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Followers
of Ahl-ul-Bayt Islamic Organization
Allegiance of Women
Abdur Rahman bin Ka'b bin Malik used to lead
his blind father to Jumu'a prayers regularly. Every time his father heard Adhan on
Friday, he would say: May Allah bless As'ad bin Zurarah. This
continued for many years till one day Abdur Rahman asked:
Father, why do you remember As'ad and pray for him at Jumu'a prayers?
His father replied: My
son, the first person to establish and lead us all in Jumu'a prayers in Medina was
As'ad. At the time, the Prophet was still in Mecca, and forty of us used to assemble
at the foot of the mountain and pray.
As'ad bin Zurarah was among
those twelve who secretly accepted Islam one year before Hijrah at the mountain road to
Mina, and pledged loyalty to the Prophet (SAW) on the following terms:
To worship no other god but Allah;
To commit neither theft nor adultery nor child-murder;
To utter no monstrous falsehoods;
To bring forth no illegitimate offspring
And not to disobey in matters just or reasonable.
This allegiance is called the
allegiance of women, because of two reasons. First, it does not include
a pledge of Jihad, and secondly, the same pledge was taken from those ladies who embraced
Islam. At the time when the secret pledge was made the Holy Prophet (SAW) was in
Mecca, and Jihad had not yet been ordained.
Reference:
Pearls of Wisdom. A String of Incidents in the History of Islam. The
World Federation of Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Communities. Page 9.
