Hazrat Ruqayyah Binte Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) Radhiyallahu Ta’ala Anha

Hazrat Ruqayyah (Radhiyallahu Ta’ala anha) was the second daughter of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam). There is consensus that Hazrat Zainab (Radhiyallahu anha) was the eldest daughter of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam). After her, Hazrat Ruqayyah and Hazrat Umme Kulthum were born. The biographers of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) have a difference of opinion as to which of these two was the elder one. In any case, these two sisters were younger than their sister Hazrat Zainab (Radhiyallahu anha).

Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) had made the nikaah of these two sisters with the sons of Abu Lahab, Utbah and Utaibah. Hazrat Ruqayyah was married to Utbah and Hazrat Umme Kulthum was married to Utaibah.

Only the nikaah was performed; they had not yet departed to their husbands’’ homes when Surah Tabbat Yadaa Abi Lahab was revealed in which Abu Lahab and his wife, Umme Jameel, were condemned and informed of their going to Jahannam. When this Surah was revealed, Abu Lahab said to his sons, “Divorce the daughters of Muhammad, otherwise you will have nothing to do with me.”

Abu Lahab’s wife, Umme Jameel had this to say to her sons: “These two girls (that is the daughters of Muhammadur Rasulullah Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) have become wicked. (Al-Iyaathu Billah). So give them talaaq.”

Thus, both boys acted on the instructions of their parents and gave the divorces. (To be continued, Insha Allah)

(Rasululllah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Kee Saahbzaadiya)