answered, "Asma bint Umays."
Umar said, "Is she that Ethiopian?"
Asma replied, "Yes." He said, "We
emigrated [that is to say from
Mecca to Medinah] before you, so
we are more entitled to the
Messenger of Allah than you." She
became very angry, then she said,
"No, by Allah (swt), you were with
the Messenger of Allah, who fed
your hungry people and advised the
ignorant among you; whereas we
were in a foreign land, in
Abyssinia, for the sake of Allah and
His Messenger, and whenever I ate
or drank anything, I remembered
the Messenger of Allah (sawas) and
we were hurt, and we were
frightened. By Allah (swt) I will
mention this to the Prophet (sawas)
without lying, adding anything or
deviating from the subject." When
the Prophet (sawas) came, she said,
"O Prophet of Allah, Umar said
such and such." He asked, "What
did you say to him?" She answered,
"Such and such." He said, "I am
not more entitled to him than to you
(Meaning that according to this
Hadeeth from Saheeh Bukhari, the
Prophet (sawas) said Asma bint
Umays is superior to Umar). He and
his companions had one emigration,
but you, people of the ship, had two
emigrations." She said, "I found
Abu Musa and the people of the ship
coming to me in groups and asking
me about the Hadith, very much
delighted with what the Prophet
(sawas) had said to them." (6)
There are also narrations that while
she was the wife of Abu Bakr she was
the person who informed Ali (as) and
his family that her husband and his
people were coming to burn his house.
This nobility is reflected in her son,
Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr, who was
very much loved by Imam Ali (as) The
trials this noble lady went through
were immense. Ultimately she was
rewarded by being married to Imam
Ali a.s after the death of Abu Bakr.
THE
JOURNEY OF
IMAM
HUSSAIN A.S.
FROM
MECCA TO
KARBALA
By: Aliwaley
All praise is to Allah, the
Almighty, the Lord of the
Universe.
The Moo