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Friday, December 04, 2020 Rabi ‘II 19, 1442 AH

Had We sent down this Quran on a mountain, you would certainly have seen it falling down, splitting asunder because of the fear of Allah, and We set forth these parables to men that they may reflect.

Quran, 59 Hashr, 21

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HADITH

Ibn Umar reported that Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) forbade (people) taking vows, and said: It does not (necessarily) bring good (in the form of substantial, and tangible results), but it is the meant whereby something is extracted from the miserly persons.

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36. Al-AliyyThe Sublime One

The Most High, The One who is clear from the attributes of the creatures.

“And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them.” [Quran 7:180]

Zahirah Lynn Eppard

A diverse array of people in the United States are preparing for the annual Thanksgiving holiday. Schoolchildren are being fed a sunny portrait of the relations between the Pilgrims and the Indians. Families are shopping for traditional staples such as turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and pumpkin. Young and old are struggling to find something to be grateful for in a year full of struggle. Muslims, homegrown and immigrants, are planning to enjoy the day with family and friends. Shoppers are setting their sights on Black Friday sales. What could be wrong with this picture?

The answer is plenty, and it is complicated by hundreds of years of collective misinformation. While the notion of a day to symbolize thanks may sound beneficial, it is important to educate ourselves about the facts relating to the “first Thanksgiving feast”, as well as the folklore that has been added along the way. There is a chilling history that is often overlooked. We must examine the details from an alternative perspective and acknowledge that the making of our country came at great expense to the Native

people who lived here. And there are continuing implications of these atrocities to this day.

Some Basic Facts

The Mayflower did bring Pilgrims to North America from Plymouth, England in 1620. They formed a colony in what is known as Plymouth, Massachusetts. And in 1691, they likely did celebrate a three-day harvest feast that was attended by members of the Wampanoag tribe. This is where most of the Thanksgiving “his-story” is derived.

According to James Loewen, a sociologist and author of “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong,” this event as the first Thanksgiving celebration is not correct, as both the Native American tribes and European societies had been holding festivals to celebrate successful harvest for centuries.

Loewen devoted an entire chapter of his book to “The Truth about the First Thanksgiving.” Here are some of the facts you might not find in a typical history textbook.

The first non-Native settlers in what we know now as the United States were African slaves left in South Carolina in 1526 by Spaniards who abandoned a settlement attempt.

British and French fishermen frequented the Massachusetts coast as early as 1617. In addition to gathering firewood and fresh water, they also captured Natives to sell into slavery. Within three years, disease (likely the bubonic

plague, viral hepatitis, or smallpox) wiped out between 90 to 96 percent of the inhabitants of coastal New England.

The “Pilgrims” never called themselves by that name. They were separatists who were interested in establishing a religious theocracy, rather than seeking “religious freedom.” And they were coming to the New World to make money.

Plymouth was already a village when these settlers found it. It was uninhabited at that moment, as all of the natives had been wiped out by disease. According to historian Howard Simpson, they likely found the area in ruins, “strewn with the skulls and the bones of thousands of Indians who had died and none was left to bury them.”

White settlers experienced many hardships but not to the catastrophic extent of their Native counterparts. They reasoned that God was on their side, and that buoyed their further exploitation and oppression of the Native tribes without remorse.

Natives found little relief in their own medicines and religious beliefs. Many who survived the plagues succumbed to alcohol, converted to Christianity, or committed suicide.

The Wampanoag tribe may have been cordial to the settlers in 1620. That was largely because the alliance strengthened their hand (many of the tribe had been lost to disease) in dealing with a neighboring tribe – the Narragansetts – to their west.

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What You Might Not Know about Thanksgiving

farming and fishing with the settlers and there is likely some truth to it. He had learned English as a young boy, not from friendly fisherman, but in England, where he had been sold as a slave. Upon making his way back to his village, his tribe had been devastated.

It is more likely that the first Thanksgiving celebrated in the New World stemmed from the massacre of Pequot people in 1637, following the Pequot War.

Today, many Native tribes gather on Thanksgiving to commemorate it as a National Day of Mourning.

There are additional details related to the making of Thanksgiving as a national holiday that are noteworthy. New Englanders began referring to a nostalgic story of the harvest celebration between the “Pilgrims and the Indians” as Thanksgiving in the 1830s. The occasion was made a national holiday in 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln sought to show appreciation for the Civil War victories in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He thought a national day of thanks might unify the nation. And there are plenty more details to learn.

Why Are the Facts Important?

