Woman in Islamic Shari‘ah
5. Muslim women
~ 86 ~
The Prophet did exactly as she had suggested. He
went out, sacrificed his animal and shaved his head.
When the people saw what he had done, they
immediately began to follow suit.
Their anguish was so great that it seemed they
would cut one another’s heads as they began to
shave them after the sacrifice.
The reason that Khadijah and Umm Salmah were
able to arrive at a correct judgment in such delicate
situations was that they were detached from them
and, therefore, in a position to offer objective
opinions. If they too had been seriously involved,
they might have been too subjective in their thinking.
75. The animals were to be sacrificed after the
performance of Hajj. However, the Quraysh
did not allow the Muslims to enter Mecca. The
terms of the treaty were humiliating. The
Muslims were so disconcerted at not being
allowed to make the pilgrimage that they
were in no state of mind to follow the
Prophet’s command.
76. Ibn Kathir,
As-Sirah an-Nabawiyah,
1/386.
