If you believed everything you heard on the BBC news, The afghan war is still going great for the non-muslims, ok a few glitches but all hunky dorey ok? Just one more push from Obama’s boys along with the jolly Brits and then everything back to right again.

They will probably still be delivering this line right up until the modern-day equivlent of Dr William Brydon, the ony Britain to make it out of the first British Afghan Invasion comes rushing through the Khyber pass with the Taliban army at his heels.

So the BBC lies, quite frequently in fact, just like other news organisations they will reflect the will of their paymaster which is the British Government in the case of the BBC.

And the British Government is at war with Islam – well not the non practicing Muslims, if that is not an oxy-moron, they are happy with them as Allah informs us in the Quran,

And never will the Jews and the Christians approve of you until you follow their way…
Surah Baqarah, verse 120

But they are at war with the true practitioners of Islam, not just in fighting them in the Muslim lands for wanting to be ruled by Allah’s law but also here where they is spy on your kids in the nursery, lock up brothers involved in Da’wah and generally make life difficult for us.

Alhamdulillah, once again Allah told us of this also,

they plot, but Allah (also) plots; and Allah is the best of plotters.
Surah An-Anfal, verse 30

So the sincere need not fear the plots of evil disbelieving people, they cannot do anything to us which Allah has not allowed for us and the punishment still comes to them for what they have done in the next life.

But here is another lying story from the BBC, aimed at slandering Muslims as rapists.

Here is the story…

BBC LIES

Now what is wrong with this story? I mean how can anyone agree with a girl being married off and then raped? Why am I sticking up for the family here and not condemning them?

Well lets first of all point out no where in the whole story is the subject of consent brought up. Not once, if the girl had not consented to the marriage they kuffar would be screaming about it, but it isn’t mentioned therefore reading between the lines the girl did consent, either by verbally agreeing or by remaining silent.

Abu Hurayrah reported that Rasoolullah (saws) said “A deflowered unmarried woman may not be married without her instructions; and a virgin may not be married without her permission, and her silence indicates her consent.”
Bukhari and Muslim

Ahh ok you think, but doesn’t it state RAPE? Yes it does but according to British law a girl under 13 cannot be considered to have given consent and it is automatically tried as rape whether she agreed or not.

http://www.fpa.org.uk/Information/Factsheets/lawonsex/

The age of consent for heterosexual sex – England and Wales

The age of consent to any form of sexual activity is 16 for both men and women.

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 introduced a new series of laws to protect children under 16 from sexual abuse. However, the law is not intended to prosecute mutually agreed teenage sexual activity between two young people of a similar age, unless it involves abuse or exploitation.

Specific laws protect children under 13, who cannot legally give their consent to any form of sexual activity. There is a maximum sentence of life imprisonment for rape, assault by penetration, and causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. There is no defence of mistaken belief about the age of the child, as there is in cases involving 13–15 year olds.

A different story is beginning to emerge now isn’t it?

Or at least major holes are being shown in the argument put across from the BBC and other liberals who have pushed this story as an attack against Islam.

In fact such similarities are found in the stories from different papers and the BBC that it seems that a press release must have been behind the main facts, a press release which has most likely come from the Police – no shock about them being against Islam given their track record.

There is also no suprise on journalists not doing their job, just pushing out whatever crap press releases come from the official agencies of the Government – same morons who think everything is going fine for them in Afghanistan because the Government tells them it is so.

In truth, as long as the consent of the virgin was acquired, even if in silence and he didn’t force her to have sex which he doesn’t seem to have then according to the law of Allah there is no crime here other than the kuffar secularists interfering in Muslim affairs.

The same kuffar who have no problem handing out condoms and morning after pills to young women this age and younger like they are smarties, but as soon as marriage comes into it then it is shocking and must be stamped out.

