Hosam Helal – Saviours of Islamic Spirit Episode 7 Five women from the second generation
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The history of the Hadith is discussed, including Folsom's accomplishments as an expert in the hadith and his influence on Islamic culture. The importance of conservative language and the Prophet Muhammad Salem's influence in shaping Islamic culture is also highlighted. The struggles of women in their roles as leaders and leaders in their communities are also discussed, including struggles with writing and shrouds.
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Welcome Mr. Heyman hamdulillahi rabbil Alameen wa salatu salam ala
Mabrouk Rahmatullah mean Salem Alana Muhammad Ali he wanted early
he Abdullah Salah to attend with the saline. Welcome back to save
us of Islam every night we look at some of the lives of those who
left a beautiful legacy behind. Now when it comes to our sisters
history doesn't do justice to the contributions of our females, for
many reasons, but for tonight Inshallah, we want to look at five
figures, five figures, which are mentioned in brief at times and
with some detail and other circumstances in our books of
history. And these are very authentic, so we're only focusing
on the authentic transmissions that have made it to us. The first
one for today is Amara bint AbdulRahman, if I were to ask you,
whose camera what do you know of her?
What's the answer? Many of us don't know what I'm gonna was. But
when Omar Abdulaziz realized that we need to codify the Hadith we
need to write down and combine the Hadith and he was doing what was
not not fun. Tried to do with the Quran so we don't everybody's now
accessing the Hadith and there could be now different Hadith
coming up. How do we measure it make sure that no wrong a hadith
or inserted no incorrect narrations are made. So he decided
to create a panel of experts in Hadith that will sit down together
and make sure only the authentic hadith are written down and
codified. Now who do you think when I first met him, my friend
did this with the Quran. He chose a dignitary to lead and he was an
expert in Quran and in the various recitation styles of the Quran.
Now, who do you think are most of nontheless he's picked, he picked
a female. Her name was Amara, Abdul Rahman, and she was an
expert in Hadith. Her job was to look at the various Hadith and
make sure that whatever makes it is authentic. And she was an
expert specifically in the hadith of Aisha, Radi Allahu Allah. And
some of the greatest scholars like as Zohar. He mentioned, the she
was a sea of knowledge. He says, I went to visit her, and I sat down
to learn from her and the only thing I can tell you is she was a
sea of knowledge with no limits. When she talks about filters. She
transcends everybody else of her peers. When she talks about Hadith
she transcends everybody else. When she talks about Quran she
transcends everybody else. And then he describes her as Hoja. She
is an evidenced by herself, so whatever she says it's considered
to be a Hoja. Let's look at another individual fall team and
bint Al Hussein for ultimate bint Al Hussein. And when we say alpha
saying we're talking about the grandson of the Nabil Salalah is
settling for ultimate. Bintan Hossain again, was a scholar, she
raised amazing children left a beautiful legacy behind one and
Hussein was martyred. We can look at one episode in her life, when
Hussein was martyred. She used her eloquence as we discussed with
Xena before and others, she stood up against others against Musiah
than others. And she made her point very clear that she's not
going to succumb to the pressure, but she's not going to, you know,
be passive when it comes to injustice. And she was known for
voicing her opinion with modesty. You know, for example, he shouted
napton Malik, he says, I've never seen a woman who was able to make
sure that her rights are not compromised, while maintaining her
modesty and maintainer iffa. Like, Felton had been telling her
saying, and he described her the whole time that she was debating
and advocating on her position, she did not raise her eyes once,
towards any of the men that were present. So She lowered her gaze
the whole time, and to the point where even the enemies caught that
anyway, they became aware of that, and they respected her and others,
including Shem, Abdelhak. And others said, you know, the women,
the women were the women of the time they were you know what, when
someone of power or someone of influence, would walk by, you
know, the woman would pay attention, they would look, and he
says and other said that we noticed that Folsom had been
telling her saying, did not care much about the dunya she did not
care for power or for fame. And when people have power and
influence would walk by, she wouldn't even notice them. She
wouldn't even look at them. And perhaps one of the most powerful
moments that stand out is after her after her husband's death, Al
Hussein or Martin MLO, saying what ended up happening, Sir, after her
father's death after her father's death, and martyrdom and after her
own husband's death, and martyrdom. What happened Subhan
Allah, many men because she was blessed with a share of beauty try
to marry her. And actually one of the individuals one of the
individuals that Allah hack was a leader of Medina at the time, he
tried to use his power to force her to marry him. So he sent her a
letter saying, If you don't accept I will do this and that to your
family, and I will do this and that. So imagine trying to coerce
his way into a marriage. Now her response was very bold. She says I
will never come
compromise, my honor, nor will I accept to be the victim of your
oppression and injustice. And she advocated for her right to the
point where the Khalifa himself had to intervene and had to
basically fire this individual in the hat. And he ended up having to
leave Medina after his reputation was ruined. So she didn't accept
to be passive. When it comes to injustice, you stood, you know,
sometimes we say, oh, a sister has to be modest, and we equate
modesty was just being passive, and being a subject and a victim
of injustice. No, absolutely not. Your rights should not be
compromised. And Fatima bint Al Hussein is a great example of
that, let's look at something a little bit more like Hafsa, when
to see it in, have something to sit in, was known to be the
legend, the teacher of her time. This is the sister of Muhammad
ethnicity in the famous scholar, the famous scholar who's, you
know, many opinions, and many, many, many positions of specialty
in who was an expert in Quran and most known for dream
interpretations and, and works on dream interpretation and deceit.
