Prophet Zachariah (AS)

  • Al-Imran; In which Imran was a righteous man,
  • And the Prophet that Allah SWT sent;
  • To Bani Isra'il at that time; Zakariyya [Zechariah]
  • He comes from the descendants of
  • Dawud [David] and Sulaiman [Solomon] AS
  • Zakariyya was married to Ashya [Ashba, Elizabeth]
  • The sister of Maryam [Mary]
  • Their mother; Her name is Hanna
  • So Imran was married to Hanna; Imran and Hanna had two girls
  • One; Her name is Ashya that was married to Zakariyya AS
  • And another girl her name is Maryam
  • And of course there's a big age gap between Ashya and Maryam
  • Allah SWT mentions the story of Maryam and Zakariyya
  • And Yahya [John] and Eesa and they are all related story together
  • One day the wife of Imran she made a pledge; She made an oath; A vow
  • O Allah; I vowed to You what is in my womb
  • She was pregnant is for Allah
  • Soecifically that means that this child will serve in the Masjid
  • Which Masjid? Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa
  • In that time they used to have men
  • They were devoted to the serving of the Masjid
  • They didn't allow women to take this job; It was for men
  • And they would live their entire life in the Masjid and serve in the Masjid
  • She wanted her child to go to the service in the Masjid Al-Aqsa
  • For the whole life; Free from all wordly work
  • When she delivered her child
  • She said: O my Lord I have given birth to a female child
  • And females were not traditionally allowed to serve in the Masjid
  • Allah SWT says: Allah knows best at what you delivered
  • And the male is not like the female
  • This means that whatever male you would have delivered
  • That male would not be better than the female that Allah SWT has given you
  • Because the female that Allah SWT has given you
  • Is the best of Al-Nisa Al-Aalamin [Women of the world]
  • But Allah knows who this female is and this female is Maryam AS
  • So how do we go around here?
  • So Imran; Husband of Hanna; The father of Maryam
  • He gave the ruling that as long as we made the pledge
  • We must fulfill that pledge; Regardless
  • Allah SWT made Zakariyya her guardianship
  • And there Zakariyya who is her brother in law
  • Zakariyya is married to the sister of Maryam
  • So Zakariyya he was responsible of Maryam
  • And he would take care of her
  • And he would visit her from time to time
  • But he used to notice strange things
  • He would come in to visit Maryam in her place of worship
  • Every time Zakariyya used to come to visit Maryam
  • He used to see fruits, but not any fruits
  • He used to see the fruits that come out in Summer in Winter
  • Where do you get this fruits from? It's something amazing here
  • What was the response of Sayyidatna Maryam AS?
  • She said: This is from Allah and then she told him
  • Allah SWT gives the ones he want without any limits
  • Allah will give you without any limits
  • When Zakariyya AS saw this miracle happening to Maryam AS
  • He himself desired something from Allah
  • See Zakariyya at the time was old;; His hair waws grey
  • And his wife was barren; Plus she was old
  • Zakariyya AS being the Nabi; He was the one responsible
  • For the Religious affairs of Bani Isra'il
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