The First Female Convert to Islam: Our mother Hazrat Khadija

Our mother Hazrat Khadija (ra), the first wife of our beloved Prophet
(saas), was at the same time the first female Muslim.
Our worthy mother made great efforts to assist the spread of
Islamthrough her intellect, foresight and wisdom.
With her submission, courage and devotion, our mother Hazrat Khadija
(ra), one of our Prophet's (saas) greatest supporters, was a role model
for all Muslims.
Our Prophet (saas) first told Hazrat Khadija (ra) of the revelation that
came to him; and she, with her intelligence and foresight, her
unquestioning obedience to and trust in our Prophet (saas), realized
that he had been especially chosen by Allah and believed him straight
away . When the prophethood was bestowed upon him, Hazrat Khadija (ra)
said "I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah" and converted
to Islam.
Hazrat Khadija (ra) was from the Quraysh, one ofthe leading Arab tribes,
and her family shared the same line of descent as our Prophet (saas).
And although she was subjected to many tests reflecting the moral values
of the ignorant Arab society in which she lived, she always exhibited a
most powerful and determined character in the face of all adversities.
· According to accounts, Hazrat Khadija (ra) died three years before
the hegira (19 April, 620 A.D.) and lived at a time when Islam had not
yet become strong and achieved dominion. Despite the difficult
conditions of the time, and all the persecution by the pagans of Mecca,
she maintained her unquestioning submission to Allah and our Prophet
(saas).
· At a time when there were quite literallyonly three Muslims in
theworld, Hazrat Khadija (ra) would sometimes worship around the Kaaba
with the Messenger of Allah (saas)and Hazrat Ali (ra), and sometimes at
home.
· When the pagans of Mecca besieged the Muslims at Shi'bu Abi
Talib, Hazrat Khadija (ra)withstood the siege alongside our Prophet
(saas) with tremendous courage, fortitude and heroism.
· The immaculate line of our Prophet (saas), that will continue
until the Day of Reckoning, is descended from our mother Hazrat Khadija
(ra). With the exception of Hazrat Maria (ra), whose son Abraham died
subsequently, our Prophet (saas) had no children with any of his other
precious wives.
· Our Prophet (saas) had six children with ourmother Hazrat
Khadija (ra). The first of these was Hazrat Fatima, who would continue
the line, from whom Hazrat Hassan and Hazrat Husseinm whose lines will
also continue until the Day of Reckoning, were born.
· Our mother Hazrat Khadija (ra) was a wealthy person engagedin
business; but after becoming a Muslim, instead of seeking worldly
advantages, she happily used everything she had acquired in order to
earn the approval of Allah and was a role model in terms of spending her
fortune for the sake of Islam.
· Hazrat Khadija's (ra) purity and chastity were renowned even
before her conversion to Islam, for which reason she was known as
"Tâhire" (the spotless and immaculate woman).
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Our mother Hazrat Khadija (ra), the first wife of our beloved Prophet
(saas), was at the same time the first female Muslim.
Our worthy mother made great efforts to assist the spread of
Islamthrough her intellect, foresight and wisdom.
With her submission, courage and devotion, our mother Hazrat Khadija
(ra), one of our Prophet's (saas) greatest supporters, was a role model
for all Muslims.
Our Prophet (saas) first told Hazrat Khadija (ra) of the revelation that
came to him; and she, with her intelligence and foresight, her
unquestioning obedience to and trust in our Prophet (saas), realized
that he had been especially chosen by Allah and believed him straight
away . When the prophethood was bestowed upon him, Hazrat Khadija (ra)
said "I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah" and converted
to Islam.
Hazrat Khadija (ra) was from the Quraysh, one ofthe leading Arab tribes,
and her family shared the same line of descent as our Prophet (saas).
And although she was subjected to many tests reflecting the moral values
of the ignorant Arab society in which she lived, she always exhibited a
most powerful and determined character in the face of all adversities.
· According to accounts, Hazrat Khadija (ra) died three years before
the hegira (19 April, 620 A.D.) and lived at a time when Islam had not
yet become strong and achieved dominion. Despite the difficult
conditions of the time, and all the persecution by the pagans of Mecca,
she maintained her unquestioning submission to Allah and our Prophet
(saas).
· At a time when there were quite literallyonly three Muslims in
theworld, Hazrat Khadija (ra) would sometimes worship around the Kaaba
with the Messenger of Allah (saas)and Hazrat Ali (ra), and sometimes at
home.
· When the pagans of Mecca besieged the Muslims at Shi'bu Abi
Talib, Hazrat Khadija (ra)withstood the siege alongside our Prophet
(saas) with tremendous courage, fortitude and heroism.
· The immaculate line of our Prophet (saas), that will continue
until the Day of Reckoning, is descended from our mother Hazrat Khadija
(ra). With the exception of Hazrat Maria (ra), whose son Abraham died
subsequently, our Prophet (saas) had no children with any of his other
precious wives.
· Our Prophet (saas) had six children with ourmother Hazrat
Khadija (ra). The first of these was Hazrat Fatima, who would continue
the line, from whom Hazrat Hassan and Hazrat Husseinm whose lines will
also continue until the Day of Reckoning, were born.
· Our mother Hazrat Khadija (ra) was a wealthy person engagedin
business; but after becoming a Muslim, instead of seeking worldly
advantages, she happily used everything she had acquired in order to
earn the approval of Allah and was a role model in terms of spending her
fortune for the sake of Islam.
· Hazrat Khadija's (ra) purity and chastity were renowned even
before her conversion to Islam, for which reason she was known as
"Tâhire" (the spotless and immaculate woman).
--
NajiM - INDIA Aydnajimudeen
aydnajimudeen@myopera.com