ISLAM ENCOURAGES YOUNG MARRIAGE

Narrated by Aisha (ra) that… The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and my mother, Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my girl friends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and when my breathing became Allright, she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house. There in the house I saw some Ansari women who said, “Best wishes and Allah’s Blessing and a good luck.” Then she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah’s Apostle came to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a girl of nine years of age.
Bukhari

Narrated by Hisham’s father (ra) that… Khadija died three years before the Prophet departed to Medina. He stayed there for two years or so and then he married ‘Aisha when she was a girl of six years of age, and he consumed that marriage when she was nine years old.
Bukhari

So Aisha (ra) was 9 when she reached puberty and puberty is when we judge someone as an adult, not some random figure picked out of the air by Politicians sat in Parliament, ruling by other than Allah has revealed.

Allah lets us know when we are ready for marriage, and it is up to us as Muslims to prepare our kids to be ready for responsibility from a young age as Rasoolullah (saws) said…

Narrated by ‘Alqama (ra),

While I was with Abdullah, ‘Uthman met him at Mina and said, “O Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman ! I have something to say to you.” So both of them went aside and ‘Uthman said, “O Abu ‘Abdur-Rah. man! Shall we marry you to a virgin who will make you remember your past days?” When ‘Abdullah felt that he was not in need of that, he beckoned me (to join him) saying, “O ‘Alqama!” Then I heard him saying (in reply to ‘Uthman), “As you have said that, (I tell you that) the Prophet once said to us, ‘O young people! Whoever among you is able to marry, should marry, and whoever is not able to marry, is recommended to fast, as fasting diminishes his sexual power.
Bukhari.

So according to Islam, most likely the family did nothing wrong here and followed the Sunnah in getting this young couple married young.

This  is just another instance of the Police, Courts, and the rest of the liberal establishment forcing their ways upon the Muslims, may Allah guide them or destroy them and protect the families they hurt, ameen.

Sonam Kapoor who has received huge craze without single hit in her account has recently spoken to media. She said that, about her Christmas celebration plans.She is planning to give gifts to small kids on the day of Christmas. She also said that its double dhamaka to her family because her father Anil Kapoor’s birthday on December 24th.

Present this beauty is busy with her next movie Ayesha. She is going to appear along with Abhay Deol in this film. Its the movie after long gap form their home productions. Sonam is planning to give gifts to small kids on the day of Christmas.

On the other hand she is pairing with Imran Khan for I Hate Luv Stories produced by Karan Johar.

Every time you walk out the door,
I feel my heart pounding more
Wondering what I have done wrong,
To make you look down.
I want to run after you and say
“I’m sorry.”
Yet you walk so fast and
I lose your sight.
When you come back through the door
I feel my day and night is brought to life.
When you come close and hold me in your arms
I think to myself, “Everything is fine, he’ll stay for life.”

By Aisha

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Islam greatly honors woman and elevates status whether she is a daughter, a sister, a wife or a mother. In the  glittering Islamic history, many righteous Muslim women played outstanding roles in the life of the Ummah (the  Muslim nation). No doubt, the Prophet’s wives, Mothers of the Believers, preceded others in this regard. They are  the most elite and eligible. No wonder, they lived with the prophet (pbuh) and were brought up on following the  Divine revelation. One feels that the best thing one can present to today Muslim women in the biography of mother  of the Believers in order to discipline themselves under its shade, and derive provisions for the souls there from. This purified biography enlightens the hearts with faith. And connects them together by righteousness and unswerving belief. It makes a link between today Muslim women and the prophet’s wives who were honored by his company in his dwelling, traveling, and battles.

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I Hate Luv Stories is the up coming movie from Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. Sonam Kapoor and Imran Khan are the lead cast to this movie.Sameer Dattani is going to appear in an important character.

Bollywood famous fashion designer Manish Malhotra’s relative Punit Malhotra is the director to this film. According to the information from the movie unit members, this young director is moving very closely with Sonam Kapoor.

This couple is leave together the sets every day after the pack up.

Sonam Kapoor who is just two movies old has bagged very good craze in Bollywood. Her first two movies Saawariya and Delhi 6 failed to bag commercial success. But she has impressed with her acting skills. Especially her performance in Delhi 6 has impresses young audience very much.