As a Muslim, it is important to know the facts about everything we support or engage in. When it comes to Western holiday celebrations, we must understand that non-Muslim occasions

often have a sordid backstory. In most instances, origins can be based in pagan rituals and real facts are often misconstrued, ignored, and revised over time. This is purposeful and serves to sanitize one particular account of history. These troubling beginnings have led to continued devastation for Native Americans, whose lands were stolen, treaties ignored, whose culture was decimated, whose people were murdered, and whose health and welfare are still in peril.

This is another way that white supremacy creeps into and is perpetuated in our national fabric. We need to keep our eyes and ears open when learning about history and when attempting to digest the news of today. We must insist on hearing many perspectives of the same incidents to ensure a balanced account. This is especially true for parents who are responsible for enjoining good and forbidding evil, for separating truth from falsehood, for teaching their children. That means reading beyond the state-supported textbook accounts of our history, delving into the details, rather than just going along to get along. Looking at that past is a means of working on the present and planning for the future. Let’s be sure that the stories we perpetuate are true, that our actions and reactions are based on knowledge, and that the accounts we perpetuate are inclusive of us all.

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Photo of pilgrimage family sitting around the table to have a thanksgiving feast while no Native americans are around

12 reasons for Shukr (thankfulness) to Allah

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1. We can never count Allah’s Blessings: Be ever grateful to Allah for everything that you possess including your wealth, health, status, intellectual abilities and life. Allah says: “Is, then, He Who creates comparable to any that cannot create? Will you not, then, take heed? For should you try to count Allah’s blessings, you could never compute them” (An-Nahl 16:17-19).

2. Shaytan’s primary mission is to make human beings ungrateful: From the very beginning of the human being’s creation, the issue of gratefulness and thankfulness to Allah has been debated. After refusing to bow to Adam, Satan said: “Then I will certainly come to them from before them and from behind them, and from the right-hand side and from the left-hand side, and You (Allah) shall not find most of them thankful.” (Al-Araf 7:17)

3- The opposite of Shukr (gratitude) is Kufr (disbelief): In many places in the Quran, Allah compares the terms shukr and kufr. “Then remember Me; I will remember you. Be grateful to Me, and do not reject Me” (Al-Baqarah 2:152). Iman (belief) implies shukr or gratefulness as opposed to kufr or ungratefulness. A kafiror disbeliever is ungrateful to the Being Who has given him everything, whereas a Believer is one who is ever thankful for all that Allah has given him.

4- We thank Allah for our own benefit: If you are ungrateful, Allah is unaffected. If you become grateful, then you have taken the first step towards becoming a true Believer. It is for this reason that the Prophet exhorted us to “Love Allah as we benefit from His grace” (Tirmidhi). Allah reminds us: “ And whoever is grateful, he is only grateful for the benefit of his own self” (Luqman 31:12). “For surely if it was not for the grace of God on you and His mercy, you would have been among the losers” (Al-Baqarah 2:64).

5- True worship means sincere thankfulness to Allah: Allah explained in the Quran that the only people who truly worship Him are those who give gratitude to Him, so those who are not among the people of gratitude are not among the people of Ibadah (worship and obedience). “... and be grateful to All?h, if it is Him you worship” (Al-Baqarah 2:172).

6- Shukr leads to Allah’s pleasure:

Allah has told us that His pleasure may be attained through gratitude. “ If you are grateful, He is pleased with you...” (Az-Zumar 39:7).

The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Allah is pleased with His servant if, when he eats something, he thanks Allah for it, and when he drinks something, he thanks Allah for it” (Muslim).

7- Gratitude is a purpose of our creation: “It is He Who brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers when you knew nothing; and He gave you hearing and sight and intelligence and affection: that you may give thanks (to Allah)”(An-Nahl, 16:78).

8- Shukr is a quality of success in this life and in the Hereafter: Ibn Abbas narrated that the Prophet said: “There are four qualities, whoever is given them has truly been given the best in this world and the next. They are: a grateful heart (that is thankful to Allah), a remembering tongue (that mentions Allah often), an enduring body (to persevere through the trials), and a faithful wife.”

9- Being grateful and patient in times of difficulty: Everything that happens to us - even events that we may consider to be personal afflictions or natural disasters-are from Allah. Therefore, in times of calamity and distress, there will be some good for us, provided we respond appropriately. The Prophet said: “How wonderful is the case of a Believer! There is good for him in whatever happens to him -and none, apart from him, enjoys this blessing. If he receives some bounty, he is grateful to Allah and this bounty brings good to him. And if some adversity befalls him, he is patient, and this affliction, too, brings good to him” (Muslim).

