Companions · Dhat an-Nitaqayn, She of the Two Belts
أسماء بنت أبي بكر
Asma bint Abi Bakr
Fed the Hijrah from her own waistband, and taught her son to die free.
The account
When the two men hid in Thawr, the supply line was a young pregnant woman climbing a mountain by night. Lacking a rope for the provisions, she tore her waistband in two, and the Prophet ﷺ named her forever Dhat an-Nitaqayn, She of the Two Belts. She faced Abu Jahl's slap without surrendering the route, raised her son Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr, the first child born to the muhajirin in Madinah, and, nearly a century old and blind, delivered the Seerah's fiercest last counsel when he feared mutilation after death: "Does the flayed sheep feel the skinning? A clean death by the sword." Daughter of as-Siddiq, sister of Aisha, the household that carried the Hijrah on its back.
The facts
- HijrahThe supply line
- NameDhat an-Nitaqayn
- SonFirst muhajir child
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- Zubayr ibn al-AwwamThe Disciple · Ten promised Paradiseالزبير بن العوام
- Abu Bakr as-SiddiqAs-Siddiq · First caliph · Companion of the caveأبو بكر الصديق
- Aisha bint Abi BakrUmm al-Mu'minin · Jurist of the ummahعائشة بنت أبي بكر
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