Asmaa bint abi bakr

Introduction:

this blog is going to talk about one of the most important and effective women in islam. this was Asmaa bint abi bakr. Asmaa was twenty-seven years before al–hijrah. in other words,  she  was about seventeen years old when prophet mohammad received the first revelation. this means that Asmaa was ten years older than her sister, aisha bint abi bakr. 

Asmaa bint abi bakr ‘s contribution in the event of al-hijrah:

In  their online quran classes, students learn that In the first place, Asmaa’s nickname was the female one with the two belts. This was because Asmaa split her waist belt into two halves to hold the food and water to prophet mohammad and her father abu bakr. she would deliver these food supplies to the two fleeing migrants, prophet mohammad and abu bakr, while they were hiding in the cave of Thawr off makkah. Quran students learn that the syrians bullied her son, abdullah ibn al-zubair, when they fought him, saying: “son of the woman with the two belts.” abdullah complained to her about it. Asmaa embraced Islam very early. she sincerely served islam and truly believed in prophet mohammad. 

Asmaa bint abi bakr was a good female Muslim:

she defended her father abu bakr when her grandfather rebuked abu bakr after his migration with prophet mohammad. Students of islamic studies learn that Abu Bakr’s father was not a muslim. The old man said that Abu Bakr must have taken all his money with him to al-madina. The old man was blind. she  told the dissatisfied old man that Abu Bakr left them a lot of money. This was to pacify the angry old man. As a matter of fact, he had taken and accompanied all the money he had during the migration journey, leaving no money to his children in makkah. This was because Abu Bakr put all his trust in allah.

Asmaa bint abi bakr, a good wife and mother:

Al-zubair ibn al-awwam married Asmaa. He was penniless.al-zubair had a horse only. She would feed the horse well. az-zubair was harsh to her. One day, she complained to her father about it. Abu Bakr advised her to be patient. Like her father, Asmaa was a generous wife and muslim woman. Abdullah ibn al-zubair said that the two most generous women had ever seen were Asmaa and Aisha, daughters of Abu bakr. Aisha used to save things so that she could distribute them to the needy. On the other hand, Asmaa would not wait to collect and save things. she would spend first and foremost.

The military jihad of Asmaa bint abi bakr:

Asmaa participated in the battle of al-yarmouk.she did amazingly well during that battle. she kept holding a dagger tied under her arm at the time of the sedition when Omar ibn al-aas ruled makkah. When people asked her about the dagger, she said she held it to defend herself lest a thief broke into her house. Omar allocated one thousand dirhams for Asmaa. She narrated fifty-eight of the prophet’s hadith. bint abi bakr was a revolutionary and a female poet. She was eloquent. She wrote poetry when her husband was killed after the battle of al-jamal. she was extremely generous. when she fell ill, she would free a lot of slaves expressing her gratitude for Allah on the occasion of her recovery.

Determination, courage and self-esteem:

asmmaa’s words to her son, abdullah, show the nobel values mentioned above. abdullah, her son, went to her. she was blind and over one hundred years old. he asked her opinion about his crisis. she advised him not to be  doll at the hands of his enemies. she advised him to live and die dignified. consequently, abdullah fought till he was killed and crucified in makkah. his enemy, al-hajjaj, vowed not to bring him down until his mother had asked for it. the inflicted aging mother proved to be victorious over her ruthless brutal enemy through her virtues.