1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

unbearable, a group of the Prophet’s companions migrated to
Ethiopia. Najashî (Negus), the Ethiopian emperor, was a
Christian. He asked the Muslims several questions, and,
admiring the answers he received, he converted to Islâm. He
did the Muslims many favours. Ubaydullah bin Jahsh, who had
a weak belief, in order to escape poverty, submitted to the
priests and became a renegade by changing his faith for the
world – may Allah protect us. This accursed person, who was
Rasûlullah’s aunt’s son, incited and forced his wife, Umm-i
Habîba, to dissent from the religion and become rich. Yet, when
the woman said that she would rather die than dissent from
Hadrat Muhammad’s ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’ religion, he
divorced her. He waited for her to die out of misery. But he
himself died after a short while. Umm-i Habîba was the
daughter of Abû Sufyân, who was the commander-in-chief of
the Quraysh disbelievers in Mecca. Meanwhile, Rasûlullah ‘sall-
Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’ was busy with a very difficult armed
struggle against the Quraysh armies, and Abû Sufyân was
fighting with his utmost power in order to annihilate Islâm.
Rasûlullah heard of Umm-i Habîba’s strength of faith and the
dismal happenings which she had undergone. He wrote a letter
to Najâshî, saying, “I will marry Umm-i Habîba, who is there;
perform my nikâh! Then send her here!” Najâshî had already
converted to Islâm. He respected the letter very much and gave
a feast inviting many Muslims from that area to his palace. The
nikâh was performed in the seventh year of the Hegira, and he
gave many presents and gifts. In this way, Umm-i Habîba
attained the reward of her îmân and became rich and
comfortable there. Owing to her, the Muslims of that area
became comfortable, too. Since women will be with their
husbands in Paradise, she was given the good news of the
highest grade of Paradise. All the pleasures and blessings of
this world are almost nothing when compared to this good
news. This nikâh was one of the reasons contributing to Abû
Sufyân’s ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ anh’ being honoured with
becoming a Muslim afterwards. As it is seen here, this nikâh not
only shows how wrong and worthless the disbelievers’ slanders
are, but also indicates the degree of wisdom, intelligence,
genius, blessing, and mercy in the Messenger of Allah.
Another example is that of Hadrat Hafsa; Hadrat ’Umar’s
daughter was widowed. In the third year of the Hegira, when
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