Mariya Qibtiyya: Kaniz ya Biwi? — Aur Ayat 66:1 ke Peechhe Do Mukhtalif Qissay

Iskandariya se Ek Tohfa Shumal ki Taraf Rawana Hota Hai

Taqreeban 7 Hijri (628 CE) mein Madina se ird-gird ki saltanaton ke darbaron ko khutoot bheje gaye, jin mein hukmranon ko Islam ki dawat di gayi. Ek khat Hatib bin Abi Balta'a ke haath Misr ke hakim Muqawqis tak pahuncha. Us ne dawat qubool nahin ki — lekin nihayat adab se jawab diya, aur saath tohfay bheje: umda libas, Duldul naami khachchar, aur do Qibti behnein — Mariya bint Sham'un aur Sirin. Yeh Ibn Sa'd ki Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra aur Tabari ki Tarikh ki riwayat hai.

Do saal ke andar Mariya ne Nabi (SAW) ke sahabzade ko janam diya — Ibrahim, jo Khadija (RA) ke ilawa aap ki wahid aulad thay. Aur khud Islami literature ke andar do sawal Mariya ke naam se aise juray ke kabhi mukammal taur par juda na hue: kya woh biwi thin ya kaniz? Aur kya Surah Tahrim ka aghaz — "Aye Nabi! Jo cheez Allah ne aap ke liye halal ki hai usay kyun haram karte hain?" — un ki wajah se hua ya shehad ke ek piyale ki wajah se?