WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.000 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:17.640 The Mawaddah Association is pleased 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:19.929 to present to you 00:00:19.929 --> 00:00:23.059 "Portraits from the Lives of the Female Companions" 00:00:23.059 --> 00:00:27.059 by Dr. Abd al-Rahman Ra'fat al-Basha, 00:00:27.059 --> 00:00:31.679 may Allah have mercy upon him. 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:33.679 Nusaybah al-Maziniyyah. 00:00:49.289 --> 00:00:56.710 "You have an appointment to meet the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:00:56.710 --> 00:00:58.710 at al-Aqabah, 00:00:58.710 --> 00:01:01.840 at the end of the first third of the night." 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:04.840 Mus'ab Ibn 'Umayr whispered these words 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:06.840 to one of the Muslims of Yathrib, 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:09.840 and the news spread among them like a gentle breeze, 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:12.840 swiftly, discreetly, and quietly. 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:16.840 The Muslims who had slipped away from Medina were duly informed, 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:20.840 having blended among the crowds of polytheist pilgrims arriving 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:22.840 in Mecca from every direction. 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:24.870 Night fell, 00:01:24.870 --> 00:01:28.870 and the polytheist pilgrims surrendered to slumber, 00:01:28.870 --> 00:01:31.870 sinking into a deep sleep 00:01:31.870 --> 00:01:33.870 after an exhausting, grueling day 00:01:33.870 --> 00:01:36.870 spent circumambulating idols 00:01:36.870 --> 00:01:38.870 and slaughtering sacrifices for false gods. 00:01:38.870 --> 00:01:40.969 Yet the companions of Mus'ab Ibn 'Umayr, 00:01:40.969 --> 00:01:42.969 the Muslims of Yathrib, 00:01:42.969 --> 00:01:44.969 did not close an eye. 00:01:44.969 --> 00:01:47.969 And how could their eyelids close 00:01:47.969 --> 00:01:50.969 when their hearts fluttered with joy for the meeting 00:01:50.969 --> 00:01:54.969 for which they had crossed barren deserts and wilderness, 00:01:54.969 --> 00:01:57.969 and their hearts almost took flight from their chests 00:01:57.969 --> 00:02:02.969 out of yearning to see their beloved Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him? 00:02:02.969 --> 00:02:07.000 For most of them had believed in him before being blessed with meeting him, 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:11.000 and had become devoted to him before their eyes had been honored with his sight. 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:14.129 At the end of the first third of the night, 00:02:14.129 --> 00:02:16.129 in the middle of the Days of Tashriq, 00:02:16.129 --> 00:02:18.129 at al-Aqabah in Mina, 00:02:18.129 --> 00:02:23.129 the momentous meeting took place away from Quraysh's sight. 00:02:23.129 --> 00:02:29.129 Seventy-two men stepped forward to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:02:30.129 --> 00:02:34.129 placing their hands in his, one after another, 00:02:34.129 --> 00:02:39.129 pledging allegiance to defend him just as they defended their own women and children. 00:02:39.129 --> 00:02:42.129 When the men had completed their pledge, 00:02:42.129 --> 00:02:44.129 two women stepped forward 00:02:44.129 --> 00:02:47.129 and pledged allegiance to the same terms the men had pledged to, 00:02:47.129 --> 00:02:50.129 but without shaking hands, 00:02:50.129 --> 00:02:55.129 because the Messenger, peace be upon him, did not shake hands with women. 00:02:55.129 --> 00:02:58.129 One of these two women 00:02:58.129 --> 00:03:00.129 was known as Umm Mani', 00:03:00.129 --> 00:03:01.129 while the other 00:03:01.129 --> 00:03:04.129 was Nusaybah bint Ka'b al-Maziniyyah, 00:03:04.129 --> 00:03:07.129 whose kunyah was Umm 'Umarah. 