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Islam - Children's Corner
A Pious Woman at
the Time of the Pharaoh
This story is on the Prophet
Muhammad's (salAllahu alayhi wassalaam) Night Journey to Jerusalem (The Isra'):
The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wassalaam) smelled a very nice odour. He asked
Angel Jibril (alayhis salam) about this pleasant scent and Angel Jibril (Alayhis
salam) 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."
The 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, and not be a Muslim anymore, 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 - and refused to
leave 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 (salAllahu alayhi wassalam) smelled coming from her
grave is an indication of her high status.
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The
Holy Quran Quotes
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“Never think of those slain in the way of God to be dead; rather they are alive and are provided in the Presence of their Lord.”
(Al ‘Imran, 3:169)
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