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various pages of the book Qisâs-i-enbiyâ, show clearly that the
slanders in the autumn magazine are sheer falsifications. It is
stated in the book Kâmûs-ul-a’lâm that “Hind bin Utba binti
Rebî’a bin Abd-i-Shems was one of the nobility of Qoureish. She
was Abû Sufyân’s wife. Before Abû Sufyân, she was Fâqih bin
Mughîra’s wife. She persistently remained a Muslim and always
conducted herself as a good one. She was a prudent, far-sighted
administratrix. She and her husband Abû Sufyân joined the Holy
War of Yermuk and encouraged the Muslims to make Jihâd
against the Byzantines.”
It is written in all books how firm an îmân Hind ‘radiy-Allâhu
anhâ’ had and what a noble feeling of chastity she had. Marriage
and family life existed in Arabia before Islam, too. Please see the
thirty-sixth paragraph! The author of the autumn magazine
confuses family life with his own life of cohabitation termed
Mut’a. He compares other people to himself and supposes that
they are fornicators, too. It is stated in the book Me’ârij-unnubuwwa,
“After Hind ‘radiy-Allâhu anhâ’ became a Believer
and broke all the statues in her house, she sent two lambs as a gift
to Rasûlullah. The Messenger of Allah accepted the presents and
pronounced a benediction over Hind, asking a blessing on her.
Haqq ta’âlâ blessed her sheep with such barakat that it was
impossible to know their number. Hind would always
acknowledge that they were a blessing coming through the
Barakat of the Messenger of Allah.” Abd-ul-ghanî Nablusî states
in the hundred and twenty-sixth page of Hadîqa, “Everyone who
has îmân in Rasûlullah realizes his greatness to some extent and
bears a degree of love for him. Yet the amount of this realization
and love varies. Many a heart overflows with this love. It has been
reported unanimously that Abû Sufyân’s ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’ wife
Hind ‘radiy-Allâhu anhâ’ said to Rasûlullah, ‘O the Messenger of
Allah! I never used to like your blessed face. But now, that
beautiful face of yours is more beloved to me than anything
else’.”
The author alleges that hadrat Mu’âwiya oppressed the people.
On the contrary, hadrat Mu’âwiya’s caliphate brought peace,
order and quietude to the country and put an end to
misunderstandings. Jihâd and conquests began. His justice and
kindnesses spread far and wide. History books give detailed
accounts of these facts.
8- “Seeds of a mentality which caused superstitions for the
purpose of reigning and thus turned the beautiful Islamic religion
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