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Asma bint Abi Bakr, may Allah be pleased with her, was the daughter of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, the first caliph, and the elder sister of Aisha, the Prophet's wife. She earned the epithet Dhat al-Nitaqayn (She of the Two Waistbands) for her role during the Hijra: when the Prophet ﷺ and her father were about to set out for Medina from the cave of Thawr, she cut her own waistband in two to use as rope for tying their provisions and water skins — an act celebrated as a symbol of sacrifice and loyalty to the Prophet. She was among the earliest Muslims and emigrated to Medina while pregnant. She narrated numerous hadiths from the Prophet ﷺ on acts of worship, charity, the Day of Judgment, and events from the early Islamic period. She was also a primary transmitter of reports about the Hijra journey and her father's sacrifices. She lived to nearly one hundred years of age, dying in Mecca around 73 AH — shortly after the death of her son Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr. Her narrations appear in Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and all four Sunan collections.
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