Umm Musa, the mother of Musa

This entry sets out the story of Umm Musa as Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy tells it in the series "Al Fawzu Al Moubeen": her command to cast her infant, God's reassurance to her, what was revealed to her, and a question on whether her heart was sound from the start. ¹

The Sheikh says that Umm Musa was commanded to cast her infant away, and that God reassured her that she should neither fear nor grieve; he promises to present the stories and draw lessons from them. The verse on Umm Musa's command to cast the infant ¹

The Sheikh says that the revelation to Umm Musa included nursing the infant and then casting him into the water without fear or grief. He says that her heart was emptied of everything except fear for the child, and then God steadied her heart. The verse on the revelation to Umm Musa The verse on God steadying her heart ²

The Sheikh retells the story: the infant was in a lonely place with no one near, and God cast love for him upon him so that he would be kept under God's watch (needs_source: the last part of this sentence is garbled in the recording). The verse on the love God cast upon Musa ³

Asked this question, the Sheikh answers that the heart is called qalb because it turns about, and that Umm Musa was strengthened by God's command from the beginning: she was first commanded to nurse, then to cast, then to neither fear nor grieve. He affirms that the promise that the child would be returned to her is true. The verse on Umm Musa's command and the promise of return ⁴

Her story in these lessons is tied to that of her son Musa, and it is told within his story.