Now this beauty is acting in two movies I Hate Luv Stories and Aisha. Aisha will be produced by Anil Kapoor. Its based on the famous novel Emma. Recently Sonam has spoken about Aisha. She said that, the movie is taking shape their plans.

She has also spoken about her co-star Abhay Deol. She said that, Abhay and she has same style in acting, it made easy to give better performance.

The Ancient Myth Exposed

by T.O. Shanavas

A Christian friend asked me once, “Will you marry your seven year old daughter to a fifty year old man?” I kept my silence. He continued, “If you would not, how can you approve the marriage of an innocent seven year old, Ayesha, with your Prophet?” I told him, “I don’t have an answer to your question at this time.” My friend smiled and left me with a thorn in the heart of my faith. Most Muslims answer that such marriages were accepted in those days. Otherwise, people would have objected to Prophet’s marriage with Ayesha.

However, such an explanation would be gullible only for those who are naive enough to believe it. But unfortunately, I was not satisfied with the answer.

The Prophet was an exemplary man. All his actions were most virtuous so that we, Muslims, can emulate them. However, most people in our Islamic Center of Toledo, including me, would not think of betrothing our seven years daughter to a fifty-two year-old man. If a parent agrees to such a wedding, most people, if not all, would look down upon the father and the old husband.

In 1923, registrars of marriage in Egypt were instructed not to register and issue official certificates of marriage for brides less than sixteen and grooms less than eighteen years of age. Eight years later, the Law of the Organization and Procedure of Sheriah courts of 1931 consolidated the above provision by not hearing the marriage disputes involving brides less than sixteen and grooms less than eighteen years old. (Women in Muslim Family Law, John Esposito, 1982). It shows that even in the Muslim majority country of Egypt the child marriages are unacceptable…

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About a year ago an ordinance was passed by village leaders in Lynwood, a suburb south of Chicago, banning baggy, sagging pants below the waist. In Lynwood, Illinois, if you show three inches or more of your underwear you would have to pay a fine of $25.

Unfortunately, they are now planning to ban skinny jeans for boys. First baggy, now skinny, what’s next?? In Texas, some schools are beginning to ban skinny jeans and if a student is wearing skinny jeans at school they will be disciplined. If they refused to change pants then they are sent home.

In my opinion, I believe people should be able to wear what they want to. If they bought it then they should wear it without anybody having to say anything to them. Why stand out if you can be different???

By Aisha

Man patika.

Pirmo reizi biju koncertā, kurš tiešām sākās laikā- un ar “sākās” es to arī domāju. Bez jebkādiem trīs zvaniem vai “izslēdziet mobilos telefonus” utt, 19:00 vienkārši nodzisa gaismas, uz skatuves tika izstumta Aisha, nocelta nost- un viņa sāka dziedāt Lelli. Sākumā likās skaļi- pēc tam jau pieradu. +vēl tā dīvainā sajūta, ka tik enerģiskā koncertā es sēžu, nevis lēkāju pie skatuves un dziedu līdz.

Koncerts tiešām labs (vajadzēs pirmdien Edgaram pateikt, ka viņam bija taisnība), tikai šķita, kaut kā ātri beidzās. Fonā bildes, daži videokadri… (nez kā ar autortiesībām attiecībā uz L.Zatleres un A.Kalvīša attēliem? :S ) Un centrā, protams, Aisha. Noticēju viņas patiesumam- gan tam, ko dziesmas nozīmē viņai pašai, gan priekam par aplausiem, VISAM. Un dziesmas jaunajā cd tiešām tādas, kas liek padomāt.

She did manage to pick up accolades for her two performances and is being closely watched by the big daddies of cinema because she has talent in abundance… not to mention that ‘it’ quality to make her soar. In one of those off-the-cuff interviews, Sonam talks to BT about her leading men, and her varying chemistry with each of them…

Abhishek Bachchan
Well, what can I say? I think I played the perfect Bittu to him in Delhi 6. We haven’t been offered any other film together as yet. Those reports that I was offered Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se before Deepika Padukone signed it, are untrue. Of course, I’d love to work with Abhishek again.

questa musica mi emoziona ed il video è carino, spero piaccia a coloro che lo vedranno ed ascolteranno.

