Dawuud and Sulaymaan
Dawuud and Sulaymaan
It was narrated that during the time of Dawuud (alayhis salaam) a woman who was very beautiful was trying to pursue a certain right of hers so she took the matter to a judge and made her complaint to him. Stunned by her beauty, he desired her. she, on the other hand, so adamantly refused and left him to go see a higher judge, who similarly got lured and asked the same of her. She then went to a well known just man to be her witness. As soon as he loked at her, he became completely fascinated and started to talk her into marriage. The woman declined with strong determination and finally headed with her complaint to the city mayor, who unfortunately acted no differently than the men before him.
She left crying and decided to leave the matter in the Lord's hand. Allah caused all of those men to gather and discuss their dealings with the people, one of them uttered, "A very charming woman came to see me with a complaint. She had quite a charming beauty that i asked her to marry me and she firmly said no. So i started to inquirea bout her and was informed that she is the daughter of so and so and that she is without a husband. And I do believe that she is an unchaste woman."
The second one said the same, followed by the third and fourth one. Finally, they all agreed to take her case to Prophet Dawuud (alayhis salaam) and let him pass a judgment. They consented to bear witness that she committed fornication so that she will be sentenced to death. "That way we will not have to worry about her and how attractive she is anymore."
However one of them opposed the allegation saying, "If we do that, then the man whom we would allege she fornicated with wil also be stoned to death. And that I believe is a great tragedy." After much thinking, they came up with a new idea. "we shall say that she is a perverted woman who owns a dog with whom she does the faahishah (abominable sexual act)."
Later, they went to Dawuud and told him, "Oh Prophet of Allah, in our town there is very unchaste woman who commits the lowest acts of perversion by copulating with a dog she trained." Based on the witness provided by those judges, Dawuud gave orders for her to be stoned to death.
As days went by, Sulaymaan, the son of Dawuud, was once playing with little children to whom he assigned different roles. He made one of them a faqeeh, the other a judge and another a governor, then said to them, "Let us act as if i am your king and you are my deputies in the nation so disperse to your work and serve people with all their needs." In the mean time, Dawuud was watching their act from a high plain.
One of the children was given the role of a very beautiful woman who was seeking justice. She went to different people, but all her efforts were in vain. They were all enticed by her beauty and asking her for marriage, but she rebuffed all of them. Following this, they went to Sulaymaan as their ruler and depicted this woman as an immoral woman who commits the abominable act of fornication with a dog she owns. Their goal was to have Sulaymaan give orders for her stoning. However, the bright young Sulaymaan told his workers to sit away from him, then he started to call the accusers individually and ask them about the color of the alleged dog. Each concocted a different color, which led Sulaymaan to certainly believe the accusations were totally bogus and that they had testified to falsehood, so he playfully commanded that they should be stoned.
This magnificent act put Dawuud, who was watching all along, in the mind of the woman and the four fellows who accused her wrongly. He immediately sent after them and began asking the four of them individually about the color of the dog. They did differ in the exact same way as those children in their play. Dawuud drew the conclusion that the four men's testimony was false and baseless, and that the woman was purely innocent. Thus, he ordered for the four of them to be put to death.
It was narrated that during the time of Dawuud (alayhis salaam) a woman who was very beautiful was trying to pursue a certain right of hers so she took the matter to a judge and made her complaint to him. Stunned by her beauty, he desired her. she, on the other hand, so adamantly refused and left him to go see a higher judge, who similarly got lured and asked the same of her. She then went to a well known just man to be her witness. As soon as he loked at her, he became completely fascinated and started to talk her into marriage. The woman declined with strong determination and finally headed with her complaint to the city mayor, who unfortunately acted no differently than the men before him.
She left crying and decided to leave the matter in the Lord's hand. Allah caused all of those men to gather and discuss their dealings with the people, one of them uttered, "A very charming woman came to see me with a complaint. She had quite a charming beauty that i asked her to marry me and she firmly said no. So i started to inquirea bout her and was informed that she is the daughter of so and so and that she is without a husband. And I do believe that she is an unchaste woman."
The second one said the same, followed by the third and fourth one. Finally, they all agreed to take her case to Prophet Dawuud (alayhis salaam) and let him pass a judgment. They consented to bear witness that she committed fornication so that she will be sentenced to death. "That way we will not have to worry about her and how attractive she is anymore."
However one of them opposed the allegation saying, "If we do that, then the man whom we would allege she fornicated with wil also be stoned to death. And that I believe is a great tragedy." After much thinking, they came up with a new idea. "we shall say that she is a perverted woman who owns a dog with whom she does the faahishah (abominable sexual act)."
Later, they went to Dawuud and told him, "Oh Prophet of Allah, in our town there is very unchaste woman who commits the lowest acts of perversion by copulating with a dog she trained." Based on the witness provided by those judges, Dawuud gave orders for her to be stoned to death.
As days went by, Sulaymaan, the son of Dawuud, was once playing with little children to whom he assigned different roles. He made one of them a faqeeh, the other a judge and another a governor, then said to them, "Let us act as if i am your king and you are my deputies in the nation so disperse to your work and serve people with all their needs." In the mean time, Dawuud was watching their act from a high plain.
One of the children was given the role of a very beautiful woman who was seeking justice. She went to different people, but all her efforts were in vain. They were all enticed by her beauty and asking her for marriage, but she rebuffed all of them. Following this, they went to Sulaymaan as their ruler and depicted this woman as an immoral woman who commits the abominable act of fornication with a dog she owns. Their goal was to have Sulaymaan give orders for her stoning. However, the bright young Sulaymaan told his workers to sit away from him, then he started to call the accusers individually and ask them about the color of the alleged dog. Each concocted a different color, which led Sulaymaan to certainly believe the accusations were totally bogus and that they had testified to falsehood, so he playfully commanded that they should be stoned.
This magnificent act put Dawuud, who was watching all along, in the mind of the woman and the four fellows who accused her wrongly. He immediately sent after them and began asking the four of them individually about the color of the dog. They did differ in the exact same way as those children in their play. Dawuud drew the conclusion that the four men's testimony was false and baseless, and that the woman was purely innocent. Thus, he ordered for the four of them to be put to death.
posted by Muhammed Mustharshid at 5:38 PM
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