00:03:07.129 --> 00:03:10.189 Umm 'Umarah returned to Yathrib, 00:03:10.189 --> 00:03:16.189 overjoyed with the honor Allah had granted her by meeting the Greatest Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:03:16.189 --> 00:03:20.189 fully determined to fulfill the conditions of the pledge. 00:03:20.189 --> 00:03:23.189 Then the days passed swiftly, 00:03:23.189 --> 00:03:25.189 until the Day of Uhud arrived, 00:03:25.189 --> 00:03:29.189 and Umm 'Umarah played an extraordinary role in it. 00:03:29.189 --> 00:03:32.189 Umm 'Umarah set out for Uhud 00:03:32.189 --> 00:03:37.189 carrying her waterskin to quench the thirst of the warriors striving in the cause of Allah, 00:03:37.189 --> 00:03:41.189 with bandages in hand to dress their wounds. 00:03:41.189 --> 00:03:42.189 And this was no surprise, 00:03:42.189 --> 00:03:47.189 for present in the battle were her husband and three dear to her heart: 00:03:47.189 --> 00:03:51.189 the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:03:51.189 --> 00:03:54.189 and her two sons, Habib and Abdullah, 00:03:54.189 --> 00:03:59.189 in addition to her Muslim brethren defending the religion of Allah, 00:03:59.189 --> 00:04:02.189 championing the Messenger of Allah. 00:04:02.189 --> 00:04:05.189 Then took place what took place on the Day of Uhud, 00:04:05.189 --> 00:04:08.189 and Umm 'Umarah saw with her own eyes 00:04:08.189 --> 00:04:12.189 how the Muslims' victory turned into a grave defeat, 00:04:12.189 --> 00:04:16.189 and how the killing intensified within the Muslim ranks, 00:04:16.189 --> 00:04:20.189 as they fell on the battlefield, martyr after martyr, 00:04:20.189 --> 00:04:23.189 and how feet trembled, 00:04:23.189 --> 00:04:27.189 and the men scattered away from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:04:27.189 --> 00:04:32.189 until no more than ten or so remained with him, 00:04:32.189 --> 00:04:35.189 leading a disbelieving herald to cry out: 00:04:35.189 --> 00:04:39.189 "Muhammad has been killed!" 00:04:39.189 --> 00:04:43.259 At that moment, Umm 'Umarah cast aside her waterskin 00:04:43.259 --> 00:04:48.259 and sprang into battle like a tigress whose cubs were under attack. 00:04:49.290 --> 00:04:54.290 Let us leave the account of these decisive moments to Umm 'Umarah herself, 00:04:54.290 --> 00:04:59.350 for none can depict them with such precision and truthfulness as she. 00:04:59.350 --> 00:05:01.350 Umm 'Umarah said: 00:05:01.350 --> 00:05:03.350 "I went out to Uhud in the early part of the day, 00:05:03.350 --> 00:05:07.350 carrying a waterskin from which I gave drink to the fighters, 00:05:07.350 --> 00:05:11.350 until I reached the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:05:11.350 --> 00:05:14.350 while the tide of battle was in his favor and with those beside him. 00:05:14.350 --> 00:05:19.350 Soon thereafter, the Muslims were routed away from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:05:19.350 --> 00:05:24.350 and none remained with him except a small group of no more than ten. 00:05:24.350 --> 00:05:27.350 So my sons, my husband, and I turned toward him, 00:05:27.350 --> 00:05:31.350 surrounding him just as a bracelet surrounds a wrist, 00:05:31.350 --> 00:05:36.350 and we began defending him with all the strength and weapons we possessed. 00:05:36.350 --> 00:05:40.350 The noble Messenger, peace be upon him, saw me 00:05:40.350 --> 00:05:45.449 without a shield to protect myself from the strikes of the polytheists. 00:05:45.449 --> 00:05:49.449 Then he saw a fleeing man who had a shield and said to him: 00:05:49.449 --> 00:05:52.449 'Give your shield to someone who will fight!' 