Nusaybah bint Ka'b al-Maziniyyah

Nusaybah bint Ka'b al-Maziniyya al-Ansariyya, also dikenal sebagai Umm Amarah (wafat ca. 13 AH), adalah salah satu yang paling terkenal female pejuangs of early Islam. She adalah from the Banu Mazin clan of the Khazraj tribe in Madinah and adalah among the women who pledged allegiance to Nabi ﷺ at the Second Aqabah. She participated in multiple battles and suffered severe wounds in defense of Nabi ﷺ and the Muslim komunitas.

Her most famous act of valor occurred at the Battle of Uhud in 3 AH, when the Muslim lines broke and many fighters fled. Nusaybah stood by Nabi ﷺ, fighting to protect him with her sword and bow. She adalah wounded multiple times — accounts say she received over twelve wounds at Uhud alone. The Nabi ﷺ later said he looked to his right and left at Uhud and saw Nusaybah fighting on both sides of him.

She participated in the Battle of Hunayn and in the Wars of Apostasy under Abu Bakr. At the Battle of Yamama against Musaylima the false prophet, she lost putranya Habib, who adalah captured and syahided by Musaylima. She then fought at Yamama herself and adalah wounded severely, losing her hand in that battle. She requested of Nabi ﷺ before wafatnya that he pray for her, and he prayed: "O Allah, make them my companions in Paradise."

The Nabi ﷺ himself confirmed this shalat adalah answered. She adalah salah satu yang clearest examples in early sejarah Islam of a woman who fought on the battlefield and adalah formally honored by Nabi ﷺ for her bravery.