The Prophet's parents
- Updated On Sunday, 27 July 2014
- Written by Allamah Qurashi
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- Published on Wednesday, 07 May 2014
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Abdullah, the Prophet's father, was from the noble masters of Qurayshand reflected this inhis high morals, manners, and conducts. He was chaste and unpolluted with any kind of sin. Historians say that once he was travelling with his father Abdul Muttalib and passedby Fatima bintMurr al-Khathiamiyyah, who was a chaste poetess and priestess. She had read in some books about the signs of the Prophet (SAWA), and so when she saw the face of Abdullah that was illuminated with the light of prophethood, she asked him (Abdullah) to sleep with her. She promised that she would give him one hundred camels. He disdained and said to her, "As for unlawfulness, death is better! And the lawfulness is clear that I see. So, how about the thing that you wish for? A noble man protects his honor and faith." (1) He went on with his father who married him to AaminahbintWahab bin AbdManaf. He stayed with her for three days and then he passed by Fatima al-Khathiamiyyah again. She said to him, "O, Youngman, by Allah I am not a woman of sin, but I saw in your face the light of prophethood and I wanted it to be in me, (2) but Allah refused except to put it where he wills. What did you do after me?" He told her that his father had married him to AaminahbintWahab. Fatima al-Khathiamiyyah expressed her regret for the glory and pride she missed in later poetrythat she recited.
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Reference 1.As-Seera an-Nabawiyyah by Dahlan, vol. 1 p.30. 2.The Prophet to be my son.