The woman who defended the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, with her sword in the Battle of Uhud

Nusaybah bint Ka'b "Umm Amara"

This lady belongs to a unique class of people, who witnessed the battles with the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, and with his noble and righteous companions.
She gives water to the mujahideen, treats the wounds of the injured, and strikes with her sword for the sake of justice if necessary, and in that she excels over heroes and knights.

She witnessed the Battle of Uhud with her husband and two sons. When the balance of the battle shifted in favor of the polytheists, she did not fear, scream, or flee from the battlefield. Rather, she stood firm and bravely defended the Prophet of Islam, receiving blows on his behalf until she was wounded twelve times.

On the authority of Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, who said: I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say: “On the day of Uhud, I did not look right or left without seeing her fighting for me.”

She is Nusaybah bint Ka'b al-Ansariyya al-Khazrajiya, who is known as Umm Amara. She is the sister of Abdullah bin Ka'b, the knight of Badr, and Abd al-Rahman, who was one of the pious worshippers, and the mother of “Habib and Abdullah,” who are two of the knights of Islam.

Her Islam was an Islam of reason and certainty, coming from understanding, will, and conviction, not from subservience to a husband, brother, father, or tribal leader.

In the third year, seventy-three men and two women came, namely Nusaybah bint Ka’b, Umm Mani’, and Asma bint Amr, and pledged allegiance to the Messenger of God among those who pledged allegiance in the second Pledge of Aqaba.

Umm Amara's role in the cause of Islam was great, positive and influential.

She wanted to confirm the status of women, so she said: O Messenger of God, I do not see everything except for men, and I do not see women mentioned in anything. So God responded to her, and the revelation came down with noble verses confirming the status of women in Islam:

“Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women
“And the fasting men and fasting women, and the men who guard their private parts and the women who guard, and the men who remember Allah often and the women who remember - Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward.” (Al-Ahzab: 35)

One Sunday, the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, saw her fighting with her husband and two sons. He said to her son Abdullah, “May God bless you, O people of this household. May God have mercy on you, O people of this household.”

Umm Amara said: Pray to God that we will be with you in Paradise.

He said: “O God, make them my companions in Paradise.”

She said: By God, I do not care after that what happens to me in this world.

In Al-Hudaybiyah, the great scene was repeated, and also in Al-Yamamah, her role in the Islamic call did not stop only during the life of the Messenger and his presence among the Muslims, but extended to the last day of her life.

She participated in Abu Bakr's army that fought the apostates, and in the Battle of Yamamah with Khalid bin Al-Walid, her hand was cut off while she was fighting with it, searching for Musaylimah the Liar to kill him!!!
The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, had sent her son, Habib, with a message to Musaylimah the Liar, and he killed him after humiliating and torturing him.
The liar asked him: Do you testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of God?
He says: Yes
He said to him: Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of God?
He says: I don't hear anything.

The liar began to cut the body of the patient, faithful young man with his sword, but the torture only increased his resolve, strength, faith, and goodness until he died.

She learned of her son’s death, so she made a vow and fulfilled her vow. She vowed that she would not be washed until Musaylimah was killed. On the appointed day, she headed to the battlefield, “the Battle of Yamamah,” with her son Abdullah. She was keen to take revenge with her own hands, but Abdullah fulfilled this role for her, and Wahshi ibn Harb, who killed Hamza in the Battle of Uhud, joined him. He later converted to Islam, and his Islam was good.

On Sundays and other days of Allah's grace, she would carry bandages around her waist, and whenever a mujahidin was wounded, she would run to him, bandage his wounds, and ask him to get up quickly to resume jihad in the cause of Allah.

And as she did with everyone else, she did with her wounded son. After tending to his wounds, she said to him, “Get up and go to jihad.” The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, saw what had happened to her son, so he pointed to her and said:
This is the one who hit your son. I rushed to him and hit him in the leg. He fell to the ground and I finished him off.
Umm Amara changed the rule that says that war and jihad are a matter for men, and women cannot participate in it, or bear its burdens and cruelty.

She performed well in the battles in which she participated, and whenever the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, saw her defending Islam and the Muslims, he would exclaim: “Who can bear what you can bear, O Umm Amara?” God says in His Noble Book:
“Allah was pleased with the believers when they pledged allegiance to you under the tree. He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down tranquility upon them and rewarded them with an imminent conquest.” (Al-Fath: 18)

Nasiba bint Ka'b, may God be pleased with her, had her share of tranquility and reward.

She lost her hand in one of the battles, and offered her son as a martyr for the sake of Allah. She lived, calling for Allah’s sake with all her strength and determination. The word of truth was on her tongue, the sword was in one hand, and a vessel of water was in the other.
The bandages around her waist, which she used to bandage wounds during raids, her words would raise the morale of the mujahideen and strengthen the resolve of the fighters, so that victory would be their ally and success their companion.

This is the struggling, preaching, and educating Muslim woman, who prepares heroes and raises men, who does not care about what befalls her in this world, after the Prophet prayed for her to be in his company in Paradise. She was at the forefront of the true believers, and she inscribed her history on the brow of history to be a model to be emulated.

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