THE WARRIOR



THE WARRIOR

UMM 'IMĀRAH NUSAYBAH BINT KA'B BIN 'AMR BIN 'AWF BIN MABDHŪL

She would hold her garment up by the middle as she fought, such that she suffered 12 significant injuries during the Battle of Uhud. She fought Ibn Qami'ah and he stabbed her in her shoulder, causing her a severe injury which she treated for a year. The Prophet ﷺ said,

"I did not look to my right or to my left except that I saw Umm 'Imārah fighting beside me." *
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* Al-Isābah 4/457


Book: The Illustrious Women of Islām From The First Generation 
Taken from: Siyar A'lam an-Nubalā' by Imām adh-Dhahabī & Al-Isābah fi Tamyīz as-Sahābah by Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalānī
Translated by Rasheed Barbee 
Authentic Statements Publications 
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