أُمُّ عُمَارَة
رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا
Umm Ammarah
Ansariyyah · At Aqabah · Fought at Uhud
may Allah be pleased with her
Khazraj — Banu an-Najjar, of Madinah · Madinah, from before the Hijrah
One of two women who gave the pledge at Aqabah. At Uhud she stood and fought when the line broke, and took wounds doing it. She was still going out with the army long after.
Known for
She was one of two women who gave the pledge at Aqabah
She fought at Uhud when the line broke
She had come out to carry water. When the army scattered she stayed near the Prophet ﷺ and fought, and was wounded.
She carried the wounds of that day afterwards
She went out again at Yamamah, years later, and lost a hand
Story
Her story in moments
Short episodes from her life, in order. Read one at a time.
In full
Life & legacy
Madinah
Nusaybah bint Ka'b, known as Umm Ammarah, was of Banu an-Najjar in Madinah. She was present at the second pledge at Aqabah, one of two women among the men who gave it, before the Hijrah.
She went out with the army at Uhud, as women did, to carry water and tend the wounded. What happened there is set out in the moment below.
Later
She continued to go out with the army in the years that followed, and was present at Hudaybiyyah and at Khaybar.
Long after the Prophet ﷺ had died, in the campaigns of Abu Bakr's caliphate, she went out at Yamamah — where her son was killed and she lost a hand.
The sources do not settle the year of her death.
How the sources describe her
She stayed where almost everyone else had gone
Being wounded once did not stop her going out again
Connect
People around her
Alongside
- The Prophet Muhammad ﷺCompanion
She gave the pledge at Aqabah and fought in his defence at Uhud.
Among the small number who stayed around the Prophet ﷺ at Uhud after the line broke. Both were wounded there.
Full timeline
- Shortly before the Hijrah
Gives the pledge at Aqabah
- 3 AH
Fights at Uhud and is wounded
- Around 12 AH approximate
Goes out at Yamamah and loses a hand
Part of
Sources & review
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As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyahالسيرة النبوية
Classical biography · Ibn Hisham, from the recension of Ibn Ishaq
Kitab at-Tabaqat al-Kabirالطبقات الكبرى
Classical biography · Ibn Sa'd
Al-Isabah fi Tamyiz as-Sahabahالإصابة في تمييز الصحابة
Classical biography · Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani
Siyar A'lam an-Nubalaسير أعلام النبلاء
Classical biography · Shams ad-Din adh-Dhahabi
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