Tasbeehaat for Sayyidah Faatimah (Radhiyallahu Anha), Instead of a Maid

Last updated on November 19th, 2024 at 01:52 pm

Hazrat Ali (Radhiyallahu anhu) also narrates this: “Faatimah (Radhiyallahu anha) came to know that some slaves and slave-girls had come into the possession of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam). In view of her having to use the grinding stone, her hands bore marks of the grinding. She therefore went to the home of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) to show the marks and ask for a slave or slave-girl to render service.

However, Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) was not present, so, she told Hazrat Aishah (Radhiyallahu anha) of her request and returned. When Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) returned home, Hazrat Aishah told him about the request of Hazrat Faatimah (Radhiyallahu anha).

Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) came to our house during the night. At that moment, we had already lied down. Upon the arrival of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) we intended getting up, but he said: ‘Stay in your places.’

Then he sat down between me and Faatimah and said: ‘Should I not tell you something that is better than what you have asked for? When you lie down to sleep at night then recite Subhaanallah 33 times, Alhamdulillah 33 times and Allahu Akbar 34 times. This is better for you than a servant.’”

In another narration which is in Muslim Shareef, it is mentioned that Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said that these Tasbeehaat should also be read after Fardh Salaat.

Hazrat Ali (Radhiyallahu anhu) says: “After Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said we should recite these Tasbeehaat, I never left it out.”

A person (by the name of Ibnul Kawwa) asked Hazrat Ali (Radhiyallahu anhu): “Did you also read it on the night of the Battle of Siffeen?” Hazrat Ali (Radhiyallahu anhu) replied, “On that night too, I did not leave it out. I (forgot to recite it early in the night, but) remembered late in the night and recited it.”

In another narration it is stated that Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) reprimanded them for asking for a servant and said: “By Allah! I will not grant you (a servant). How can I do so when the As-haab-e-Suffah remain hungry, and I do not have anything to spend on them? These slaves that have come into my possession shall be sold and the money spent on the As-haab-e-Suffah.”

(The As-haab-e-Suffah were those illustrious immigrants who came to reside in Madinah Munawwarah for the sake of the Deen. They neither took up employ, nor did they have any home. They made hunger and thirst their nourishment and remained in the assemblies of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) as students of the Deen. Zikr and Ta’leem were their occupation. A platform – Suffah was constructed outside Masjid-e-Nabawi with a sunshade where they would put up residence. Hence, they are called As-haab-e-Suffah – the Residents of the Platform.)

(Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi  Wasallam Kee Saahbzaadiya)