10- Allah’s Mercy is for all, but most people will remain ungrateful: He shows and gives mercy to all, even those who continue to be ungrateful and rebellious towards Him: “Indeed God is the possessor of bounty for all people but most people do not give thanks.” (Al-Baqarah 2: 243).

11- Most people subconsciously thank God: Reflect upon your own life and you will find innumerable occasions when Allah’s `hand’ has been holding you and helping you. So often, believers and even atheists subconsciously use the expression ‘Thank God’, without realising the full implications of our words.

12- Shukr leads to abundance in Allah’s favors: If you appreciate Allah’s favors, He has promised increased Rahma or mercy for you. Allah’s reward for your gratitude is unlimited and unconditional. “If you are grateful, I will surely give you more and more” (Ibrahim 14:7).

Three ways to express Shukr:

The classical Muslim scholars have indicated Shukr can be shown in three ways: - Shukr of the heart (Qalb), which is achieved by harboring and intending good for all of Allah’s creation.

- Shukr of the tongue (Lisan), which involves celebrating the praises of Allah, such as utterance of Alhamdulillah, and expressing gratefulness to Allah with our tongue.

- Shukr of the limbs (Jawarih), which is fulfilled by using our external senses to do good. Every time Allah gives us a blessing, we must use it in a way that benefits humanity and that pleases Allah.

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Abu Sufyan ibn Harb could not conceive of anyone among the Quraysh who would dare challenge his authority or go against his orders. He was after all, the sayyid or chieftain of Makkah who had to be obeyed and followed.

His daughter, Ramlah, known as Umm Habibah, however dared to challenge his authority when she rejected the deities of the Quraysh and their idolatrous ways. Together with her husband, Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh, she put her faith in Allah alone and accepted the message of His prophet, Muhammad ibn Abdullah.

Abu Sufyan tried with all the power and force at his disposal to bring back his daughter and her husband to his religion and the religion of their forefathers. But he did not succeed. The faith which was embedded in the heart of Ramlah was too strong to be uprooted by the hurricanes of Abu Sufyans fury.

Abu Sufyan remained deeply worried and concerned by his daughter’s acceptance of Islam. He did not know how to face the Quraysh after she had gone against his will and he was clearly powerless to prevent her from following Muhammad. When the Quraysh realized though that Abu Sufyan himself was enraged by Ramlah and her husband, they were emboldened to treat them harshly. They unleashed the full fury of their persecution against them to such a degree that life in Makkah became unbearable.

In the fifth year of his mission, the Prophet, peace be on him, gave permission to the Muslims to migrate to Abyssinia. Ramlah, her little daughter Habibah, and her husband were among those who left.

Abu Sufyan and the Quraysh leaders found it difficult to accept that a group of Muslims had slipped out of their net of persecution and was enjoying the freedom to hold their beliefs and practice their religion in the land of the Negus. They therefore send messengers to the Negus to seek their extradition. The messengers tried to poison the mind of the Negus against the Muslims

but after examining the Muslims beliefs and listening to the Quran being recited, the Negus concluded: “What has been revealed to your Prophet Muhammad and what Jesus the son of Mary preached came from the same source.”

The Negus himself announced his faith in the one true God and his acceptance of the prophethood of Muhammad, peace be on him. He also announced his determination to protect the Muslim muhajirin.

The long journey on the road of hardship and tribulation had finally led to the oasis of serenity. So Umm Habibah felt. But she did not know that the new-found freedom and sense of peace were later to be shattered. She was to be put through a test of the most severe and harrowing kind.

One night, it is related, as Umm Habibah was asleep she had a vision in which she saw her husband in the midst of a fathomless ocean covered by wave upon wave of darkness. He was in a most perilous situation. She woke up, frightened. But she did not wish to tell her husband or anyone else what she had seen.

The day after that ominous night was not yet through when Ubaydallah ibn Jahsh announced his rejection of Islam and his acceptance of Christianity. What a terrible blow! Ramlah’s sense of peace was shattered. She did not expect this of her husband who presented her forthwith with the choice of a divorce or of accepting Christianity. Umm Habibah had three options before her. She could either remain with her husband and accept his call to become a Christian in which case she also would commit apostasy and - God forbid - deserve ignominy in this world and punishment in the hereafter. This was something she resolved she would never do even if she were subjected to the most horrible torture. Or, she could return to her father’s house in Makkah - but she knew he remained a citadel of shirk and she would be forced to live under him, subdued and suppressing her faith. Or, she could stay alone in the land of the Negus as a displaced fugitive - without country, without family and without a supporter.