Now, what's very interesting is Mohammed mysoline himself, when he
was asked a question about the Quran, whether it's about Tafseer
of the Quran or about recitation of the Quran, he would say, don't
ask me go ask my sister, go ask my sister have salt been serine. And
at 12 years of age, she sat to teach down the Quran. And most of
her, most of her students would eventually become the teachers of
the great names that would become very popular in the rewire of the
Quran. So when we hear the various little white of the Quran, whether
it's half son and worship others, those are students, of students,
of students of this individual, of have something to sit in. And
that's incredible, incredible. And she was known as a mentor for the
youth. So she would sit down with the seniors, and she would teach
incredible Hadith and incredible lessons very eloquent. But when
she sat down with the youth, she would encourage them and he was
very accessible language, very accessible language, she was known
as the mentor for the youth, to the point where at an old age, you
know, when she was in her 60s 70s, young people would come and sit
down and learn with her. And they would see her dressed so modestly
and fully covered with the hijab and fully covered with the IDI and
they would ask her, why are you still wearing your hijab? Why are
you still wearing your familiar head cover? When you're when
you're in a senior position, you could technically take the I in
the Quran, we'll call it Vanessa, which gives permission to the old
individuals, the seniors of the community, the respected seniors,
to take the hijab for many reasons. Now, she says we'll
continue to hire when your staff if not higher on loan, and if they
still choose to be modest, that is better. And she said to them,
anytime that I have a choice between doing what is good, and
doing what is better, or doing what is best, I always choose what
is best, because with Allah, I want that which is best. I want
that which is best. Now let's listen to this carefully. When
people of that age, when people of that of that specific moment in
Islamic history, were asked who's the greatest authority in Islamic
knowledge? So imagine they're asked who's the greatest authority
in Islamic knowledge? Some people say yeah, I would say it has an
anniversary than Mohammed misery that I would say half sobbing,
disappearing. But one and many other individuals but including
one specifically, he shouldn't even Hassan, he says Emma Anna
fella who fought the rally who had asked for me, I don't consider
anyone, not even the men of that time to be more knowledgeable than
her. So technically Heisha, which knows, knows her knowledge and
knows her
expertise very well. He says I put her ahead of an SNL bursary, and I
put her ahead of Mohammed in the city in her own brother when it
comes to Islamic knowledge. I put her as number one in her age
category. And in that generation, can you imagine a woman that
transcends the knowledge of men to the point where the other men in
the community say I consider her to be number one in knowledge, and
she was known for her beautiful, beautiful etiquette with Allah
subhanaw taala. For example, towards the end of her life, she
prepared the garment the shroud that she wants to pass away in,
and she would wear this shroud, she would wear it wrap herself up
in Ramadan last 10 Nights preparing for the day that she
meets Allah subhanaw taala and she would wrap that shroud again when
she would go for Amara and would go for Hajj and you would tell her
what why would you do this? She says I'm preparing for the day
that I meet Allah subhanaw taala and practicing and practicing for
the day that I come back to my Lord. Let's look at another one
another one of the individuals of the tambourine and this
individual. Many of us don't know about her but she's incredible
left a beautiful legacy behind FIRA or FIRA was a hassle and
bursaries mother and we mentioned her she meant she married she
married you
saw and she was very close to the Prophet Muhammad Salem's family
especially the wives are Muslim and specifically she took that
knowledge from Omnicell lemma from Aisha, she sat down with many of
the women and became a teacher in her own regard she taught and has
an anniversary you know, we look at these individuals that has an
apostle in his brother say to me Assad, who mmm and necessity the
great famous Hadith scholar considered to be an authority
unmatched, you know, you should we know, we know, we know it has an
elbow surgery, but we don't know about side we don't mention him
much. But those are two sons, icons, legends in Islamic
knowledge, you can study various disciplines of Islamic knowledge
without mentioning them. And where did they get all the knowledge
from most of that knowledge, their mother, Kyra to the point where
she would tease her own son and Hassan and muscly, you know,
sometimes she would sit in his in his Halaqaat. And when she sat in
his halibut, he would get a little nervous, he would get a little
nervous by her presence, because she's much, much more encompassing
in knowledge, and he's afraid of making a mistake. So she would
tell him, she would tease him and say, Don't worry, I'm not going to
judge you keep on keep keep keep going, keep teaching, and once in
a while when he would, you know, contest an opinion that, you know,
she has some some information, you can test one of her opinions, she
would turn to him and she would say, yeah, when I in NACA, Caboto,
or cabarita, or raft,
you have my son got into old and he started to, you know, lose your
memory, you're starting to lose, your memory is starting to fail
you. So she would tease him and say, like, Yeah, you're a great
scholar, but you're never gonna be as good as me. Can you imagine
that level of confidence SubhanAllah. And these are the
episodes in our history that we should celebrate. And we should
remember to appreciate what about Hynd bint al mohale, lab, Hinton
