Hazrat Umme Ummaarah — Page 10
10 Abdullah ra and wounded his left arm. ra immediately put a bandage around her son’s wound and said, “Son! Go fight till your last breath!” When the Holy Prophet saw saw her sacrifice, he said: مَن ْ یطیق مَا یطیقین یَا اُم ِّ عمارہ! O Umme Ummaarah ra! No one has the strength you possess! That very instant, the non-believer returned and attacked them again. The Holy Prophet saw warned her, “Beware Umme Ummaarah ! He is the same person who wounded Abdullah earlier!” ra launched her sword at the attacker with such vengeance, she cut him into two pieces. ra narrates, “The Holy Prophet saw laughed at this so much his teeth were visible and he said, ‘O Umme Ummaarah ! You took revenge from him after all!’ ” At that moment, an insolent man threw a stone at the Holy Prophet saw and broke two of his teeth. A non-believer named Ibn- e-Qami’ah then threw some more stones at the Holy Prophet saw which caused some pieces of his armour to pierce into his cheek. Muslim soldiers immediately transferred their attention to the wounded Prophet saw. Ibn-e-Qami’ah launched on his horse again and swung his sword at the Holy Prophet saw. ra was standing nearby so she took this attack on her shield and attacked Ibn-e-Qami’ah back. Since he was wearing double armour, her sword couldn’t wound him and it fell on the ground. Ibn-e-Qami’ah attacked her back and deeply wounded