[hijab flutter ~ MuslimMatters]

فَأَجَاءهَا الْمَخَاضُ إِلَى جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَنِي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَذَا وَكُنتُ نَسْيًا مَّنسِيًّا

“Allah has heard the saying of her that disputes with you (Muhammad) concerning her husband, and complains unto Allah. And Allah hears what you both have to say. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower.”

[Quran - 58:1]

The backdrop of Surah Al-Mujadilah is a very interesting one. It tells us how once a Muslim wife directly approached the Prophet Muhammad [صَلَى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم], complaining to him of the dhihaar which her husband had pronounced on her earlier. According to Arab custom in those days, dhihaar constituted a divorce initiated by a sentence spoken by a (usually enraged) husband to his wife: “You are to me like my mother’s back”, which obviously implied that he’d no longer give her, her conjugal rights or financial support. This left a wife dangling, and though her husband could proceed to marry another wife, she had no hope for marrying another.

The woman whose husband divorced her, then wanted her back:

This lady was Khaulah Bint Tha’labah [may Allah be pleased with her], and to this day she is respected for being the woman whose appeal for justice was heard and responded by Allah. This is because the Quran itself testifies to how Allah heard her complaint. A little analysis of the Arabic words:

سَمِعَ اللَّهُ - Sami’Allahu: Muslims recite these two words as a start of the phrase uttered when standing back up from rukoo in salah. In the verse above, it means, simply and empathetically, that Allah heard her.

تُجَادِلُكَ - Tujaadiluka: “The woman who was altercating with you” – the word meaning of the root – ja-da-la – is provided directly from Edward William Lane’s Arabic-English Lexicon

The reason for going into the depth of this word by consulting this lexicon is to enable the readers to imagine the way Khaulah Bint Tha’labah was “presenting her case” to the Prophet Muhammad [صَلَى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم]. Certainly, suffice it to say that her guts are admirable indeed. Not the typical, stereotypical picture of the oppressed Muslim woman under a cloth shuttlecock, is it?

تَشْتَكِى - Tushtakee: She was complaining.

[And to think how often women are criticized for "nagging"!]

Incidentally, this Surah is known as both Al-Mujadalah as well as Al-Mujadilah. If it were read as “mujadalah“, it would mean, “pleading and arguing”, and if it were read as “mujadilah“, it would mean “the woman who pleaded and argued.” Both cases apply to the incident that happened as a backdrop of its revelation.

Khaulah Bint Tha’labah could have stayed at home crying about her fate, resigning herself to it after her husband proclaimed dhihaar on her and left. Something, however, made her get up to go appeal to the Prophet [صَلَى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم] directly. The three words Allah has used in the verse above – disputing, complaining, and mutual conversation – followed by the admission that He was listening to her, indicate that what she did was admirable and praiseworthy, not dissident or rebellious.

The word تُجَادِلُكَ implies that Khaulah was eloquent and confident in setting forth her case, as the lexicon proves. I think this verse of the Quran is ample proof of the fact that if the husband is persistently wrong or oppressive in a certain way towards his wife, she has the right to complain about him to a higher authority, who can set matters aright.

Cut to the present, and the rampant incidents of domestic abuse that women suffer the world over, make dhihaarpale in comparison. It is normal for husbands and wives to argue and fight sometimes, yet in some cases, when extreme lines are crossed, insults and verbal altercation can pave the way for physical abuse. Each case is different and one solution cannot apply to each, unless the particular circumstances are taken into account first.

What Muslim women can learn from the case of Khaulah Bint Tha’labah, is to stand up to the challenges faced as part of (marital or single) life. This can be done by rising to the occasion with a strong will, trusting in Allah for eventual relief, and mustering up all of one’s inner strength to take the “bull by its horns” so to speak, and to face the situation bravely until relief comes.

“Allah will not forsake us!”

Hajar, wife of Proohet Ibrahim [on him be peace], was left alone by him in the desolate, uninhabited Arabian valley, which is now the thronging city of Makkah, with their son Ismail [on him be peace].

