Umm Salama: Difference between revisions

She accepted [[Islam]] in the first years of the Prophet's (s) mission and immigrated to [[Abyssinia]] with a group of Muslims led by [[Ja'far b. Abi Talib]] following the order of the Prophet (s). In [[4]]/625, after her husband died, she married the Prophet (s). Most historians have mentioned that she passed away after the [[Event of 'Ashura]].

Before traveling to [[Karbala]], [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] trusted the [[Prophet (s)|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 [[Turba of Imam al-Husayn (a)|soil of Karbala]] and she kept it in a jar. The Prophet (s) had told her that, "when you saw that this soil turned to blood, my son al-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 jar 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]].

But Jabir would not keep silent and after Mu'awiya issued an order that speakers had to curse [[Imam Ali (a)]] on pulpits in mosques, Jabir wrote a letter to Mu'awiya and severely admonished him.

# The cause of [[revelation]] of the [[Verse of Tathir|Verse of Taṭhir]]

# [[Hadith al-Kisa']]

# The Prophet's (s) hadith regarding the [[event of Karbala|events of Karbala]] and the martyrdom of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]]

Umm Salama also narrated hadiths from [[Abu Salama|Abu Salama b. 'Abd al-Asad]] and [[Lady Fatima (a)]] and many people have learned hadiths from her and have transmitted them whose names are recorded in hadith references.

When [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] went out of [[Medina]] towards [[Mecca]], he (a) trusted the [[Signs of Imams (a)]] to Umm Salama. After [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]] returned from [[Karbala]], Umm Salama gave [[Imam 'Ali (a)|Imam Ali's (a)]] books of knowledge, Signs and possessions of Imams (a) trusted to her to Imam al-Sajjad (a) and this is a good proof of her trustworthiness of Umm Salama before Imams (a).

*The material for this article is mainly taken from [http://fa.wikishia.net/view/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%91_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87 {{ia|ام سلمه}}] in Farsi WikiShia.