Aasiyah r.a

Part 4: Aasiyah bint Muzahim r.a (Wife of Firaun)

Our Women are our Motivation if they knew their status in this Religion of faith.

“The best of the women of Paradise are Khadijah, daughter of Khuwailid, Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad, Aasiyah, daughter of Muzahim the wife of Pharoah, and Mariam, daughter of Imraan. (Sahih Ahmed)

If we throw back our memory towards history we come across a lady without whom the protection of prophet Moosa a.s was not guaranteed (apart from the truth that Allah is the protector of all).
Yes, I am describing a woman, without whom there wouldn't have been a blessed prophet to the mankind. The queen of Egypt and the wife of the tyrant ruler Firaun, Aasiyah r.a.

It was the time when all the male children of Banu Israel were killed mercilessly by the servants of Firaun, but this child, Moosa A.s was saved by Asiya r.a by her words of wisdom. Later, for more than 30 years Moosa A.s grew up under the protection of Asiyah r.a.

When Moosa A.s propounded the new concept of God i.e, The new religion Islam, very few influential people had believed in it and also had privatized their faith. One among them was the Heroin of this story Aasiyah r.a herself.

If we go through the lifestyle of Aasiyah r.a, one would be shocked with the decision she opted to choose Islam because, she was a Fully Privileged Queen and the likes of Queen Elizabeths stand no where in comparison with the fame and power of Aasiyah r.a, as a daughter of Muzahim and then as a wife of Firaun she could have led a luxurious royal life, where all her words were highly regarded, where she had complete authority as a Queen of a vast empire, while having an ocean of material comforts and her every demand being fulfilled. 

In spite of these blissful living conditions, the devoted love for her creator made her sacrifice all these materialistic pleasures far behind and finally, that occasion came when she had to reveal her faith towards Islam in front of her husband the Tyrant Firaun.

This event was witnessed just after the incident of the great sacrifice of the Mashita, the hairdresser of Firaun Daughter. She and her children were brutally murdered when she had revealed her faith and wasn't ready to leave her faith in front of Firaun. Her steadfastness had amazed the eyes and heart of Aasiyah r.a and this time it was Aasiyah r.a who walked up to Firaun and said...


To be continued...

Mashita r.a (Hairdresser of Firaun's Palace) (continuation)

Part 3: Mashita r.a (Hairdresser of Firaun's Palace)

Our Women are our Motivation if they knew their status in this Religion of Faith.

Egypt, The Name is Famous for its Historical Arena.

After the news spread to the entire palace and Mashita r.a was brought in front of Firaun's court and was questioned...
Firaun was on his throne and conversation between Haq and Bathil went on this way

She came and stood in front of this tyrant and he asked her: “Who is your God?”

She said: “Allah is my Lord.”

He asked: “Who is Allah?”

She said: “Allah is my lord and yours.”

Raged by the answer

Tyrant Firaun said: “What? Bring the chains.”

They brought the chains and they began to punish her and whip her.

“Who is your Lord?”

And she would say: “Allah is my Lord and your Lord.”

Now, he orders them to bring a large container, like a swimming pool, and then he spilled hot boiling oil into it. And then he said: “Bring me all of her children.”
Beloved Mashita r.a had five children and one of them was still breastfeeding, and they brought them all one by one.

He said: “Worship me, I am your god!”
She said: “Never.”
So, he brought her first son and he threw him into the oil in front of her eyes, his meat and his flesh fell off his body, and then his bone disintegrated. Then they brought her next son and she was unmoved in her faith, she was of the caliber that would claim that ‘be it 1 or 2 or my entire family I would bear it for my covenant with Allah.’

And the brutal killing of her children went on until the last child he was on her arm, and Out of love and affection towards her child she would feel like taking a step back, when all of a sudden, Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala, from above seven skies, made her infant speak while he was in the cradle.


He said: “Be patient my mother! You are on the truth. Allah has promised you with the great heaven. Keep going, mother.” This enormously boosted her Eeman this time with immense of steadfastness.

And then they threw her son into the boiling oil, and she was the next. She knew that she was going to die. And then she began to cry and Pharaoh said:

“Why are you crying?”

She said: “I am crying because I want to ask you to do something for me, I don’t know if you will do it.”
He said: “Ask me about whatever you like.”
She said: “Once you throw me into the oil, then I want you to gather whatever is remaining of our bodies, and I want you to bury us together in the same grave because I want to be resurrected with my children, and I wanted to go to Jannah with my children, I don’t want them to go out of my arms.”

The Virtue of this women was such that on the night of Mihraj when Prophet Muhammed (sws) experienced a beautiful fragrance coming to him and upon asking he was answered that it was the fragrance of the hairdresser and her children who worked in the palace of Firaun. And her story was narrated to Prophet Muhammad Sws by the Leader of Angels, Jibreel A.s,

The History has given us such beautiful pearls who have faced the worst tyrants but unmoved in their Eeman who have sacrificed their lives happily in the path of Allah and it literally inspires us upon hearing the women of Islam had faced the same oppressions with even more steadfastness. One can remember that the first Shahadah of this Ummah was Summaya r.a. Women have been always an inspiration in Islam and in this present situation this Ummah is longing for such a mother who prepares their children for the Akhirah and not this Dunya.

Mashita r. a (Hairdresser of Firaun's Palace )

Part 2: Mashita r. a (Hairdresser of Firaun's Palace )

Our Women are our Motivation if they knew their status in this Religion of faith.

Egypt, The Name is Famous for its Historical Arena.
You might have come across a famous tyrant ruler Pharaoh (Firaun ) who claimed to be God himself and also who used to stubbornly mention that "Ana Rabbukumul A'ala" means "I am your lord the most high".

The time of the rise of Islam under the prophethood of Moosa (A . S ) had just touched the city in the midst of the oppression of Pharaoh on Banu Israa-eel and there was not a greater spread of this beautiful religion which stood for justice, as one of its core values. The first to come to Deen had not declared their faith publicly as of fear of being killed by the tyrant Firaun.

In this interim there was a Hair Dresser (Mashita) of Firaun's daughter, may Allah be pleased with her. One day comb slips from her hands while combing Firaun's Daughter's hair, and she subconsciously picked the comb and accidentally yelled 'Bismillah', amazed by the newly heard word, Firaun's daughter asked with curiosity about whom was Mashita referring to! To which Mashita said "The Lord" and in reply, she asked " So you mentioned about my Father?" and Mashita replied, "No, it is Allah the lord of Universe and lord of Mine, Yours and Your Father's".

These Undigested words of Mashita angered Firaun's Daughter and she threatened to inform this news to her Father, and Mashita had only to smile for this and fearlessly shook her head without bothering to care for her threatening.

The news spread in the entire palace and Mashita was placed in the culprit spot. And now everyone including her knew that she is in great danger, at that moment she had to make a split decision Who do I love more? Allah or Myself, Now she does not worry about herself and makes sure that her Eeman is firmly Implanted in her heart even if she knew that she was going to be subjected to the horrific oppression by worst tyrant Ruler.

To be continued...

Nusaiba r.a (Ummu Ammara r.a)