THE WARRIOR
UMM 'IMΔRAH NUSAYBAH BINT KA'B BIN 'AMR BIN 'AWF BIN MABDHΕͺL
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 ο·Ί said,
"I did not look to my right or to my left except that I saw Umm 'ImΔrah fighting beside me." *
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* Al-IsΔbah 4/457
Book: The Illustrious Women of IslΔm From The First Generation
Taken from: Siyar A'lam an-NubalΔ' by ImΔm adh-DhahabΔ« & Al-IsΔbah fi TamyΔ«z as-SahΔbah by Ibn Hajar al-'AsqalΔnΔ«
Translated by Rasheed Barbee
Authentic Statements Publications
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