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15 Muslims in. This really jump-started a conclusive fight between the two armies. 13 A Mother’s Revenge In this battle at Yamama, ra also fought with great passion from the start till the very end. She tried to get close to Musaylimah on multiple occasions to fulfil her promise to avenge Hazrat Habeeb ’sra martyrdom, but his army kept com- ing in her way. Meanwhile, Hazrat Khalid Bin Waleed ra was after Musaylimah as well but couldn’t get close to him. Around 1,200 Muslims had already been martyred including known compan- ions of the Holy Prophet saw, Hazrat Zaid Bin Khattaab ra, Hazrat Abu Huzaifah ra, Hazrat Saalim ra, Maula Abu Huzaifa hra and Hazrat Sabit Bin Qais ra. The death toll of the apostates was much higher. Finally, the fight began to swing in favour of the Muslims. When Musaylimah saw his imminent loss, he asked his follow- ers to protect their prestige if they could. When ra heard him, she spotted Musaylimah and launched at him. While making her way through the fighting crowd with the help of her spear, she received eleven injuries. One of her hands got cut off at her wrist. When she reached Musaylimah and aimed her spear at him, two more weapons hit him simultaneously 13. Tadhkaar-e-Sahaabiyyaat by Talib al-Hashmi, ‘Hazrat Umm-e- Ummaarah ra ’ pp. 397–398, Published by Al-Badr Publications, Urdu Bazaar, Lahore.