A Noble Lady

A Noble Lady When I was just a little girl I asked my mother what will I be Will I be pretty, will I be rich? This was what she said to me O my daughter! O my daughter! You will be pretty You will be rich And you will be much more than pretty and rich (inshaAllah) O my Mother! What more will I be? This was what she said to me Let me tell you about a noble lady Who you must strive to be She was kind, loving and caring She enjoyed giving She was mature and responsible She was intelligent, persistent in learning She emigrated with her husband to Habasyah For none other than Allah Another big trial afflicted her Her beloved husband left this world Leaving her alone with five children Wishing to compensate for her loss The beloved of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wassalaam) proposed She accepted with much thanks to Allah For bringing her such fine man, the best slave of Allah She filled the void in his household When he married other women She expressed no jealousy Neither by word nor gesture

When jealousies surfaced between the wives Two camps emerged quickly She joined none, avoiding any petty She remained loyal to her husband Giving him love and care Such great love she had for her husband You surely cannot comprehend, really She gifted to her husband her nights to one of the wives Desiring only to please her husband and to remain his student and companion He left the world before her But in the blissful eternal world he will be with her Her ultimate reward as promised. May peace and blessings be on the Prophet, his family and his Companions. by Aisha Othman "It is not piety, that you turn your faces to the East and to the West. True piety is this: to believe in God, and the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the Prophets, to give of one's substance, however cherished, to kinsmen, and orphans, the needy, the traveller, beggars, and to ransom the slave, to perform the prayer, to pay the alms. And they who fulfil their covenant when they have engaged in a covenant, and endure with fortitude misfortune, hardship and peril, these are they who are true in their faith, these are the truly godfearing." Qur'an Al-Baqarah 2:177 "And those that believe, and do deeds of righteousness -- those are the inhabitants of Paradise; there they shall dwell forever." Qur'an Al-Baqarah 2:82