The power of women

Today during our usrah we were talking about the power of women. A country will fall due to 3 reasons ; a dzalim leader, non-submitting citizens, and the deterioration of akhlaq in women. 

Why women? 

Women will bring forth a new generation, and the quality of the new generation will depend on the way the mother raises them; if the way is right, then the new generation will be righteous but if the way is deviating from the deen, then you know what happens next. 

So anyway, we never thought of how powerful we are, by we, I mean, women. We never felt that we could do much due to our lack of physical strength and our supportive role. I am not trying to invoke any anti-feminism here but I am just saying this in a general view. 

Sultan Muhammad al-Fateh couldn't have been able to be the one destined to seize Constantinople if it wasn't for his ambitious mother who fed him with the idea that he will be the one that Rasulullah has mentioned during the digging of the khandak before the Khandak war as the best of leaders who has the best of army. Putting fate aside, what I am trying to say is that if it wasn't for his mother's strong conviction and motivational pep talk every day since the day he was born, he couldn't have believed it with the exact same conviction that he would carry out Rasulullah s.a.w's premonition. 

Even when women are believed to be supporting roles, and forever will be, but people never realized how strong a supporting role can be. 

Just remember our first Ummul Mukminun, Khadijah, who was the very first believer, the one who comforted our Prophet s.a.w. after the first revelation in Hira' cave, the one who convinced him that Allah will not forsake a kind person like him. She was his support, for him to be able to do da'wah, to spread Islam, to carry out his prophetic role and look at us now; we are Muslims, all thanks to him and her. 

I don't think I need to carry on about how amazing this Allah' creation called women are but I need us to realize that these history are not in vain. 

We have learned the true history, about the rise and fall of Islam, the empire of Islam, not only to learn about our history but also for us to be proud that we are Muslims, but of course, we were that great once upon a time.

So what can we do to help bring back Islam to the top? As women, we can equip ourselves in all means, academically, professionally, be the best version of Muslimah you can ever be and if you have kids one day, raise them to be people who will help bring back Islam to the society, not just Islam but the way of life that Islam is really about. 

Start small, and persevere. It begins with us, not only women, but every one of us.

InshaAllah, one day Islam will once again rule the world.