She said, “O Ibrahim, will you go and leave us in this valley in which there are no people and nothing?” She said that to him several times, and he did not answer her. Then she said to him: “Is it Allah Who has commanded you to do this?” He said, “Yes.” She said, “Then He will not forsake us.”

[Sahih Al-Bukhari, 3184]

Again, Hajar did not sit and cry over her fate, wailing and lamenting her husband for leaving them there. Nor did she cry to Allah, “Why did you do this to us?” Instead, as her words indicated, she had full trust in Allah. Despite this trust, she exhausted all her human capacities to search for water until Allah made it miraculously emerge. Such was Allah’s appreciation of her resilience during this trial, that He mandated the sa’ee between mounts Safaand Marwah as an obligatory ritual of both umrah and Hajj, for all Muslims until the end of mankind.

Incidentally, the first time in my life when I did umrah, I pondered on the smooth marble under my feet, the containers of Zamzam nearby from which I could drink if thirsty, the blasts of cool, conditioned air from ducts that soothed me at intervals, the smooth slopes of Safa and Marwah, and I cried. I cried as my legs ached after the fourth round, imagining a young mother running in this very place, frantically searching for help and for water for her son. I could imagine what she must have endured. She did not “walk” between the two mounts, with a dua-book in her hands, on smooth marble the way we do. She ran repeatedly under the blazing hot sun, with rough rocks and hot sand under her feet, without a drop of water or a human being in sight for miles around, with her bawling infant kicking his heels with thirst. What could she have felt, as she climbed the two rocky mounts repeatedly, desperate for some signs of human existence nearby, with none appearing at each climb? Why did she not give up on Allah’s aid, the way we do so quickly? Why did she not give up on life itself, just because her husband had left her? The answer is: she had faith in her Sustainer, and her faith was for real. That is why it withstood this enormous trial, which Allah rewarded manifold even in this duniya.

The woman who gave birth alone, because she had no husband:

“Would that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight!”

Add to these two examples the amazing story of Maryam Bint Imran, which is narrated in the Quran. How she went to a remote spot in the woods to give birth, all alone. In her words, “Had I died before this, and been long forgotten!”

“And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree: She cried (in her anguish): “Ah! Would that I had died before this! Would that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight!” [Quran - 19:23]

A woman giving birth to a child all alone in the woods? Especially one who has not given birth before, nor ever been touched by a man? What could have made her so strong as to achieve this on her own? The prime reason for her solitude in such a critical situation was the miraculous nature of her pregnancy. How could she explain to anyone how she became pregnant? Who would believe her when she said that no man had ever touched her?

As someone who has heard the details of more than a dozen cases of women (friends and their friends) giving birth, I have realized that nowadays the option of taking an epidural has eased the birth process considerably, giving women the option to forego enduring birth pains. A woman who nevertheless chooses to endure the pain, might still need the coaxing of nursing staff to keep pushing after progressing farther along in labor, because she might be extremely exhausted and sleep-deprived by then. In short, sometimes it takes a team, including the husband, to cheer a woman on to keep going, mustering up all the strength she can – usually after hours of enduring pains that prevent her from sleeping or resting.

This makes it all the more stupefying how Maryam Bint Imran could have endured what she did without any human support or assistance. Undoubtedly, she possessed extraordinary inner strength and trust in Allah. As a result of this trust, Allah sent an angel to her, to provide her dates and fresh water during and after the birth, just the way He used to provide her with food while she worshipped alone in the mihrab.

