๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐, ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐, ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง
Mohamad Mostafa Nassar
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Some 400 kilometers south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, there is the village called โSheikh Ebadaโ near Mallawi center in Minya governorate.
The village inhabited by about 60 thousand people is the birthplace of Maria, the Coptic Christian wife of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). She was โgiftedโ to him during the 7th Hijri year by Al-Muqawqis, the ruler of Egypt back then.
Lady Maria is the daughter of Shamoun. She gave birth to Ibrahim, Prophet Mohammedโs third son, who died as a young child.
The story of her marriage starts when Prophet Mohammed sent a messenger to the Egyptian ruler with Hattib bin Abi Beltaโa, introducing and inviting him to Islam. Hattib delivered the words of the Prophet, and the response of
Al-Muqawqis was as follows:
โTo Mohammed bin Abddallah, From Al-Muqawqis the Greatest of the Copts, I read your message and I understood what you are calling for. I know of the last Prophet, and I thought that he would come out of the Levant. I honored your messenger, and Iโm sending you two gifts who are of great value to the Copts, along with clothing and a mule to ride, peace be upon you.โ
The village where Lady Maria was born and raised has Ancient Egyptian, Roman, Coptic and Islamic monuments.
He added that the village itself was also named โAntonio Polisโ after it was founded by Emperor Hadrian who named it in commemoration of his fatherโs memory, and it contains the remains of the Temple of Ramses II, the remains of Pharaonic tombs, a Roman theater, and the gate of victory.
โIn the times following the Pharaonic era, the village was called โHufnโ, and in the Islamic era, the followers of the Prophet looked after the village, and Muawiya exempted it from the levies,โ he added.
He said, โaccording to many historical sources, after Amr ibn al-Aas took command of Egypt, the armies led by Ebada bin al- Samit arrived at the village, and when he was told it was the birthplace of Lady Maria, wife of Prophet Mohammed, he decided to stay there.
He built a mosque close to Lady Mariaโs home, and it became the first mosque in Mlawi. Ebada settled in that area and made it his residence, and thus the village was named after him โthe village of Sheikh Ebada.
Credit Lamiaa ElKholy
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