Priceless Pearls

• His father was captured as a prisoner of war and taken to Madina when the Muslims captured an neighboring town of Basra. His father married a woman named Khayriah who was the slave of the wife of the prophet Umm Salamah. Umm Salamah freed Khayriah after Hassan Al Basir was born.

When Hassan Al Basri was young, his mother would go to the market and leave Hassan with Umm Salamah. Hassan would cry alot and Umm Salamah was old at the time. She would act like she was breast feeding him, and milk would come. This was the karamah Allah gave Umm Salama. Because of this incident, Umm Salamah is Hassan Al Bari's mother for nursing him (umuhu min ar rida3ah).

The fact that Umm Salamah nursed him underlines the importance of Halal Proficiency in Islam.

Imam A Juwayni was a very eloquent speaker, but sometimes, in a fraction of a second, the words just wouldn't come for him. He used to tell his students that he believes the reason for this was because his father told his mother not to let any other woman nurse him. One day, a strange woman came and nursed him. He used to say, "I think the reason behind this problem I have is that strange woman's milk." And think about it, no one knew whether she aquired her food by halal means or not.

So imagine, Hassan Al Basri being nursed by The wife of Prophet Muhammad (saw). How great of a blessing this was for him and all the good that this halal proficiency would bring.

He met many of the sahabah including:

• Uthman ibn Affan
• Umar ibn Khataab (who actually made duaa for him)
• Anas bin Malik
• Abu Musaa Al Ashari
• Ibn Abass (who was his teacher)
• 70 of the the sahabahs who fought in the battle of Badr. The sahabah who fought in the battle of Badr are considered to be among the best of the sahaba and have a special status. Allah has said to the Badriyeen, "Do whatever you want, for I have forgiven you."

-Next up inshallah: Sayings of Hassan Al Basrii