00:05:52.449 --> 00:05:55.449 The man dropped his shield and ran off, 00:05:55.449 --> 00:06:01.449 so I picked it up and began shielding the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, with it. 00:06:01.449 --> 00:06:04.449 I continued striking with the sword in defense of the Prophet 00:06:04.449 --> 00:06:06.449 and shooting arrows to shield him, 00:06:06.449 --> 00:06:09.480 until wounds finally overwhelmed me. 00:06:09.480 --> 00:06:11.480 While we were in that state, 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:15.480 Ibn Qami'ah approached like a blazing ember, shouting: 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:19.610 'Where is Muhammad? Point Muhammad out to me!' 00:06:19.610 --> 00:06:22.610 Mus'ab Ibn 'Umayr and I blocked his path, 00:06:22.610 --> 00:06:26.610 and he struck Mus'ab with his sword and struck him down dead. 00:06:26.610 --> 00:06:31.610 Then he struck me a blow that left a deep wound upon my shoulder, 00:06:31.610 --> 00:06:34.670 so I struck him several blows in return, 00:06:34.670 --> 00:06:38.740 but the enemy of Allah was wearing two coats of armor." 00:06:38.740 --> 00:06:41.740 Nusaybah al-Maziniyyah continued, saying: 00:06:41.740 --> 00:06:46.740 "While my son was defending the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:06:46.740 --> 00:06:51.740 one of the polytheists struck him a blow that nearly severed his upper arm, 00:06:51.740 --> 00:06:54.740 and blood began gushing from the deep wound. 00:06:54.740 --> 00:06:57.740 I rushed over to him and dressed his wound, 00:06:57.740 --> 00:07:01.740 saying to him: 'Rise, my son, and fight the enemy!' 00:07:01.740 --> 00:07:06.740 The Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, turned to me and said: 00:07:06.740 --> 00:07:10.740 'Who could endure what you endure, O Umm 'Umarah?' 00:07:10.740 --> 00:07:13.740 Then the man who had struck my son approached, 00:07:13.740 --> 00:07:16.740 and the Messenger, peace be upon him, said: 00:07:16.740 --> 00:07:19.740 'This is the one who struck your son, O Umm 'Umarah!' 00:07:19.740 --> 00:07:21.740 I quickly intercepted his path 00:07:21.740 --> 00:07:24.740 and struck his leg with my sword, 00:07:24.740 --> 00:07:27.740 bringing him crashing down to the ground. 00:07:27.740 --> 00:07:30.740 We then fell upon him, taking turns striking him with swords 00:07:30.740 --> 00:07:34.740 and piercing him with spears until we finished him off. 00:07:34.740 --> 00:07:38.740 The greatest Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, turned to me, 00:07:38.740 --> 00:07:40.740 smiling, and said: 00:07:40.740 --> 00:07:43.740 'You have avenged him, O Umm 'Umarah! 00:07:43.740 --> 00:07:46.740 Praise be to Allah Who granted you victory over him 00:07:46.740 --> 00:07:48.740 and let you witness your vengeance with your own eyes!' " 00:07:48.740 --> 00:07:51.829 Umm 'Umarah's two sons were no less 00:07:51.829 --> 00:07:55.829 brave and selfless than their mother and father, 00:07:55.829 --> 00:07:58.829 nor were they any less devoted in sacrifice and ransom; 00:07:58.829 --> 00:08:01.829 for a son reflects the spirit of his mother and father, 00:08:01.829 --> 00:08:03.829 and is a true image of them both. 00:08:03.829 --> 00:08:06.829 Her son Abdullah narrated, saying: 00:08:06.829 --> 00:08:10.829 "I was present at Uhud with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:08:10.829 --> 00:08:13.829 and when the people scattered from around him, 00:08:13.829 --> 00:08:16.829 my mother and I drew close to him to defend him. 00:08:16.829 --> 00:08:19.829 He said: 'The son of Umm 'Umarah?' 00:08:19.829 --> 00:08:22.829 I replied: 'Yes.' He said: 'Throw!' 00:08:22.829 --> 00:08:25.829 So I threw a stone at a polytheist directly in front of him, 00:08:25.829 --> 00:08:27.829 and the man fell to the ground. 00:08:27.829 --> 00:08:30.829 I kept pelting him with stones 00:08:30.829 --> 00:08:33.830 until I piled a heavy mound upon him, 00:08:33.830 --> 00:08:37.830 while the Prophet, peace be upon him, looked at me and smiled. 