Nusaybah bint Ka'ab (; also ''ʾUmm ʿAmmarah'', ''Umm Umara''Ghadanfar, Mahmood Ahmad. "Great Women of Islam", Riyadh. 2001.pp. 207-215), was one of the early women to convert to

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as Sahaba or companions) of

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, and a warrior who participated in the battles of Uhud, Hunain, and

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A member of the Banu Najjar tribe living in

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, Nusaybah was the sister of Abdullah bin Ka'ab, and the mother of Abdullah and Habib ibn Zayd al-Ansari. When 74 leaders, warriors, and statesmen of Medina descended on al-Aqabah to swear an oath of allegiance to

following the teaching of the new religion by

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in the city, Nusaybah and Umm Munee Asma bint ʿAmr bin 'Adi were the only two women to personally pledge directly to the Islamic prophet

. The latter's husband, Ghazyah bin ʿAmr, informed Muhammad that the women also wanted to give them their '' bayah'' in person, and he agreed. She returned to Medina and began teaching Islam to the women of the city. This bayah or pledge was in fact handing over power to Muhammad over the city, by its key figures. Her most prominent role came in the

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, where she defended the prophet. She also participated in the

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and the

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. Her two sons, both later martyrs in battle, were from her first marriage to Zaid bin ʿAsim Mazni. She later married bin ʿAmr, and had another son Tameem and a daughter Khawlah.

Nusaybah vs Naseebah

Although often referenced in some modern contexts as Nusaybah, the more accurate name attributed to this historical figure is Naseebah. In the book ''Explaining the Harakat of the hard names of narrators, their ancestry, and kunyas'' () by the classic scholar of hadith Ibn Nasir Al-Din Al-Dimashqi
ابن ناصر الدين
he mentions the name of Umm 'Ammarah as spelt نَسِيبة بنت كعب (Naseebah bint Kaab) with the name Nusaybah attributed instead to Nusaybah Bint al-Harith (also ''Umm ʾAtiyyah'')

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Noble Women Around The Messenger - Nasibah bint Ka'b (Umm 'Imarah)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nusaybah Bint Kab Al Maziniyyah Women companions of the Prophet Year of death missing Converts to Islam Women in medieval warfare Year of birth unknown Women in war in West Asia

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Nusaybah vs Naseebah

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