"Rejoice O My Mother! I Found My Bride"
It is mentioned that one of the righteous women in Basra was Umm Ibraahim
alHaashimeeyah. The enemy attacked one of the Muslim towns so people were
encouraged to join the struggle in the path of Allah. 'AbdulWaahid bin Zayd
alBasri delivered a speech encouraging the muslims to struggle in Alah's path
and among the audience was Umm Ibrahim. Among the things AbdulWahid talked
about was alHoor (the women of Paradise).
Umm Ibraahim stood up and said to 'AbdulWaahid: You know my son Ibraahim and
you know that the nobility of alBasra wish to have him marry one of their
daughters and I have not agreed to one of them yet. But I like this girl you
described and I would be happy to marry her to my son. Can you please describe
her again?"
'AbdulWaahid then narrated a poem in the description of the Hoor.
Umm Ibrahim said: "I want my son to marry this girl and I would pay you 10,000
denaars as her dowry and you take him with you, as he may intercede for me on
the Day of Judgment, God willing."
'AbdulWaahid said: If you do so, that is great success for you and your son.
She then called her son from the audience. He stood up and said: Yes my
mother! She said: Are you pleased to marry this girl with the condition of
giving your soul to Allah? He said: Yes! I am very pleased! She said: O
Allah you are my witness that I have married my son to this girl from Paradise
with the condition he spends his soul in your sake."
Then she went and brought back with her 10,000 dinars and gave it to
AbdulWahid and said: This is her dowry. Take it and use it to provide for the
for those who struggle for Allah's sake She then purchased for her son a good
horse and provisions. When they started to march Ibraahim came out with the
reciters of Quraan surrounding him and reciting:
Indeed, Allaah has purchased from the believers their lives and their
properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise.
When Umm Ibraahim was greeting her son she told him: Be careful and dont
allow any shortcomings from yourself to be seen by Allah She them embraced
him and kissed him and said: May Allah never bring us together except on the
Day of Judgment!
'AbdulWaahid said: When we reached the enemys territory and people were
called to struggle. Ibrahim was in the front and he killed many of the enemy
but then they overwhelmed him and killed him. On our way back I told my
soldiers not to tell Umm Ibrahim that her son was killed until I tell her.
When we entered al Basra she met me and said: 'Did Allah accept my gift so I
can celebrate or was it rejected so I should cry?' I said: 'Allah did accept
your gift and your son is as a Shaheed.' She then prostrated to thank Allah
and said: 'Thank you Allah for accepting my gift' The following day she came
to me in the mosque and said: 'Rejoice!' I said: 'What good news do you have?'
She said: 'I saw my son Ibrahim last night in a dream. He was in a beautiful
garden dressed in green clothes, sitting on a throne made of pearl and he had
a crown on his head. He told me: 'Rejoice my mother! I got married to my
bride!''"
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