Allah also made the newborn infant, Prophet Eesa [on him be peace] defend her chastity and honor with perfect oration in front of the shocked townspeople after she returned with him in her arms, by proclaiming his Prophethood as an infant:

“He said ,”Indeed I am the slave of Allah, Who gave me revelation and made me a Prophet.” [19:30]

This was the moment of truth - the moment that proved what Allah had said elsewhere in the Quran, about the baby borne by the mother of Maryam, when the latter exclaimed that she had delivered a daughter:

وَلَيْسَ الذَّكَرُ كَالأُنثَى

“And the male is not like the female.” [3:36]

What Allah meant by this declaration was that her blessed daughter, Maryam, would miraculously give birth to a Prophet whilst still being a virgin; and this - giving birth - is something a man can never do. Tafsir Ibn Kathir further explains the aforementioned part of this verse, thus: that the male is not like the female ”in strength and the commitment to worship Allah and serve the Masjid in Jerusalem”.

Need more be said after Allah’s Divine words?

The woman who  was slandered, and lost her husband’s affection for a month:

“By Allah, I will not go to him and I will not give praise to anyone except Allah, may He be glorified, for He is the One Who has proven my innocence.”

Another inspiring incident happened in the life of A’ishah [may Allah be pleased with her] that was a severe trial for her. This was the incident of Ifk (slander), in which, for a whole month, rumors about her chastity were aired inMadinah, primarily fuelled by the Munafiqeen [Surah Nur: 11 onwards]. As a result of the furor, the Prophet [صَلَى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم] became emotionally aloof from her. Further, she fell ill and Allah halted Divine revelation (wahyee) completely during this month, as a test of the whole Muslim community.

During this time, A’ishah felt her husband’s indifference towards her, and asked permission to go to her parents’ house. She spent most of her time thereafter weeping. Only a chaste woman who severely guards her honor and chastity, can imagine what a young wife of the Prophet of Islam must have endured at such a time – being falsely accused of a crime she didn’t commit (remember that the implications of zina, for a Prophet’s wife are more severe as compared to ordinary women). To be estranged from her beloved husband, and to have the whole city gossip about her, resulting in her husband’s aloofness, for a whole month – what an enormous trial!

Such was her inner strength in these trying circumstances, that she made an excellent speech to defend herself, in the presence of her parents and husband (elders all senior to her in age). Such a speech can only be made by a woman who trusts no one except Allah to grant her ease after difficulty. Here is the account of the whole incident in her own words:

“On that day I kept on weeping so much, my tears never ceased and I did not sleep at all. My parents thought that my liver would burst from all that weeping. While they were sitting with me and I was weeping, a woman of the Ansar asked for permission to see me. I let her in, and she sat and wept with me. While we were in that state, the Messenger of Allah came in, greeted us and sat down. He had never sat with me since the rumors began, and a month had passed by without any revelation coming to him concerning my case. The Messenger of Allah recited the tashahhud when he sat down, then he said,

“Thereafter, O `A’ishah, I have been told such and such a thing about you, and if you are innocent, then Allah will reveal your innocence, but if you have committed a sin, then seek Allah’s forgiveness and turn in repentance to Him, for when a servant confesses his sin and repents to Allah, He accepts his repentance.”

When the Messenger of Allah finished what he had to say, my tears stopped completely and I not longer felt even one drop. Then I said to my father, “Answer the Messenger of Allah on my behalf.”

He said, “I do not know what I should say to the Messenger of Allah.”

So I said to my mother, “Answer the Messenger of Allah on my behalf.”

She said, “I do not know what I should say to the Messenger of Allah.”

So even though I was just a young girl who had not memorized much of the Qur’an, I said: “By Allah, I know that you have heard so much of this story that it has become planted in your minds and you believe it. So now, if I tell you that I am innocent — and Allah knows that I am innocent — you will not believe me; but if I admit something to you — and Allah knows that I am innocent –, you will believe me. By Allah, I cannot find any example to give you except for that which the Prophet Yusuf’s father said,

“So (for me) patience is most fitting. And it is Allah Whose help can be sought against that (lie) which you describe.” [12:18].”

