The one thing that really stood out about this man, the one characteristic that made him so unique, the one thing that he had that made him so different from the people of that time, amongst all the other things that he did, that it was said that this man Zaid ibn Amr ibn Nufair
when the people of that time, when the men of that time, when they sought to bury their daughters alive, when they said that we would rather have sons as opposed to daughters, we would rather have men who would carry on our lineage, this man Zaid ibn Amr ibn Nufair he would go to these people and he would say that if you do not to have them in your possession if you do not want to care for them ,give them to me, i will look after them.
And the prophet alayhi sallam is being questioned about what will be the status be of this man? And he says that on this day when everyone comes, on that day when everyone is taken into account, on that day of reckoning, when everyone has risen, when everyone stands behind those they claim to be followers of, then my ummah will stand behind me, the people of Musa alayhe sallam will stand behind him, the people of Nuh alayhe sallam will stand behind him. On that day when all the nations will stand together, Your father will stand as a nation unto himself.
Such as the sanctity, such as the dignity given to this man who would speak out against these injustices, such is the dignity, such is the elevation given to this man, who when everyone else seeked to abuse the women of that time, who when they would think that these would not give us any benefit, that they have no use to us, that we could just put them in the dirt without any hesitation, this man sought to give them refuge, this man sought to give them sanctuary, he is going to be standing unto a nation unto himself, when he is standing in front of Allah azawajal on that day and we have to ask ourselves, what is the condition, what is the status of the matter which we treat our women in these days? perhaps we are not engaging in the practice of infanticide, perhaps we are not putting our women into the dirt, not burying them alive, but still we are doing thing s in which we are not giving them the dignity, not giving them the respect that they deserve as women of our time, that on a daily basis we abuse these women on such a great capacity of such an extent now that we have so many stories, so many accounts of just in the recent months of how people are treating their women when they come to their home, not only in verbal abuse but also in physical abuse.
Upholding Female Dignity
5 comments:
Your mention of the practice of burying daughters alive reminds me of the words of a scholar I heard on radio few months ago. The scholar said that this practice of burying alive the daughters is still very much active in our societies. How?
It is the reluctance of fathers to get their daughters married to people who they perceive lower them themselves. This stubborn behavior leads to daughters spending their lives unmarried, in their parents house. This in a way is worse than burying them alive at the time of their birth.
The problem in most muslim societies is that they try to impose their inhumane traditions, especieally on their females, by giving them the cover of Islam when in reality such practices have nothing to do with it.
I wish you a very happy and peaceful Eid. May Allah accept our good deeds, forgive our transgressions and help us become better muslims & better human beings.
Eid Mubarak :-)
yeah that makes sense, i would also add those do not allow their daughters to seek an education and limit them from the workforce.
AND Ameen!!
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A legendary person indeed! A little correction though, his last name is "Nufail" rather than "Nufair"
In Arabic it's:
زيد بن عمرو بن نفيل
True, burying the daughters alive still manifests itself nowadays in women rights abuse! What makes it even worse, people who abuse their women rights do so in the name of Islam while Islam is totally against it!
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