ok i need to find a story of a remarkable female sahaba
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**There are others too but the one that comes to mind, was the one who stood up during Hazrat Omer's (RAAH) Friday Khutba, and made him reverse his decision on an issue, and Omar radhi Allah anhun commented that he was proud to be the leader of people who would not hesitate to openly question the Calipha i Waqt!..:) **
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Nusaybah Bint Ka'b :)
Nusaybah Bint Ka'b's life and example as a Muslimah, wife and mother can be surpassed only by a few other women in the history of Islam.
She was one of only two women who traveled with seventy-three men to Makkah, and pledged allegiance to the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, to believe in Allah alone and not to associate others with Him. They also pledged themselves to jihad in complete obedience to the Prophet, sallallahualayhi wa sallam, in ease and hardship and harsh circumstances. That historical meeting is known as the second pledge of al-Aqabah.
NuSaybah, known as Um Imarah, was a rare kind of Muslim. A pious and noble woman, Um Imarah was also a daring courageous fighter in the cause of Allah, and she proved more than once to be truthful to her pledge.
Hearing that the Makkan pagans were preparing for a great battle to take revenge for their heavy losses during the battle of Badr, and that they were moving towards Uhud, the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, mobilized the Muslim men in Madinah. Um Imarah went out with her husband and her two sons,Abdullah and Habib, to join the fighters.
In the beginning she brought water to the wounded and tended to their needs, but as the battle raged, and the Muslims were being defeated, she saw that some were fleeing the enemy leaving the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam without protection. She tied her belt around her waist so that she would not trip, b*****shing a sword at times and throwing arrows at others, she cut through the ranks of the enemy and took sides with the Prophet, sallallahualayhi wa sallam.
She fought fiercely that day, striking fatal blows to her opponents until she suffered many wounds, one of them left a deep gash in her shoulder, which took a whole year to heal. She herself related some of what had happened during that battle. "I realized that people fled leaving the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, exposed," she said, "So less than ten men remained to protect him, while the others were passing by, defeated. The Prophet, sallallahualayhi wa sallam, saw me without a shield and saw a man leaving the battlefield carrying his shield, he said, 'Surrender your shield to the one who is fighting.’ He surrendered it and I picked it up and used it to shield the Messenger of Allah. But those who gave us the hardest time were the horsemen, if they were on foot like us; we would have defeated them, insha'Allah. A cavalier came towards me, but he was unable to strike at me because I protected myself with the shield. As he was turning back I dealt a blow to his horse's hamstring and he fell on his back. The Prophet, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, cried out, 'O son of Um Imarah, your mother, your mother!' So he helped me kill the horseman."
Her own son related later more of her heroic behavior during the battle. He said, "I was wounded during the battle of Uhud, and the blood would not stop. The Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, said, 'Bandage your wound.' My mother was busy fighting the enemy, but when she heard the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, she came toward me carrying bandages tied to her side, she bandaged my wound while the Prophet, sallallahualayhi wa sallam, was standing by. She then told me, 'Get up my son, and fight’ The Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, said, 'Who can endure what you are enduring, Um Imarah!' A short time later, the man who hit me was coming our way, so the Prophet, sallallahualayhi wa sallam, said, 'Here is the man who hit your son, O Um Imarah.' She went up to him and hit him in the leg; she left him kneeling on the ground. The Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, smiled at what she has done so broadly that his molar teeth were showing and said, 'You avenged yourself, Um Imarah.' Then more men came and struck the man and killed him. The Prophet, sallallahualayhi wa sallam, said to her, 'Praise is due to Allah Who gave you victory over your enemy and satisfied you by showing you his death.'"
A few months later when the call was announced to prepare for the battle of Hamra-ul-Asad, Um Imarah got ready but she was not able to continue in her way because her wound got worse and she was bleeding profusely.
The battle of Uhud was not the only occasion when Um Imarah showed her bravery. She was among those who gave the pledge of ar-Ridhwan, to fight until martyrdom. She also witnessed the battle of Hunayn.
When the Prophet sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam passed away, some of the Arab tribes apostatized, at their head was Musaylimah The Liar. Khalifah Abu Bakr rallied the Muslims to fight the renegades. Um Imarah asked permission from Abu Bakr to join the army, accompanied by her two sons. "We knew your bravery during the war," he said, "Come on in the name of Allah."
This battle was a great test for Um Imarah. The fight was hard and the two parties adamantly set to win it. She held her grounds, always advancing. Now she heard that her son Habib fell prisoner to Musaylimah the liar. He asked him, "Do you testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?" When he said that he did, he went on, "And do you testify that I am the messenger of Allah?" he answered, "I do not hear." So Musaylimah began to cut him to pieces, organ by organ until he died. He asked him the same questions over and over, but he could not get a different answer.