She made the choice that she considered was the most pleasing to God. She made up her mind to stay in Abyssinia until such time as God granted her relief. She divorced her husband who lived only a short while after becoming a Christian. He had given himself over to frequenting wine merchants and consuming alcohol, the “mother of evils”. This undoubtedly helped to destroy him.

Umm Habibah stayed in Abyssinia for about ten years. Towards the end of this time, relief and happiness came. It came from an unexpected quarter.

One morning bright and early, there was a loud knocking on her door. It was Abrahah, the special maid-servant of the Negus. Abrahah was beaming with joy as she greeted Umm Habibah and said: “The Negus sends his greetings and says to you that Muhammad, the Messenger of God, wants you to marry him and that he has sent a letter in which he has appointed him as his wakil to contract the marriage between you and him. If you agree, you are to appoint a wakil to act on your behalf.”

Umm Habibah was in the clouds with happiness. She shouted to herself: “God has given you glad tidings. God has given you glad tidings.” She took off her jewelry- her necklace and bracelets - and gave them to Abrahah. She took off her rings too and gave them to her. And indeed if she had possessed all the treasures of the world, she would have given them to Abrahah at that moment of sheer joy. Finally she said to Abrahah: “I appoint Khalid ibn Said ibn al-Aas to act as wakil on my behalf for he is the closest person to me.”

In the palace of the Negus, set in the midst of beautiful gardens and luxuriant vegetation and in one of the lavishly decorated, sumptuously furnished and brightly lit halls, the group of Muslims living in Abyssinia gathered. They included Jafar ibn Abi Talib, Khalid ibn Said, Abdullah ibn Hudhafah as-Sahmi and others. They had gathered to witness the conclusion of the marriage contract between Umm Habibah, the daughter of Abu Sufyan, and Muhammad, the Messenger of God. When the marriage

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Ramlah bint Abi SufyanSeries on Companions of the Prophet (PBUH)

was finalized, the Negus addressed the gathering: “I praise God, the Holy, and I declare that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His Servant and His Messenger and that He gave the good tidings to Jesus the son of Mary.

“The Messenger of God, peace be on him, has requested me to conclude the marriage contract between him and Umm Habibah the daughter of Abu Sufyan. I agreed to do what he requested and on his behalf I give her a mahr or dowry of four hundred gold dinars.” He handed over the amount to Khalid ibn Said who stood up and said: “All praise is due to God. I praise Him and seek His help and forgiveness and I turn to Him in repentance. I declare that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger whom He has sent with the religion of guidance and truth so that it might prevail over all other forms of religion even if the disbelievers were to dislike this.

“I have agreed to do what the Prophet, peace be upon him, has requested and acted as the wakil on behalf of Umm Habibah, the daughter of Abu Sufyan. May God bless His Messenger and his wife.

“Congratulations to Umm Habibah on account of the

goodness which God has ordained for her.”

Khalid took the mahr and handed it over to Umm Habibah. The Sahabah thereupon got up and prepared to leave but the Negus said to

them: “Sit down for it is the practice of the Prophets to serve

food at marriages.”

There was general rejoicing at the court of the

Negus as the guests sat down again to eat and celebrate the joyous occasion. Umm Habibah especially could hardly believe her good fortune and she later described how she was eager to share her happiness. She said: “When I received the money as mahr, I sent fifty mithqals of gold to Abrahah who had brought me the good

news and I said to her: ‘I gave you what I did when you gave me the good news because at that time I did not have any money.’

“Shortly afterwards, Abrahah came to me and returned the gold. She also produced a case which contained the necklace I had given to her. She returned that to me and said: ‘The King has instructed me not to take anything from you and he his commanded the women in his household to present you with gifts of perfume.’

“On the following day, she brought me ambergris, safron and aloes and said: ‘I have a favor to ask of you.’ ‘What is it?’ I asked. ‘I have accepted Islam ,’ she said, ‘and now follow the religion of Muhammad. Convey to him my salutation of peace and let him know that I believe in Allah and His Prophet. Please don’t forget.’ She then helped me to get ready for my journey to the Prophet.

“When I met the Prophet, peace be on him, I told him all about the arrangements that were made for the marriage and about my relationship with Abrahah. I told him she had become a Muslim and conveyed to him her greetings of peace. He was filled with joy at the news and said: ‘Wa alayha as-salam wa rahmatullahi was barakatuhu and on her be peace and the mercy and blessings of God. “

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