Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 1 of 3

268 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH m,ms (Vol-I)
the Qur1aan('). After accepting all the conditions, the ladies stretched out their
hands to affirm the pledge. Rasulullaah @& said to them, "I cannot touch the
hands of strange women." Rasulullaah @?@ then sought Allaah's forgiveness for
the ladies. This was their Bay'ah. (2)
Hadhrat Umaymah bint Ruqayqah r&lZ@% narfates that she approached
Rasulullaah rn together with a few other ladies'to pledge their allegiance. They
said, "0 Rasulullaah @?@! We pledge that we shall not ascribe any partner to
Allaah, not steal, not fornicate, not kill our children, not come forth with slander
which we fabricate befort our hands and legs (by claiming that another man's
child is our husbands') and that we shall not disobey you in any good (deed that
you command us to do)." Rasulullaah @%! added, "To the best of your ability and
according to your capability." The ladies commented, "Allaah and His Rasool m
are more merciful towards us than we are to ourselves. Come (give us you hand),
0 Rasulullaah @&. Let us now pledge our allegiance to you." Rasulullaah @@
said, "I cannot shake the hand of a woman. What I say to a hundred women is
the same as I say to one woman (their pledge is confirmed merely by
speech)."(3)
Hadhrat Umayma bint Ruqayqa @G$i@%j Pledges
Allegiance to Islaam
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Amr ?3!%% narrates that ~adhrat Umayma bint Ruqayqa
G63ISW5 approached to pledge her allegiance to Islaam. Rasulullaah @@ said to
her, "I require you to pledge that you shall not ascribe any partner to Allaah, not
steal, not fornicate, not kill your child, not come forth with slander which you
fabricatenbefore your two hands and legs, not wail at the death of anyone and not
to make a spectacle of yourself as women made spectacles of themselves during
the first Period of Ignorance." (4)
Hadhrat Faatima bint Utba ~G$&$j Pledges
Allegiance
Hadhrat Aa'isha lB3W narrates that Hadhrat Faatima bint Utba bin Rabee'ah
lB3W came to pledge her allegiance at the hand of Rasulullaah @@.
Rasulullaah asked her to pledge that she would not ascribe partners to
Allaah, will not fornicate and added all the other clauses mentioned in the verse
of the ~ur'aan(~) Out of modesty, Hadhrat Faatima bin Utba lBW2j placed her
hand on her head, an act that impressed Rasulullaah @&. Hadhrat Aa'isha
then said to her, "Confirm this, 0 woman because I swear by Allaah that
all of us pledged this." She responded by saying, "In that case, I also accept."
(1) Verse 12 of Surah Mumtahina (Surah 60).
(2) Tabraani in his Kabeerand Awsat. Haythami (Vo1.6 Pg.39) has commented on the chain of
narrators.
(3) Maalik, Ibn Hibbaan, Tirmidhi and others asmentibned in fsaaba (Vo1.4 Pg.240).
(4) Tabraani as appears in Majma'uzZ?waa'id(Vol.6 Pg.37). It is also narrated by Nasa'ee, Ibn Maajah,
Ahmad and Tirmidhi as mentioned in the Tafseerof Ibn Katheer (Vo1.4 Pg.352).
(5) Verse 12 of Surah Mumtahina (Surah 60).