AL-MUMTAHINAH الممتحنة
Lit. “She who is tried.” The title of the LXth Surah of the Qur’an, from the expression in the 10th verse: “O believers I when believing women come over to you as refugees, then make trial of them.”
Al-Baizawi says: “When such women sought an asylum at al-Madinah, Muhammad obliged them to swear that they were prompted only by a desire of embracing Islam, and that hatred of their husbands, or love of some Muslim, had not any influence on their conduct.”
Lit. “She who is tried.” The title of the LXth Surah of the Qur’an, from the expression in the 10th verse: “O believers I when believing women come over to you as refugees, then make trial of them.”
Al-Baizawi says: “When such women sought an asylum at al-Madinah, Muhammad obliged them to swear that they were prompted only by a desire of embracing Islam, and that hatred of their husbands, or love of some Muslim, had not any influence on their conduct.”
Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam
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