Comments on Muslimah2Muslimah: Muslim Women to Look Up to: Hazrat Safiyaah

I enjoy your blog, keep up the good work, I have t...

2009-07-21T20:58:02.899-07:00

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According to the dictionary kareem has three varia...

2009-07-06T11:48:15.093-07:00

According to the dictionary kareem has three variant forms; can spell it three different ways, Karim, Kharim, karam. The dictionary specifically specifies that all forms mean generosity, one of the 99 names of Allah I dont like the "I" but I like the "H". SO I constructed Khareem. But I'll take your word for it if your fluent in Arabic but I hope your wrong. Well actually it would correspond with my last name, Naarullahil Moqada, meaning fire of Allah kindled. From my persona logical construction, it means someone very fiercely determined to propagate Islam by any means necessary. Poking or piercing to me would symbolize determination. In the future I plan to do this by writing. So either a generous fire, or a piercing fire. I like them both. I sound like a lawyer in training huh(LOL). Well it makes sense to me. Plus Allah is not to particular with names anyway. Not even his own name, just as long its not negative according to the Quran "Say: Call on Allah or call on the Beneficient. By whatever name you call him, He has the Best Names(20:8)leave those alone who violate the sanctity of His names(7:180). Thanks for the heads up Dy.

Khareem Moqada

@ Khareem Moqada There is difference between kaf ...

2009-07-06T10:24:05.543-07:00

@ Khareem Moqada

There is difference between kaf (k) and Kh (kha) in arabic and Kareem is a "muslim" name but Khareem isn't.

Kareem comes the verb Karaamah: to be noble and have generosity and Khareem comes from Kharama. Which means to pierce or to poke holes into something.

Small mistake, Khareem Moqada, I spell it with an ...

2009-07-06T02:31:51.712-07:00

Small mistake, Khareem Moqada, I spell it with an H. Getting used to my new Muslim name. Of cousre you really needed to know that (LOL).

Thanks for the very informativepiece, its funny, I...

2009-07-06T02:29:30.033-07:00

Thanks for the very informativepiece, its funny, I read several works on the mothers of faith but they didnt give this much deep substance on strong this wife of the prophet was. I was specifically familiar with the story that Noora mention. Here is some extracted from "The Heirs of Muhammad":

Later He[the Prophet,peace be upon him] would causally intercept her on the way home and call out, 'Aishah, how did thou find her' to which she dismimissively replied, 'I saw in her a Jewess like any other Jewess.' Muhammad corrected her, for Safiyah had professed herself a Muslim. Still it was clearly a weak point and her co-wives would taunt Saifyah by addressing her as 'Daughter of Huyay'-for her dead father was an old adversary of the Muslims. The Prophet taught her an effective riposte: "Tell them,'he advised, 'that my father is Aaron and my uncle is Moses-two of the great Jewish prophets that are honoured by all Muslims. This anti-Jewish spat proved to be but a passing quiet storm, for AIsha soon found that Safiyah's youth and high spirits matched her own. She never found loyalty to her own people conflicted with her own belief as a Muslim. In later life she kept Friday as holy as any believer but she also put aside the Sabbath as the day when she would recieve her Jewish friends and distribute charity to her improvished kin.

Provided by the kid;Kareem Moqada

Salaam, I just came across this and have to say th...

2009-07-05T18:17:40.057-07:00

Salaam,
I just came across this and have to say that the stories of the marriage with Hazrat Safiyyah are some of my favorite Ahadith. Such as the one when she was crying because others were teasing her because she was of Jewish ancestry. And as she cried, the Holy Rasul (peace be upon him) would just wipe away her tears. One by one.
Thank you for reminding me of the nobility in kindness that was our beloved Messenger, peace be upon him.
wa salaam

Jazak Allahu khair for this post! Insha'Allah you...

2009-07-05T15:55:44.709-07:00

Jazak Allahu khair for this post! Insha'Allah you will make this a series.