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torment} Sulaiman (Peace be upon him) threatened that he would punish himwith some kind of penalty; {or slaughter him, unless he brings me a clearreason} i.e. a clear excuse that may save him from my punishment. Allah theAlmighty says: {But the hoopoe stayed not long} i.e. his absence was not solong, then {he (came up and) said} to Sulaiman (Peace be upon him) {Ihave grasped (the knowledge of a thing) which you have not grasped}i.e. I got to know that which you did not; {and I have come to you fromSaba' (Sheba) with true news}. That {I found a woman ruling overthem: she has been given all things that could be possessed by anyruler on earth, and she has a great throne}, he is describing the status ofthe kings and rulers of Sheba in the Yemen: they had a mighty and gloriouskingdom along with strong and competent troops. During that period, their kingdied and left no heirs but a daughter whom they raised as their queen.Ath-Tha`labi and others mentioned that after her father's death, the peopleappointed a man under whose rule corruption and mischief prevailed. Sheproposed to him in marriage and he married her. At their first night together shegave him wine till he got drunk and then she beheaded him and hanged his headon her door. Thereupon, the people raised her over the throne as their queen.She was Bilqis Bint As-Sairah. Her father was called Al-Hudhad, or Shurahil IbnDhi Jadan Ibn As-Sairah Ibn Al-Harith Ibn Qais Ibn Saifi Ibn Saba' Ibn YashjubIbn Ya `rub Ibn Qahtan. Her father was one of the noblest kings. He refused toget married to Yemeni women. It is said that he got married to a woman fromthe Jinn whose name was Raihanah Bint As-Sakan who gave birth to that womanwhose name is Balqamah, to be known later as Bilqis.Ath-Tha`labi transmitted on the authority of Sa`id Ibn Bashir on theauthority of Qatadah after An-Nadr Ibn Anas after Bashir Ibn Nahik, after AbuHurairah that Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) said: "One of Bilqis 'sparents was from among the jinn." (This is a strange Hadith in whose Chain ofTransmission there is some kind of Weakness).Ath- Tha`labi said: I was told by Abu `Abdullah Ibn Qabhunah on theauthority of Abu Bakr Ibn Jarjah after Abu Bakrah as saying: Once, Bilqis wasmentioned before Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) who said: "Suchpeople as ruled by a lady will never be successful." (That sub-Narrator, Isma`ilIbn Muslim is Meccan and he is regarded by the Scholars of Hadith as Weak, i.e.not an authentic narrator).It is mentioned in Sahih Al-Bukhari from the narration of `Auf on theauthority of Al-Hasan, after Abu Bakra that: When Allah's Messenger (Peace beupon him) was informed that the Persians had crowned the daughter of Khusrauas their ruler, he said, "Such people as ruled by a lady will never be successful."(Sahih Al-Bukhari)And, his saying: {She has been given all things} that could be possessedby any ruler of the earth, {and she has a great throne} i.e. the chair she sitswww.islambasics.com