Two Esteemed Women

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Two Esteemed Women

Sayyidatunā Khadīja and Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾisha رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهُمَا passed away in Ramadan. We discuss their merits, hoping that Allah Almighty will pour His favours unto us.

Unparalleled life partner

Sayyidatunā Khadīja رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا was a strong and intelligent woman of the Quraysh. Allah Almighty blessed her with impeccable qualities; even during the corrupt Age of Ignorance, her epithet was the “Pure One” (ṭāhira). She passed away in the 10^th year of Prophethood, on the 10^th of Ramadan.

*   Sayyidatunā Khadīja رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا was the first wife of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

*   The Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم did not marry anyone else during her lifetime.

*   Apart from the Prophet’s son, Sayyidunā Ibrāhīm رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ, all of the Prophet’s children were born from Sayyidatunā Khadīja رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا.

*   She is the grandmother of all the family members of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم until the Day of Judgment.

*   For 25 years, she was the Prophet’s wife; that is more time than any other noble wife of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

*   She was the first to receive the news that he صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was a prophet. She was the first woman to accept Islam.

*   After the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, she was the first person to perform Salah.^[1]

The beloved of Allah’s beloved

Sayyidatunā ʿĀʾisha رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا was the daughter of Sayyidunā Abū Bakr رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ and the honourable wife of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. She passed away on Tuesday, 17^th Ramadan, circa. 57 AH, in Madinah.

*   Allah Almighty declared her purity and chastity in the Quran.

*   She saw the angel Jibrīl عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم.

*   At the time of his passing from this world, the head of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was resting in her lap.

*   The shrine of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is in her room.

*   She related more hadith than any other noble wife.^[2]