Um Imarah went to al-Yamamah with the Muslims and took part in the war against Musaylimah. She was eager to see the end of Musaylimah, and it was the will of Allah that he be slain by her other son `Abdullah, and another companion. Um Imarah returned from the war having suffered twelve wounds inflicted by spear and sword, and having lost an arm, and her beloved son.
Um Imarah, Nusaybah bint Ka'b, was a woman who was true to her words, a woman who occupies a special place in the history of Islam.
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No offense but in Islam we are allowed to cut someone's body to pieces, organ by organ until he/she dies during a battle/war??
Uhud probably was an exceptions since ppl ran away but other than that are women really allowed to participate physically in battles and wars??
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^ Musalimah was a false prophet ...he was not a muslim, he denied the finality of Prophethood ...that is why he was being fought
I dont think muslim women fought in Uhad either (not sure though)
Prophet(pbuh) instructed abu dujana(ra) not to strike even quraishi women with his sword...if women fighters had been there they certainly would have killed that abominable woman Hind
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^Do u mean to say that Nusaybah didn't really fight in these battles?
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she did I believe but it was not premediated ... it was not a common practice amongst the women to bear arms, but in a desperate situation obviously they did. Her grts contribution IMHO is the upbringing of her sons who fought and died as martyrs.
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All, but i loveeee Aisha r.a.!
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Very true said
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Hmmm not exactly a sahaba though :-/
The story of the hairdresser of the daughter of Pharaoh is narrated as follows:
t was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “On the night on which I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra’), a beautiful fragrance came to me. I said: O Jibreel, what is this beautiful fragrance? He said: This is the fragrance of the hairdresser of Pharaoh’s daughter and her children. I said: What is their story? He said: Whilst she was combing the hair of Pharaoh’s daughter one day, the iron comb fell from her hand and she said, ‘Bismillaah (in the name of Allaah).’ The daughter of Pharaoh said: ‘My father?’ She said: ‘No. My Lord and the Lord of your father is Allaah.’ She said: ‘I will tell him about that.’ She said: ‘Yes.’ So she told him and he summoned her and said: ‘O So and so, do you have a Lord other than me?’ She said: ‘Yes, my Lord and your Lord is Allaah.’ He ordered that a baqarah (lit. “cow”) made of copper be heated up, then he ordered that she and her children be thrown into it. She said: ‘I have a request to make of you.’ He said: ‘What is your request?’ She said: ‘I would like my bones and my children’s bones to be gathered together in one cloth and buried.’ He said: ‘This will be done for you.’ He ordered that her children be thrown into it in front of her, one by one, until they came to the last one who was an infant boy who was still being breastfed. It was as if she wavered because of him, but he said: ‘O mother, go ahead, for the punishment of this world is easier to bear than the punishment of the hereafter.’ So she went ahead.” Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: Four infants spoke: ‘Eesa ibn Maryam (peace be upon him), the companion of Jurayj, the witness of Yoosuf and the son of the hairdresser of Pharaoh’s daughter.
Narrated by Imam Ahmad in al-Musnad (1/309), al-Tabaraani (12280), Ibn Hibbaan (2903) and al-Haakim (2/496).
Al-Dhahabi said in al-‘Aluw (84): This hadeeth has a hasan isnaad. Ibn Katheer said in al-Tafseer (3/15): There is nothing wrong with its isnaad. Its isnaad was classed as saheeh by the scholar Ahmad Shaakir in his commentary on al-Musnad (4/295). Al-Arna’oot said in Takhreej al-Musnad (5/30-31, no. 2821): Its isnaad is hasan.
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Sumayyah bint Khabbab **the mother of "Ammar ibn Yasir**"
Ibn Sa'd narrates with an authentic chain on the authority of Mujahid that the first shaheed in Islam was Sumayyah, the mother of Ammar ibn Yasir. And she was a small old woman. And Abu Jahl was killed on the day of Badr. The Messenger sall'Allahu aleihi was salam said to Amar Allah has killed the one who has killed your mother.
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i looooove Khadija (RA)...now there is an example for women everywhere
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I was going to say Khadija (R) also.
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She worked. My heroine.
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She was 20 years older than the Prophet (SAW) when she married him.
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She proposed to him.
I don’t know how much more feminist you want. :k:
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Khaula bint Al Azwar (ra), sister of Zaraar bin al Azwar(ra) Sorry for making it long but it is one remarkable story that I have always read with great admiration.
