The Mother of Shaheed Abu Dujanah

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The Excellent Character of the Mother of Shaheed Abu Dujanah - Umar

This is the story of one of those Muslim mothers who is worthy of much praise. She is an example of those mothers who are living on Allah’s Earth and are pure, modest and on the straight path. They want to spread Islam, stop its enemies and see an end to the evil culture.
This mother had four sons. Whilst nourishing her sons with her milk, this great mother also instilled in them the love of Jihad. Time passed and the sons grew older. Umm Abu Dujanah repeatedly reminded her sons, “Along with my milk I have also given you the zeal for Jihad and martyrdom. Sons, get ready, the battlefield is beckoning you”.

She was the descendant of a family of Ulemaa. They were very modest, honourable and quite a well off family. The pious mother’s son, Abu Dujanah, was in his second year of his FA (A-Levels). After hearing about the situation in Kashmir, he became very agitated. He immediately decided to go for training. He asked his mother to grant him permission to go. The mother, who was herself much grieved and disturbed by what was happening, did not refuse him.
After completing 21 days of training, Abu Dujanah sent his mother a letter asking if she would grant him permission to stay and do another 3 months of training, after which he would return home. Upon hearing her son’s desires the mother offered two Raka’at of Nawaafil prayers to thank Allah. She said to her son, “My son, my happiness is in your happiness”.
After completing his three months, Abu Dujanah wanted to train further, so again he requested permission from his mother, this time, to join Abdullah bin ‘Ateek. Abdullah Bin ‘Ateek is an advanced training programme designed for only the most capable and advanced brothers. With Allah’s blessings and help Abu Dujanah completed the course successfully and was now waiting to enter the “valley of death”.

A sister narrates the story of Umm Abu Dujanah:
On 12th of October I was requested to attend a conference. It was a cold day, as summer was drawing to a close. Even before the Jumu’ah Prayer, the hall had filled with women. From nearby villages and cities, groups of buses were arriving, and men and women were participating with much excitement. It was at this conference that I first met Umm Abu Dujanah. She kept saying to me “Ameer Hafiz Sahib is here. Can you please write a few words to him and request him to launch my son into Occupied Kashmir? I have prepared my son completely, so he is able to fight the Kuffar”. She told me that she herself had purchased a Kalashnikov for 1,800 rupees, from her savings, for her son. She went on to say “I spoke to my son on the phone and asked him if he wanted anything. He said it would be good if he could get a communication set.” So she said she sent him 9,000 rupees so he could buy himself a communication set. I was in shock and awe, whilst listening to this great mother, and I wondered to myself that even now such mothers exist, those who decorate their beloved sons by placing ammunition in their hands and send them into the battlefield. Allahu Akbar!
When I arrived home, I spoke to my son, who had only returned a day earlier from the camp. He told me, “Mother, Abu Dujanah has been launched.” And so I hastily rushed to inform Umm Dujanah via telephone, that her beloved son had been launched into the valley……….
After that, I forgot about this incident. On the morning of the 24th of March 2001, I had just finished praying Fajr, when the phone rang. When I answered it, I found that Abu Dujanah had become Shaheed. Alhumdulillah
The next day, I travelled to Umm Dujanah’s village, to congratulate her. For most of the journey I kept imagining what the atmosphere must be like in the Shaheed’s home. What emotions his mother must be experiencing and how she would be feeling. As I entered his home I was astounded. Beneath the marquee, surrounded by several women, Umm Abu Dajanah was lost in conversation. She had a content and attractive smile on her face. When she greeted me, all I could say was, “Sister, I have only come to say Salaam to this great mother’s greatness.” I was still sitting next to her, overwhelmed and in astonishment, when the Shaheed’s elder brother, Ali came into the room to greet an elderly woman. Whilst greeting the elderly lady, the boy was quietly weeping. His mother saw this, and immediately said in a proud tone, “My son, I see tears in your eyes. I sincerely hope this is not the case.” The son replied, “No Mother, it is nothing like that.” At that moment, the mother turned her attention towards me and said, “Make sure you come to celebrate Abu Dujanah’s funeral. My next missile I have prepared in the shape of Ali. Whenever the Mujahideen require his assistance, he is at their service.”
The events on the day of the funeral were extraordinary and unexpected. Umm Abu Dujanah was addressing her sisters, sisters-in-law and various other female relatives saying to them, “Today I will see what wedding gift you give to my Dujanah. Today is his Walima. Open your hearts and give generously. I will see how much you love my son”. After listening to this great mother, many of her female relatives started donating to the Jihad fund. Once the funds had been collected in the form of money, Umm Abu Dujanah said, “My sisters. Those of you who are wearing four, six or eight gold bangles. They should each give my son one of their bangles as a gift, so that as well as giving a gift, your jewellery can be counted in odd numbers. Immediately upon hearing this, many women, in order to make their jewellery odd in number, took off one of their bangles and gave them to Umm Dujanah to put in the Jihad fund. Rings and earrings were also collected. Umm Dujanah herself donated 100,000 rupees to the Jihad fund when her son obtained Shahaadah, and gave it to him as a gift. What a unique gift!

These qualities can only be obtained by that mother who teaches herself and her children to live in accordance to the light of the Deen and teaches them the true way of Islam, who strives to make them Mujahideen, and instils in them the zeal to die for Islam.

After some days I was given the opportunity to meet Umm Dujanah again, she greeted us with that same glory and honour. To tell you the truth, I could see even more firmness and conviction on her face than before. After the circle, when she was free, she said to Umm Hammad, “Sister, make du’a that when we meet again, then I, like you, will also be the mother of two Shaheed sons.” Allah! Allah! What were my ears hearing! Memories of the Sahaabiyeen were racing through my mind.

On the 20th April 2001, Ameer Hafiz Muhamad Saeed led the Jumu’ah prayer in a nearby town. I also went to pray and there I met Umm Abu Dujanah. I asked her if she had written about any memories that she had of Abu Dujanah, as I had mentioned to her in our last meeting. She said, “I am so busy collecting wheat for the Mujahideen. I didn’t give much importance to the writing.” Then she said, “Insha’Allah, I will collect 100 tonnes of wheat for the Mujahideen.”
And I was thinking to myself that, for the exaltation of the Muslim Ummah, the Muslim women must adopt such an excellent character as is seen in Umm Umar Abu Dujanah.

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Jazakullah khairan.
I was just remembering this story a few days ago, and now here it is Masha'Allah.

A beautiful role-model Masha'Allah.