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Life of the Companions of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessing be upon him
Umm Waraqa
may Allah be pleased with her
Who she was:
She was the daughter of Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn Uwaimir ibn Nawfal. She was from the helpers.
The Prophet called her the martyr, she hoped for her death in the cause of Allah. Therefore, at the battle of Badr, she asked the Prophet's permission to join the Muslaim army in order to treat the wounded or she might win the martyrdom. The Prophrt said to her:"Allah would grant you martyrdom, stay home you are a martyr."
She memorized the Qur`an by heart. The Prophet, therefore, allowed her to lead her household (of women) in prayer.
She kept doing the rites of Islam until she was murdered at the hands of two slaves: male and female. These two slaves killed her because their freedom was conditional on her death. In the morning, Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "by Allah, I did not hear the recitation of aunt Umm Waraqa last night." Accordingly he checked her home and found that she had died. He said" the Messenger of Allah was truthful when he used to say," let us go to visit the martyr".
Umar ordered the killers to be brought before him. They confessed their crime. Thus, he sentenced them to be crucified. They were the first people to be crucified in Madina, may Allah have mercy on Umm Waraqa who won the martyrdom, which she had asked before.
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