Palestinians : Xtraordinary Selected & Chosen People

A Palestinian woman I met during Hajj 1427H (2006-2007) in Masjidil Haram : IBTISAM ASHLAH - an English teacher from Arabi Al Batuuf, near Haifa Palestine, was a mother of seven. When I asked whether any of her children had become shaheed (

martyr), she SADLY said, `Not yet! But two of my neighbours had shaheeds in their family. One of them even had two.' When asked, `Do you want your children to be shaheed?'She quickly answered : Òf course!'. She looked at me puzzled - maybe she was thinking : What kind of stupid question is this? Who wouldn't want to be a mother of martyrs? I felt embarrassed of myself & very much dwarfed by this great woman!

Loves,
Dr. Har