The Wise Gems {ON HOLD}

True Love~1

True love... What is true love? Selena and Justin? Harry and Taylor? Or maybe it's Zayn and Perrie!?

This is what most people think true love is.

Personally, I have seen Muslimahs swooning over these relationships...

 'Oh, they are SO cute together! OMG, I want a husband just like that!!!'

And two weeks later, news is that he cheated on her with a waitress in another country. How true their love is! Still want a husband like him?

We look at all of these things and people for love... why not at Sahaabah and Sahaabiyyah Radhiyallahu Anhum? They also had love stories! And theirs lasted, here in this Dunya, and are still lasting in the Aakhirah... 

This is the love story of Abu Salaamah and Ummi Salaamah...

Ummi Salaamah- her name was Hind bint Abu Umayyah. 

Abu Salaamah- his name was Abdullah ibn Abdil Asad. 

They had accepted Islaam together, at the early stages, and like the rest of the early Muslims, they were tortured by Quraysh. So, they packed up, and made the first Hijrah-to what was at that time known as Habshah or Abyssinia, today Ethiopia.

They stayed there for a while, but soon, their hearts were restless and they yearned for Nabi Sallallahu Alayhi Wassllam and Makkah. As soon as they heard of Umar Rdhiyallahu Anh and Hamzah Radhiyallahu Anh's acceptances of Islaam, they returned to Makkah, with hope that the Muslimeen were now safe. For a while, Makkah WAS safe, but then the situation went from bad to worse.

This was when Nabi Sallallahu Alayhi Wassallam permitted the Sahabah Radhiyallahu Anhum to move to Yathrib, now known as Madinah. Abu and Ummi Salaamah were amongst the Muhaajireen.

Theirs was an extremely loving family. EXTREMELY... Abu Salaamah loved her more than anything, and she loved him very much as well.

Abu Salaamah prepared the camels for their journey to Madinah and they were among the first to leave for Madinah. He loved his wife so much so, that he didn't even let his beloved get onto the camel by herself. He carried her and put her atop, placing their child, Salaamah, behind her, before getting onto his own.

Before they could leave Makkah, or on the outskirts, they were stopped by the Banu Makhzum, her family. They refused to let them leave, saying that she was a daughter of theirs and that he could not take her. Abu Salaamah, loving his wife dearly, put up a fight, saying that she was his wife and she wanted to be with him, but they didn't listen. When they said that she was from them, he replied that he wasn't one of them and could do as he pleased, but he was 1 and they were an entire tribe.

They grabbed Ummi Salaamah and dragged her away, while she cried out for her beloved.

To make matters worse, the Banu Asad, his family, took away their baby son, Salaamah. Abu Salamah carried on to Madinah.

The family was then separated and Ummi Salaamah went into an extreme depression. Almost a year passed, and her condition deteriorated.

A cousin of hers saw her, and pleaded with her family to let her go to her husband, her life. They finally let her do so. She was granted permission to leave. Straight away she went to fetch her child from the Banu Asad and they released him. Can you imagine the joy of that mother, being united with her child after almost a year?...Can you?

The journey to Madinah took 16 days, and she was absolutely alone. She and her child, Salaamah. Uthmaan ibn Thaulhah, who was not a Muslim as yet, saw her. Her father (Ummi Salaamah's father) was known as Zaad ur Raakib, because he provided for the travellers. Because of what her father did for people, he stopped his journey, turned his course right around, and escorted her to her husband.

She narrates that never had she met a man with better character than him. He treated her with utmost respect and looked after her well.

Uthmaan dropped her off in Quba, where Abu Salaamah was and then turned around, making his way to Makkah.

Imagine that. And we can't stop our cars for our own Muslims on the street. A journey that will take +-5 mins of our time, sometimes they might be going to the same place... Astaghfirullah.

When Ummi Salaamah and Abu Salaamah were united, both were over the sun, moon and stars! Oh, how they had yearned for each other. They were united and had more children.

Abu Salamah was a Badri, one who had taken part in the battle of Badr. He also took part in Uhud where he was injured and he passed away later from the injury he sustained t Uhud.

Nabi Sallallahu Alayhi Wassallam visited him at his death bed and made Abu Salaamah make a Du'aa because he was worried sick about his widow that he would leave behind, as well as his children.

When Abu Salaamah passed away, Nabi Sallallahu Alayhi Wassallam told Ummi Salaamah to make the Du'aa which, at one part, asked Allah Subhana Huwa Ta'alah to grant one a better spouse. For weeks she refused to read that Du'aa saying that no one could be better than Abu Salamah.

She turned down Umar Radhiyallahu Anh's proposal, as well as the proposal of Abu Bakr Radhiyallahu Anh. She became known as Ayyimul 'Arab, the widow of the 'Arabs, because she refused ALL proposals after Abu Salaamahs death. Later on, Nabi Sallallahu Alayhi Wassallam proposed, and she accepted, but that is a story for another day...