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On the
Prophet Muhammad's (sul Allahu alayhi wassalaam) Night
Journey to Jerusalem:
The Prophet (Peace be upon him) smelled a very nice odour. He
asked Jibril about this pleasant scent and Jibril informed
him this good smell was coming from the grave of the woman
whose duty used to be to comb Pharaoh's daughter's hair.
This woman was a good, pious believer. One day, as she was
combing Pharaoh's daughter's hair, the comb fell from her
hand. At this she said, "Bismillah." Pharaoh's daughter asked
her, "Do you have a god other than my father?" The woman
said, "Yes. My Lord and the Lord of your father is Allah."
Pharaoh's daughter told her father what had happened. Pharaoh
demanded this woman blaspheme and leave Islam, but she
refused. At that, Pharaoh threatened to kill her children.
He brought a great pot of water and built a great fire under
it. When the water boiled, Pharaoh brought her children and
started to drop them into that pot one after the other.
Throughout all this, the woman remained steadfast to Islam,
even when Pharaoh reached her youngest child--a little boy
still breast feeding--but she felt pity for him. At that,
Allah enabled this child to speak. He said to his mother, "O
Mother, be patient. The torture of the Hereafter is far more
severe than the torture of this life, and do not be
reluctant, because you are right."
At this the woman requested Pharaoh collect her bones and the
bones of her children and bury them in the same grave.
Pharaoh promised her that--then dropped her into that boiling
water. She died as a martyr.
The good odour the Prophet (sul Allahu alayhi wassalaam)
smelled coming from her grave is an indication of her high
status.
[May
Allah make us like these people.]
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