During the conquest of Damascus in the war against Romans, Dhiraar bin al Azwar (Zaraar bin al Azwar) was appointed the leader of 5000 men by Khalid bin Waleed (ra). Dhiraar deployed his force in ambush and planned his attack for the upcoming morning. Dhiraar was well known as The Naked Champion as he always fought half naked with great zeal. During his ambush, he suffered several wounds and was overpowered by Romans and captured as a prisoner. Raafe, the second-in-command, sent a message to Khalid in the afternoon telling him about the loss of Dhiraar and the conquest at a stalemate. Khalid took his Mobile Guard of 4000 horses and rode towards Bait Lihya (where Dhiraar was captured) from Damascus. As he was going…
"As Khalid approached the battlefield he suddenly saw a Muslim rider flash past him from behind and gallop off towards the Roman front. Before Khalid could stop him, he was gone. A slim, lightly-built person, dressed in black, this rider wore a breastplate and was armed with a sword and a long lance. He sported a green turban and had a scarf wrapped around his face, acting as a mask, with only his eyes visible. Khalid arrived on the battlefield in time to see this rider throw himself at the Romans with such fury that everyone present thought that he and his horse must both be mad. Raafe saw this rider before he saw Khalid and remarked, “He attacks like Khalid, but he is clearly not Khalid.” Then Khalid joined Raafe.
Khalid took a little time to organize Raafe’s group and his own Mobile Guard into one and deploy it as a combined force for battle. Meanwhile the masked rider treated the Muslims to a thrilling display of horsemanship and attacks with the lance. He would go charging on his own, strike the Roman front atone point and kill a man; then go galloping away to another part of the front, again strike someone in the Roman front line and so on. A few Romans came forward to tackle him but all went down before his terrible lance. Marvelling at this wondrous sight, the Muslims could still see nothing more of the warrior than a youthful figure and a pair of bright eyes shining above the mask. The rider appeared bent on suicide as with his clothes and lance covered with blood, he struck again and again at the Romans. The example of this warrior put fresh courage into the men of Raafe, who forgot their fatigue and went into battle with renewed high spirits as Khalid gave the order to attack.
The masked rider, now joined by many others, continued his personal war against the Romans as the entire Muslim force attacked the Roman front. Soon after the general attack had begun, Khalid got near this rider and called, “O warrior, show us your face.” A pair of dark eyes flashed at Khalid before the rider turned away and galloped off into another assault at the Romans. Next, a few of Khalid’s men caught up with him and said, “O noble warrior, your commander calls you and you turn away from him! Show us your face and tell us your name so that you may be properly honoured.” Again the rider turned away as if deliberately trying to keep his identity a secret.
As the masked rider returned from his charge, he passed by Khalid, who called to him sternly to stop. The rider pulled up his horse, and Khalid continued, “You have done enough to fill our hearts with admiration. Who are you?”
Khalid nearly fell off his horse when he heard the reply of the masked rider, for it was the voice of a girl! “O commander, I only turn away from you out of modesty. You are the glorious commander, and I am of those who stay behind the veil. I fight like this because my heart is on fire.”
“Who are you?”
“I am Khaulah, sister of Dhiraar. My brother has been captured, and I must fight to set him free.”
Khalid marvelled at the old man, Al Azwar, who had fathered two such dauntless fighters, a boy and a girl. “Then come and attack with us”, he said. 1](Redirecting...)
The Muslim attack continued in force and at about midday the Romans began to withdraw from the battlefield in good order. The Muslims followed, keeping up a steady pressure, but there was no sign of Dhiraar, dead or alive. Then, as good luck would have it, some local Arabs came to the Muslims with the information that they had seen 100 Romans riding to Emessa with a half-naked man in their midst, tied to his horse. Khalid at once guessed that Dhiraar had been sent away from the battlefield and ordered Raafe to take 100 picked riders, move wide around the flank of the Romans, get to the Emessa road and intercept the escort taking Dhiraar to Emessa. Raafe at once selected 100 stalwarts and set off, accompanied, of course, by Khaulah bint Al Azwar.
Raafe got to the Emessa road at a point which the escort had not yet reached and waited in ambush. When the 100 Romans arrived at this point, Raafe and his men assailed them, killed most of the soldiers and set Dhiraar free. The Naked Champion and his loving sister were happily reunited. The party again made a wide detour to avoid the Roman army, and rejoined Khalid who was very, very grateful to Raafe for rescuing Dhiraar."
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Hazrath Khadija radiAllaahuanhu, simple reason when no one believed the messenger she believed our beloved Propeht sala Allaahu alayhi wasallam, though she was a rich merchant she still lived a life of extreme poverty wiht the Prophet.
When Prophet was dejected she always encouraged him, *overall the first to receive the Pearls of Paradise. *
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:k: :k:
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That is disrespectful. She:razi2: was not like a person you hang around with as your friends.
She:razi2: is considered mother of the whole Ummah… not heroine. Show some respect while addressing any thing related to her.
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You need to take a break from the computer. I don't see anything disrespectful about the term "heroine". I'm praising her.
Not everyone lives in a 600 A.D. pseudo-village.
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^
Yes, you do not... My prophet DID!
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khadijah.