Jinn,witchcraft, evil eye - , Dought & clear - , When is a practitioner of magic a kaafir?

Is every practitioner of magic or witchcraft a kaafir?
Praise be to Allaah.
The practitioner of magic is the person who uses the shayaateen
(devils) and gets close to the jinn by doing the things they like –
such assacrificing to them instead of to Allaah, calling upon them
alongside Allaah, obeying them by disobeying Allaah by committing
zinaa, drinking wine, eating haraam things, neglecting prayer,
covering himself with najaasaat (impure things) and staying in dirty
places – until the shayaateen respond to what he asks them, with a
gentle and kind approach, to do, such as harming the people against
whom he uses his magic, causing division between a man and his wife,
telling him some unseen things, andtelling him about stolen items and
where lost things are. Such a person is a mushrik and a kaafir,
because he worships both Allaah and the Shaytaan, whichis major shirk
(al-shirk al-akbar). So he is a kaafir, because Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning);
"Sulaymaan did not disbelieve, but the Shayaateen (devils)
disbelieved, teaching men magic" [al-Baqarah 2:102]
"but neither of these two (angels) taught anyone (such things) till
they had said, 'We are for trial, so disbelieve not (by learning this
magic from us).'" [al-Baqarah 2:102]
It was also commanded that the practitioner of magic should be
executed, because of thehadeeth: "The hadd (prescribed punishment)for
the practitioner of magic is a blow with the sword (i.e., execution)."
(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi,1460; al-Daaraqutni, 3/114; al-Haakim, 4/360;
al-Bayhaqi, 8/136; see al-Silsilah al-Da'eefah, 3/641, no. 1446)
On this basis, he is a kaafir even if he prays, fasts, reads Qur'aan
and makes du'aa', because shirk cancels out all good deeds. And Allaah
knows best.
Al-Lu'lu al-Makeen min Fataawa Ibn Jibreen, p. 11.

Jinn,witchcraft, evil eye - , Dought & clear - , Is epilepsy caused by thejinn?

Since epilepsy is caused by jinn, how do we explain the black woman
who came to theProphet (saaws) asking for him to invoke Allah for her
cure of her illnessof epilepsy and coming uncovered, but there was no
mention of jinn possession? Or is there a mistake in translation and
it wasn't really epilepsy?
Praise be to Allaah.
Epilepsy in most cases is caused by the jinn, and in some cases by
some defect in the body, brainor nerves, or mood swings, or some
weakness in the physicalstructure. All of these may cause loss of
consciousness or unbalanced behaviour. The black woman's epilepsy may
have been caused by the jinn, but there was no need to mention the
cause, which is why the narrators only mentioned what needs to be done
when epilepsy occurs, for whatever reason, of making du'aa' and
performing ruqyah, or bearing it with patience and seeking the reward
from Allaah.
Shaykh 'Abd al-Kareem al-Khudayr
The hadeeth about the black woman is narratedin Saheeh al-Bukhaari
(5652) and Saheeh Muslim (2576). In some versions of the hadeeth there
is an indication that her epilepsy was caused by the jinn. For
example, in a version narrated by al-Bazzaar, she said, "I am afraid
that the evil one may cause me to become uncovered." Al-Haafiz Ibn
Hajar said: "It may beunderstood from some of the different versions
of the hadeeth that what Umm Zafar was suffering from was the kind of
epilepsy caused by the jinn and not that which results from
dysfunction in the brain."
Fath al-Baari, hadeeth no. 5652.