00:08:37.830 --> 00:08:40.899 Then he turned 00:08:40.899 --> 00:08:44.899 and saw the wound on my mother's shoulder gushing blood, 00:08:44.899 --> 00:08:47.899 so he said: 'Your mother! Your mother! 00:08:47.899 --> 00:08:51.899 Bind her wound! May Allah bless you, members of this household! 00:08:51.899 --> 00:08:55.899 Your mother's stand is better than the stand of so-and-so and so-and-so. 00:08:55.899 --> 00:08:58.899 May Allah have mercy upon you, members of this household!' 00:08:58.899 --> 00:09:01.899 My mother turned to him and said: 00:09:01.899 --> 00:09:05.899 'Supplicate to Allah for us that we may accompany you in Paradise, O Messenger of Allah!' 00:09:05.899 --> 00:09:10.899 So he said: 'O Allah, make them my companions in Paradise!' 00:09:10.899 --> 00:09:16.899 My mother then said: 'After this, I do not care what befalls me in this worldly life.' " 00:09:16.899 --> 00:09:19.899 Umm 'Umarah then returned from Uhud 00:09:19.899 --> 00:09:21.899 with her deep wound 00:09:21.899 --> 00:09:27.899 and this supplication made for her by the greatest Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:09:27.899 --> 00:09:31.899 The Prophet, peace be upon him, returned from Uhud saying: 00:09:31.899 --> 00:09:35.899 "I did not turn right or left on the Day of Uhud 00:09:35.899 --> 00:09:40.090 without seeing Umm 'Umarah fighting in my defense." 00:09:40.090 --> 00:09:45.090 On the Day of Uhud, Umm 'Umarah grew skilled in combat and mastered it, 00:09:45.090 --> 00:09:48.090 tasting the sweetness of striving in the cause of Allah, 00:09:48.090 --> 00:09:51.090 such that she could no longer stay away from it. 00:09:51.090 --> 00:09:57.090 It was decreed for her to witness most major expeditions with the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; 00:09:57.090 --> 00:10:00.090 she was present with him at al-Hudaybiyyah, Khaybar, 00:10:00.090 --> 00:10:03.090 the Compensatory Umrah, Hunayn, 00:10:03.090 --> 00:10:05.090 and the Pledge of Ridwan. 00:10:05.090 --> 00:10:11.090 Yet all of that pales in comparison to what she did on the Day of al-Yamamah, 00:10:11.090 --> 00:10:15.090 during the era of al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with them both. 00:10:15.090 --> 00:10:19.090 Umm 'Umarah's story with the Day of al-Yamamah begins 00:10:19.090 --> 00:10:23.090 back in the lifetime of the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:10:23.090 --> 00:10:29.090 For the greatest Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had sent her son Habib Ibn Zayd 00:10:29.090 --> 00:10:32.090 with a letter to Musaylamah the Liar. 00:10:32.090 --> 00:10:34.090 Musaylamah betrayed Habib 00:10:34.090 --> 00:10:38.090 and killed him in a horrifying manner that makes the skin crawl. 00:10:38.090 --> 00:10:42.090 Musaylamah bound Habib in chains and said to him: 00:10:42.090 --> 00:10:45.090 "Do you bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?" 00:10:45.090 --> 00:10:47.090 He replied: "Yes." 00:10:47.090 --> 00:10:49.090 Musaylamah then said: 00:10:49.090 --> 00:10:51.090 "Do you bear witness that I am the messenger of Allah?" 00:10:51.090 --> 00:10:54.090 He replied: "I cannot hear what you are saying." 00:10:54.090 --> 00:10:56.090 So he cut off one of his limbs. 00:10:56.090 --> 00:11:00.090 Musaylamah kept repeating the same question to him, 00:11:00.090 --> 00:11:03.090 and he kept giving him the exact same answer, 00:11:03.090 --> 00:11:06.090 neither adding to it nor taking away, 00:11:06.090 --> 00:11:09.090 while with each refusal, a limb was severed from his body, 00:11:09.090 --> 00:11:12.090 until his pure soul departed, 00:11:12.090 --> 00:11:15.090 after enduring torture 00:11:15.090 --> 00:11:18.090 that would make solid rocks tremble. 00:11:18.090 --> 00:11:23.149 The bearer of the tragic news brought word of Habib Ibn Zayd's martyrdom to his mother, Nusaybah al-Maziniyyah, 00:11:23.149 --> 00:11:26.149 and she merely said: 00:11:26.149 --> 00:11:29.149 "For such a stand I prepared him, 00:11:29.149 --> 00:11:31.149 and with Allah I seek his reward. 