mobile lab was known for her poetry was known for her language,
your eloquence again. And you notice when listen, I had the
feeling or historians mentioned all of these women, one point that
really stands out is eloquence, because society really appreciate
it. And in the Arabic language, there's a really strong love for
literature, you know, for for language for literary strength,
for a linguistic capacity. And so she was recognized for that as
well. Now, what's interesting about her is that she would work
with her own hand, despite being married to a head judge coffee,
and we've discussed the Hedgehog in some of our episodes before,
despite being married to somebody who's very powerful has authority,
she still did work with her hands. So she would cook where their hand
clean with her hand, and knit with her own hand. And people said to
her, why are you doing this when you could hire a slave, she cited
a Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad Salam saying, what better work
than the work that you do with your hand, what better effort than
to be involved and to be busy and to keep yourself busy away from
the temptations of Shelton and away from the noise of trouble
and, and all of that, so she kept herself busy. And she would say
I'm never too, you know, great or too arrogant to do. This was my
hand and this is the best kind of work, that kind of work that is
done with my hand. Once her teacher was basically accused of
being a heretic accused of being an a baldy and despite whether
that is true or not wish everybody kind of dis distanced themselves
from him, and they forgot the good that he's done. She refused to do
that. She said, Yes. Say whatever you want about him. Let me tell
you, when I was studying with this teacher of mine, I never heard
anything from him, except that it brought me closer to Allah, or
pushed me away from wrong. I have learned from him, and I've only
witnessed that which is good. So if you're gonna say these things
and accusations, I don't know whether they're true or not, but
at least mentioned the good that he's done. So she was fair and
just to everybody else's kind of distancing, forgetting the good
that this person has done, she stood up and said, No, don't
forget the good that he has done. Also, hint Vinton Mohalla was, was
very active in advising her husband at head judge, so she
would tell him, you know, I am your wife, but I have a duty
towards recognizing those shortcomings. Please do not be one
of injustice, please do not, you know, commit injustice. And even
though there was tension between a head judge and has an adversity
and others and others of the community she near rated directly
familiar has a bursary and she went and sat down and learned from
him. So it had judge would tell her you can't go and sit down and
learn from the people that I have political problems with, and she
would tell him, your politics is yours. I'm going to seek knowledge
from wherever knowledge is available. Yeah, Allah, look at
that wisdom. Look at that respect, I respect you. But when it comes
to knowledge, I want to guarantee my Asha, I want to guarantee my
closeness with ALLAH SubhanA Tada. When episode is very powerful. She
confronted her Omar Abdulaziz and I'm gonna knock that as this was
known for his justice. So she asked him, Why did you jail my
brother Yazeed. Even more Hello. He told her. I'm afraid that he is
going to cause division in the community. He was very honest with
her. He says, Well, he's the punishment deserved, or is the
punishment given because of a worry of something that might
happen?
meaning my, my, my brother hasn't done anything now. So you can't
punish him for what he might do. That doesn't make sense. So I'm
gonna have that as he's accepted, accepted. So imagine look at that
confronting with respect, with logic with reason, and getting
what she advocated for. These are five examples from the women of
the Tiberian. And shall every night we're going to do our best
to continue with our saviors of Islam, and to incorporate into
learn from, you know, various sectors of society. So not just
the scholars, not just the politicians, but also the regular
the regular day to day people that are, you know, walking day to day,
they're not in positions of power in our positions of leadership.
But the problem in our books of history, and in general in books
of history, is that books of history don't document, the
regular Joe, the average Joe, because in order for you to make
your name into the books of history, or the books of Sierra or
the books of, you know, knowledge, you'd have to do something
exceptional. So once in a while, we hear the stories in passing
about people that were not even mentioned by name, but they left a
beautiful legacy behind. Let me give you one example, one example,
one of the women of the tourbillion, and her name is not
mentioned, but she was she was very wealthy, she was very
wealthy, and she was going to hedge she was going to hedge. And
when she was she was accompanied by many people with, you know,
with her from her family, including seven of her servants or
workers that worked for her and her family. So she heard the I in
the Quran, Lucha Sebadoh
luckily, birbee Minimum Jews on a costume. So she heard the ayah in
the Quran that HAL has seven gates, so should Subhanallah *
has seven gates, I have seven of my servants, bear witness or
people that I'm freeing all of those slaves and setting them free
and freeing my servants so that they can pursue work for the sake
of Allah Subhana Allah and have the freedom and I hope that each
and every one of them that I've freed will close one of the doors
of Jahannam for me, now inshallah every night we'll come together at
8:30pm to discuss more to learn more from these inspirational
people that left a beautiful legacy behind and change the
course of Islamic history does that como la hyaluron, please stay
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