Yesterday we stopped where Musa AS had displayed his kindness to the two women and helped them water their animals.
\nNow, when the two women came back so quickly with the sheep watered, their father was surprised because he knew the men near the well, that his girls would have generally taken more time. When he asked them what had happened, they told him what Musa AS had done. So he sent one of the daughters to call the stranger to meet her father.<\/p>\n
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\nSoon after that, one of the two women came to him walking bashfully\u2026.” [Al Qasas 28: 25]<\/p>\n
In explaining \u201cwalking shyly,\u201d \u02bfAmr ibn Maym\u00fbn R said: \u201cUmar RA said: \u2018She came walking shyly, putting her garment over her face. She was not one of those audacious women who come and go as they please.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The verse goes on:
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\nshe said: “My father is calling you. He wishes to reward you for watering our flocks for us.\u201d [Al Qasas 28: 25]<\/p>\n
This is an example of good manners: she did not invite him directly lest he have some suspicious thoughts about her. Rather she said: My father is inviting you so that he may reward you for watering our sheep.<\/p>\n
Musa AS accepted the invitation, and when he got up he asked her to walk behind him and guide him to her house by throwing pebbles at the required directions instead of her walking in front, with him at the back. This was an example of Musa AS\u2019s exemplary modesty.<\/p>\n
Imagine the scenario: he was a prince who must have had women throwing themselves at him, but we see him here \u2018lowering his gaze,\u2019 which is what all Muslim men should do. Unfortunately, many of us have different \u201cheroes\u201d to emulate nowadays. Musa AS asks the woman to walk behind him, knowing very well that he doesn\u2019t know the way but that she does. It wasn\u2019t a matter of ego or superiority, he was rather concerned about her honour as she was alone, without her sister; this was his way of protecting her.<\/p>\n
So when he came to him and narrated the story, the father learned why Musa AS had had to leave his country.
\nAnd one of them said:
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\n\u201cFather! Hire him! Verily, the best of men for you to hire is the strong, the trustworthy.\u201d [Al Qasas 28: 26]<\/p>\n
\u02bfUmar, Ibn \u02bfAbb\u00e2s, Qat\u00e2dah, Mu\u1e25ammad ibn Is\u1e25\u00e2q and others RA said: \u201cWhen she said: \u2018Verily, the best of men for you to hire is the strong, the trustworthy,\u2019 her father said to her: `What do you know about that?\u2019 She said in answer: `He lifted a rock which could only be lifted by ten men, and when I came back with him, I walked ahead of him, but he said to me, walk behind me, and if I get confused about the route, throw a pebble so that I will know which way to go.\u201d\u2019 \u02bfAbdullah Ibn Mas\u02bf\u00fbd RA said: \u201cThe people who had the most discernment were three: Ab\u00fb Bakr\u2019s intuition about \u02bfUmar [ibn Al-Kha\u1e6d\u1e6d\u00e2b]; prophet Y\u00fbsuf\u2019s master when he said [to his wife]: `Make his stay comfortable;\u2019 and the daughter of prophet M\u00fbsa\u2019s host when she said: \u2018Oh my father! Hire him! Verily, the best of men for you to hire is the strong, the trustworthy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The father made Musa AS an offer: take care of my flocks for eight years and I will give you one of my two daughters in marriage. Then the man added: But if you complete ten years, it will be (a favour) from you.<\/p>\n
Indeed, a variety of lessons are learnt from this incident. Two particular lessons that looms large among these lessons is:<\/p>\n
\u2022 There was no flirting between Musa AS and the two girls in any way. They maintained their dignity and Musa AS kept his honour.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The father gave his daughter in marriage to Musa AS only after making sure that he was religiously righteous; and this is the basis upon which a marriage in Islam should be founded, not a fancy car and a 4 or 5 figure monthly job salary! This is the basis which conforms to what the last of all prophets, Muhammad \ufdfa came with:<\/p>\n
If a man of good religious character and conduct proposes to one\u2019s daughter, then let one marry his daughter to him. If one does not, there will be mischief and great corruption on Earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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