00:11:31.149 --> 00:11:34.149 He pledged allegiance to the Messenger, peace be upon him, 00:11:34.149 --> 00:11:37.149 on the night of al-Aqabah as a boy, 00:11:37.149 --> 00:11:39.149 and he fulfilled it today as a grown man. 00:11:39.149 --> 00:11:42.149 If Allah grants me power over Musaylamah, 00:11:42.149 --> 00:11:46.149 I will surely make his daughters beat their cheeks in grief over him." 00:11:46.149 --> 00:11:50.149 The day Nusaybah longed for was not long in coming, 00:11:50.149 --> 00:11:53.149 when Abu Bakr's caller made the proclamation in Medina: 00:11:53.149 --> 00:11:57.149 "Rally forth to fight the false claimant to prophethood, the liar Musaylimah!" 00:11:57.149 --> 00:12:01.149 The Muslims hastened their march to confront him, 00:12:01.149 --> 00:12:05.149 and among the army was Umm 'Umarah, that valiant warrior, 00:12:05.149 --> 00:12:08.149 along with her son, 'Abdullah ibn Zayd. 00:12:08.149 --> 00:12:10.149 When the two hosts met 00:12:10.149 --> 00:12:12.149 and the heat of battle raged, 00:12:13.149 --> 00:12:16.149 a group of Muslims lay in wait for Musaylimah, 00:12:16.149 --> 00:12:19.149 foremost among them being Umm 'Umarah, 00:12:19.149 --> 00:12:22.149 who sought vengeance for her martyred son, 00:12:22.149 --> 00:12:24.149 as well as Wahshi ibn Harb, 00:12:24.149 --> 00:12:26.149 the one who had slain Hamzah on the day of Uhud. 00:12:26.149 --> 00:12:30.149 Wahshi wished to slay the worst of men as a believer, 00:12:30.149 --> 00:12:34.149 just as he had slain one of the best of men while a polytheist. 00:12:34.149 --> 00:12:38.149 Umm 'Umarah was unable to reach Musaylimah, 00:12:38.149 --> 00:12:41.149 as her hand was severed in the battle 00:12:41.149 --> 00:12:43.149 and she was severely weighed down by wounds. 00:12:43.149 --> 00:12:45.149 However, Wahshi ibn Harb 00:12:45.149 --> 00:12:47.149 and Abu Dujanah— 00:12:47.149 --> 00:12:50.149 the bearer of the sword of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)— 00:12:50.149 --> 00:12:54.149 reached Musaylimah and struck him together as one. 00:12:54.149 --> 00:12:57.149 Wahshi pierced him with his spear, 00:12:57.149 --> 00:13:00.149 and Abu Dujanah struck him down with his sword, 00:13:00.149 --> 00:13:03.149 so he fell lifeless in the blink of an eye. 00:13:03.149 --> 00:13:06.149 After the Battle of al-Yamamah, Umm 'Umarah returned to Medina 00:13:06.149 --> 00:13:08.149 with only one hand, 00:13:08.149 --> 00:13:10.149 accompanied by her only surviving son. 00:13:10.149 --> 00:13:12.149 As for her other hand, 00:13:12.149 --> 00:13:14.149 she sought its reward with Allah, 00:13:14.149 --> 00:13:17.149 just as she had previously sought the reward for her martyred son. 00:13:17.149 --> 00:13:19.149 And why would she not seek their reward? 00:13:19.149 --> 00:13:22.149 Had she not said to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): 00:13:22.149 --> 00:13:25.149 "Pray to Allah that we may accompany you in Paradise"? 00:13:25.149 --> 00:13:29.149 To which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: 00:13:29.149 --> 00:13:32.149 "O Allah, make them my companions in Paradise." 00:13:32.149 --> 00:13:34.149 Whereupon she said: 00:13:34.149 --> 00:13:38.149 "After that, I do not care what befalls me in this world." 00:13:39.149 --> 00:13:42.149 May Allah be pleased with Umm 'Umarah and grant her contentment, 00:13:42.149 --> 00:13:46.149 for she was a singular exemplar among the believing women, 00:13:46.149 --> 00:13:50.149 and an extraordinary model among the steadfast female warriors. 00:13:55.149 --> 00:13:58.149 "I did not turn to the right or to the left on the day of Uhud 00:13:58.149 --> 00:14:02.409 without seeing Umm 'Umarah fighting to defend me." 00:14:02.409 --> 00:14:06.529 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, 00:14:13.529 --> 00:14:17.529 and can any praise ever do justice to them?