Biography, - Maryam bint Jahsh

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Muslim women excelled, not onlyFiqh,HadeethandTafseerbut also in other Islamic sciences. One such example is of Maryam bint Jahsh, may Allaah have mercy upon her, who lived in the 4thCentury; she was an expert of the language in which Allaah chose to reveal the Quran )i.e. Arabic(.
She was married to the great Yemeni scholar Jamaal Ad-Deen ‘Ali ibn ‘Abu Al-Fawaaris Al-Hamdaani, may Allaah have mercy upon him. Not only was it due to her knowledge of the Arabic language, but also the acuteness of her mind, that Maryam bint Jahsh, may Allaah have mercy upon her, was able to subtly resolve a difficult point for her husband.
Her husband had been engaged in debate with some adherents of a sect calledMurji’ah. Their heresy was such that they believed that as long as one had faith in their heart, regardless of what they commit with the limbs, faith by itself will secure their salvation. Her husband, ‘Ali, may Allaah have mercy upon him, quoted the end of verse 40 of ChapterAl-A‘araaf:‘‘…. Indeed those who belie our signs )aayaat( and disdain them — for them the gates of the heaven will not be opened, nor will they enter the Garden, until the camel passes through the eye of the needle.’’]Quran 7:40[
TheMurji’iwho was debating said: “This is easy for Allaah, with His Power, if He Wills, He passes the camel through the eye of the needle.’ When ‘Ali, may Allaah have mercy upon him, returned home his mind was still preoccupied and at he could not sleep during the night. His wife, Maryam, may Allaah have mercy upon her, asked him what was wrong; after he, may Allaah have mercy upon him, explained to her what the matter was she said on sentence that gave ‘Ali, may Allaah have mercy upon him, not only a good nights sleep, but a very good nights sleep. She, may Allaah have mercy upon her, said,‘In the verse of the Quran the camel is the subject ]of the verb[, not the object.’







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