- Prophet Mohammad was making one of the great woman personality in the history of mankind, who was known for her knowledge.

will be continued ...

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