Umm Salama: Difference between revisions

Umm Salama whose name was “Hind” was a wife of the Prophet (s) and one of the persons who were called Umm al-Mu’minin. She immigrated to Ethiopia together with Muslims and was the first person who immigrated to Medina.

Following the Prophet’s (s) order for immigration of Muslims to Medina, the first person who immigrated was Abu Salama who went to Medina with his son and his wife but Bani Mughayra, who were relatives of Umm Salama prevented them from going to Medina. Umm Salama narrated her story of separating from her son and husband that, “I used to cry days and nights for one year and went and stood on the way to Medina and asked about them from anyone coming from Medina. When my relatives saw my distress, they let me travel to Medina and I travelled to Medina after one year.”

Before traveling to Karbala, Imam Husayn (a) trusted the Prophet’s (s) standard and weapon as the Signs of Imams (a) to her to keep them safe. This shows her special position for the Ahl al-Bayt (a). According to some reports, the Prophet (s) had given a little of the soil of Karbala and she kept it in a glass. The Prophet (s) had told her that, “when you saw that this soil turned to blood, my son Husayn (a) is martyred. One day, she dreamt the Prophet (s) with a sad face and wearing dusty clothes and he (s) told her, “we are coming from the burial of the martyrs.” She just woke up and went to that glass and found it bloody and learned that Husayn (a) was martyred. Then, she began crying and mourning and when neighbors came, she told them the story. This story is known as the hadith of Qarura.