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He, (PBUH) was especially kind to women who had conferred a favor upon him
Thuwaybah: He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was especially kind to Thuwaybah, his wet-nurse, who was a female-slave of Abu Lahab ibn ‘Abdul-Muttalib. She breastfed the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, before Haleemah As-Sa’diyyah and was his first nurse. She breast- fed him, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, while she was feeding one of her sons called Masrooh.
She breastfed Hamzah, the paternal uncle of the Proph- et of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, before him. After the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, she breastfed Abu Salamah ibn ‘Ab- dul-Asad.1
Ibn Sa’d (a scholar) said: “He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, would main- tain ties with her while he was in Makkah. Khadeejah (the Prophet’s first wife) would be kind to her while she was still owned by Abu Lahab, and she requested him (Abu Lahab) to sell her but he refused. When the Prophet of Allah, sallallaa hu ‘alayhi wa sallam, migrated to Madinah, Abu Lahab freed her, and the Proph- et of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, would send her money and clothes.”2
Umm Ayman: He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was also kind to Umm Ayman, his nursemaid. Her name is Barakah bint Tha’labah ibn ‘Amr ibn Hisn ibn Maalik ibn Salamah ibn ‘Amr ibn Nu’maan.
She was a fe- male-slave owned by the mother of the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam.3
Anas ibn Maalik narrated:
“After the death of the Messenger of Allah, sal- lallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, Abu Bakr said to ‘Umar, ‘Let us visit Umm Ayman as the Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, used to visit her’. As they (Abu Bakr and ‘Umar) came to her, she wept. They (Abu Bakr and ‘Umar) said to her, ‘What makes you weep? What is in store (in the next world) for the Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is better than (this worldly life).’ She said: ‘I weep not because I am ignorant of the fact that what is in store for the Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, (in the next world) is better than (this world), but because the revelation which came from the Heaven has ceased to come.’ This moved both of them to tears and they began to weep along with her.”4
المراجع
- Usd Al-Ghaabah (8/1).
- Al-Isaabah Fi Tamyeez As-Sahaabah (548/7).
- Al-Isaabah Fi Tamyeez As-Sahaabah (291/14) and Taareekh Dimashq (302/4).
- Reported by Muslim (2454).
