Albani classified it as Sahih) In the case of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him), as well as the rest of creation, the ‘author’ is God, and He will choose what His slave will do and say, and set the standard for ‘perfection’ and ‘exalted character.’ While we are entitled and encouraged to question and ask, it is not for us to judge the Prophet by our own standards of what moral excellence is and what perfection consists of. Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets, and Allah has knowledge of all things. Friends of Hatib bin Abi Balta'ah took care of him on the way to Medina. [12]. Al Qurtubi, al Tabari, Ibn Arabi, Imam al Nawawi, and a great many scholars, all state that this incident is the reliable opinion for the opening verse of al Tahrim being revealed. Muhammad’s friendship to Christians of Coptic faith is reflected in many aspects of his life. Or perhaps you heard of a person and formed a picture in your mind of them, and then later met them in person? In his tafsir he mentions the incident about the Prophet being intimate with Mariyah in Hafsa’s house when she was away. Thou seekest to please thy consorts. Perhaps God, by making these incidents occur and revealing them to us, intended by it a test for us; a test of faith and a test of our love for the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him). This verse was God actually adjusting the Prophet’s method of preaching, and a reminder that every individual seeker of the truth was important, while every heedless and stubborn man was unimportant, even if he occupied a high position in society. At age 40 he is said to have begun receiving revelations from the angel Gabriel. ( Log Out /  Although some of the scholars in the past have said that Mariyah the Copt was a ‘slave’, the reports which predate their claims inclines us to believe that she was not. Allah tells us in the Quran, in Al Qalam, ‘And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character’ [68:4, Yusuf Ali], ‘Ye have indeed in the Apostle of Allah a beautiful pattern of (conduct) for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day’ [33:21, Yusuf Ali]. “in reply to the Prophet’s letter, the Potiphar or the Aziz of Egypt (also known as Mqauqis) addressed the following in Arabic: To Muhammad Ibn Abdullah fom Muqauqis, the chief of Qibt. Muhammad sent a letter to Muqawqis, summoning him to Islam, was answered evasively; but with his answer the ruler of Egypt sent a rich present of a thousand measures of gold, twenty robes of fine cloth, a mule, a she-ass and, as the crown of the gift, two Coptic Christian slave girls escorted by an elderly eunuch. Arabic: Hilal b. Yasaf reported that a person got angry and slapped his slave-girl. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Abu Bakr suggested that they should be ransomed while Umar felt it was more appropriate to put them to death. It was by his marriage to Juwayriyyah that he gained the support for Islam of the whole clan of Bani Al-Mustaliq and their allied tribes. Following are the references I found about Maria al-Qibtiyya (Prophet Muhammad’s Concubine / Slave Girl and mother of his son Ibrahim) from the book called ‘Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources‘ written by Abu Bakar Sirajuddin, a Muslim convert whose previous name was Martin Lings.The book is one of the most trusted, respect and authentic biographies of Prophet Muhammad. Arabic: Mariyah bint Syam'un al-Qibthiyah is a woman from Egypt. Known as Umm Ibrahim. Mariyah bore the Prophet his son, Ibrahim, who died as an infant shortly before the Prophet’s own death. The Prophet (p) responds by saying that he will never sleep with her again. Imams al Bukhari and Muslim and others relate, on account of Aisha, the narration regarding the Prophet staying longer at Zaynab’s quarters due to eating honey with her. She spent three years of her life with the Prophet, until his death, and died five years later in 16 AH, (may Allah be pleased with her) For the last five years of her life, she remained a recluse and almost never went out except to visit the grave of the Prophet or her son’s grave. Dr. Hammudah `Abdul-`Ati in his book Islam in Focus. Islam has nothing to hide, neither in its beliefs, laws, or in the life of the blessed Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him). Despite the seemingly reproachful tone of the opening verse, the Prophet actually had not done anything wrong. All of the above heinous crimes against slaves was categorically forbidden in Islam. The Arabic word jariyya is used in many Hadith reports, and in many they refer to young girls. “If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and RAPES HER and they are discovered, he shall pay the girl’s father fifty shekels of silver. حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ الصَّائِغُ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، ‏.‏ أَنَّهُ حِينَ هَلَكَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ تَرَكَ ابْنَةً لَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ فَزَوَّجَنِيهَا خَالِي قُدَامَةُ وَهُوَ عَمُّهَا وَلَمْ يُشَاوِرْهَا وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ مَا هَلَكَ أَبُوهَا فَكَرِهَتْ نِكَاحَهُ وَأَحَبَّتِ الْجَارِيَةُ أَنْ يُزَوِّجَهَا الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ شُعْبَةَ فَزَوَّجَهَا إِيَّاهُ ‏. And there is no mention of this (too):” I was a girl of tender age and I dozed off and my face touched the bind part of the Haudaj.” Maria bint Shamʿūn, better known as Maria al-Qibtiyya, Maria Qubtiyya, or Maria the Copt, was an Egyptian who, along with her sister Sirin, were sent to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 628 as a gift by Muqawqis, a Christian governor of Alexandria, Egypt during the territory's Persian occupation. These verses of the Quran are clear verifications of the sublime character of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him), and of the unquestionable standard of moral excellence that he possessed (peace and blessing be upon him). When we don’t do the above, our image of a person is liable to crumble.
An early convert to Islam, Zaynab was the wife of Muhammad's adopted son Zayd ibn Harithah. He was not satisfied with merely teaching brotherhood and equality: actions speak louder than words.” (Islam In Focus, by Dr. Hammudah `Abdul-`Ati – Online source), “The Messenger of Allah married Mariyah al-Qibtiyyah, who became the mother of his son Ibrahim, and Hassan Ibn thabit married Shireen. Thereupon Allah sent down this Surah, ‘The (Prophet) frowned and turned away.’ [80:1, Yusuf Ali]. The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) then asked her to promise not to tell Aisha (or the other wives in one narration), and Hafsa agreed. Therefore, despite our struggles to understand certain events that pertain to more of the human aspects of the Prophet’s life, and the various questions and doubts that arise to one’s mind in such situations, it is imperative to remind ourselves of the reality of who the Prophet truly is, and what his station with God is. Besides the above, classical to contemporary scholars also were of the view that Muhammed (p) married Mariyah. The best way to tackle such texts is head on, rather than ignoring them. Prophet Muhammed has drawn a lot of Christians to study his life. Bible: Child Marriage in Ancient Israelite times – Paedophilia? Zayd of the Banu Qurayzah to his Messenger. 1. [5] Illuminating Discourses on the Noble Quran – Tafseer Anwarul Bayan – By Shaykh Muhammed Ashiq Ilahi Muhajir Madni (r.a), volume 1, page 555 One such event that has been brought up, to show him in bad light is the story of Mariya the Copt and Muhammed’s relation with her. How could the Prophet Muhammed (peace and blessing be upon him) himself go against his own preachings – If we were to supposed that Mary the Coptic was sent to him as a slave girl? He loved, missed and remembered Khadijah for the rest of his life. 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