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

THE LNES OF THE SAHABRH -
(I/ol-I) 269
Rasulullaah @@ then accepted her pledge of allegiance in conformance with the
verse of the Qur'aan. ('I
Hadhrat Azza bint Khaabil @?JGwj pledges
Allegiance to Rasulullaah k$@$
Hadhrat Azza bint KhaabilG8WBGj approached Rasulullaah @%% and pledged that
she would not fornicate, would not steal and would not bury her children alive
neither in public nor in secrecy. Hadhrat Azza @W&j says, "I knew well what
Rasulullaah @% meant by publicly b.urying children alive but I did not ask
Rasulullaah rn what burying them alive in secrecy meant, neither did he
inform me. However, it occurred to me that it refers to spoiling children. By
Allaah! I shall never spoil any child of mine." (2)
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Hadhrat Faatima bint Utba ~~ Pledges Allegiance
Along with her Sister Hadhrat Hind who was
the Wife of Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan %&Z&j
Hadhrat Faatima bint Utba bin Rabee'ah bin Abdish Shams !S3W% narrates that
Hadhrat Abu Hudhayfa bin Utba SX% took her along with (her sister) Hadhrat
Hind bint Utba lBG&!2j to Rasulullaah @@ so that they could pledge their
allegiance to him. Rasulullaah @@ took their promises and made some
conditions with them. Hadhrat Faatima bint Utba lEW2B5 they asked Rasulullaah
w A, "0 my cousin! Have you noticed any of these evils or deficiencies in your
people?" Hadhrat Abu Hudhayfa 8Wj said, "Be quiet and make your pledge! It
is with these words and conditions that the pledge of allegiance is made.
Hadhrat Hind W%@!GS then said, "I shall not pledge to abstain from stealing
because I steal from my husband." At this, both she and Rasulullaah @@ held
back until Rasulullaah sent someone to (her husband) Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan
BGWj to get him to permit her (to take from his possessions without seeking
permission). Hadhrat Abu Sufyaan ~,!%% permitted her to take from the wet
things (referring to foodstuffs) but did not permit her to take from the dry things
(referring to non-food items such as money and clothing) or from luxuries.
The two ladies then pledged allegiance to Rasulullaah @@. Hadhrat Faatima
bint Utba G8WBGj then said to Rasulullaah &%%, "There was not a tent that I
hated more than your tent and I wished that Allaah would destroy it and
everything in it. However, I now wish more for your tent than any other that
Allaah should make it prosperous and full of blessings. Rasulullaah @?% commented,
"This ought to be because I swear by Allaah that none of you can have true Imaan
until I am more beloved to him than even his children and parents." (3)
Hadhrat Aa'isha l@Z@!% narrates that when Hadhrat Hind bint Utba lBGW5 came
to pledge allegiance to Rasulullaah w, he looked at her hands and said, "Go
(1) Ahmad and Bazzaar as mentioned in Majma'uz Zawaa'id (Vo1.6 Pg.37).
(2) Tabraani. Haythami (Vo1.6 Pg.39) has commented on the chain of narrators.
(3) Haakim (Vo1.2 Pg.486).