Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri and Abu Huraira

Asma is a name borne by several female Companions and early Muslim women. The most notable is Asma bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with her), the elder daughter of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and elder sister of Aisha. She earned the celebrated title Dhat al-Nitaqayn (She of the Two Belts) because she tore her belt in two to tie up the provisions she carried to the Prophet ﷺ and her father during their concealment in the Cave of Thawr at the outset of the Hijra. Another prominent Asma is Asma bint Yazid al-Ansariyyah, a female Companion who narrated from the Prophet ﷺ on matters pertaining to women's religious practice. Without further context to identify which Asma is intended, this entry likely refers primarily to Asma bint Abi Bakr, who narrated approximately fifty-eight hadiths from the Prophet ﷺ and participated in the founding events of the Muslim community. She witnessed the early years of Islam in Mecca, the Hijra, the major events of Medina, and outlived most of her contemporaries. She passed away at nearly one hundred years of age shortly after the death of her son Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr in 73 AH.