Then I turned my face away and lay down on my bed. By Allah, at that point I knew I was innocent and that Allah would prove my innocence because I was innocent, but by Allah, I did not think that Allah would reveal Qur’an that would be forever recited concerning my situation, because I thought of myself as too insignificant for Allah to reveal anything concerning me. But I hoped that the Messenger of Allah would see a dream in which Allah would prove my innocence. By Allah, the Messenger of Allah did not move from where he was sitting and no one left the house before Allah sent down revelation to His Prophet , and he was overtaken by the state that always overtook him when the revelation came upon him, until drops of sweat like pearls would run down him, even on a winter’s day; this was because of the heaviness of the words which were being revealed to him. When that state passed — and the Messenger of Allah was smiling — the first thing he said was,

“Be glad, O `A’ishah, Allah has declared your innocence!” My mother said to me, “Get up and go to him.”

I said, “By Allah, I will not go to him and I will not give praise to anyone except Allah, may He be glorified, for He is the One Who has proven my innocence.”

[Musnad Ahmad]

A’ishah did not even consider herself “significant” enough, in her own words, to have verses of her innocence revealed in the Quran. Subhan Allah! And just that happened! Who defended her by revealing those verses? The One she trusted; the One she turned to during this trial – Allah. Allah helped her when even her husband became aloof from her.

These examples quoted or referred to in the Quran and ahadith: of Khaulah Bint Tha’labah, Hajar, Maryam Bint Imran, and A’ishah [may Allah be pleased with them all], provide valuable lessons to us modern-day women, the so-called “weaker” sex, on how to face challenges in life. Whether we are married or single, it is a fact that solving monumental problems without the physical support or help of a man is something which our pious female predecessors have done successfully. We should ask ourselves, “if they could do it, why can’t we? Why do we depend so much on the presence of men to enable us to feel strong?”

Allah has detailed these difficult incidents, which these four iron-willed women, endured as trials of their faith and trust in Him, in order for us to ponder on how His Divine Help comes if our faith is strong, even after we might begin to think that all might be lost. Whether it is the woman whose husband became aloof from her after she was slandered. Or the one who gave birth alone, because she did not have a husband. The woman who frantically searched for water for hours in the desert, because her husband left her there, alone, with her child. Or the one whose appeal for justice was heard and answered by Allah Himself, establishing for all time, a system that prevented oppressive husbands from taking back their wives after issuing a divorce, without first offering a tough expiation; a system that would make any husband think twice before saying something destructive to his wife in a rage.

Get your priorities right:

A Muslim woman loves and obeys her Creator and His Messenger more than she loves and reveres her husband, or any other man or woman. A strong Muslim woman does not need validation from anyone, not even her husband, to feel good about herself and about what she is doing to please Allah, as long as she treads the path of righteousness with the intention to please Allah. She knows that Allah appreciates her good deeds, and will reward her for her patience in face of difficulties and trials that He makes her endure during this life, whether her husband stays by her side, or forsakes her for other benefits of this world.

Here are a few questions that you, as a Muslim woman, can honestly ask yourself:

• Whose pleasure and approval for my actions am I concerned about the most?
• Who do I think and believe is the one who controls all my affairs, without whom I would be homeless, provision-less, and utterly lost in life? Is it my husband?
• If I were not married, what would I be doing with my life, my skills, and my spare time?
• Do I think that doing housework is the most beneficial avenue for gaining Allah’s pleasure in the Hereafter?
• Do I think that women who are not married or who have not had children are lesse fortunate than married mothers in any way? Do I think that they cannot lead as fruitful and meaningful a life as the latter?

It was Allah, who heard a wife’s complaint and responded by executing justice towards her, by making her husband pay a heavy price for his action. It was Allah, who appreciated a woman’s frantic efforts for saving her son’s life so much, that He made it incumbent upon millions to walk between two mounts the way she did, probably a gazillion times until the Day of Judgment, and sprang forth for them a miraculous water, which confounds researchers of its sources to this day. It was Allah who made a newborn infant talk in defense of his chaste mother’s honor in front of her accusing slanderers, right after she delivered him alone in the woods. And it was Allah who announced a young wife’s innocence from adultery, exposing the guilty hypocritical liars among her community for all time to come.

For those who consider women “the weaker sex”, I say: “Our strength lies not in our physical form, but in our stamina to endure pain, and in our connection with our Creator. So be careful, because it is this connection, which can even move mountains!”