Hazrat Umme Ummaarah — Page 1
ra Hazrat Nusaibah ra, known as ra, was a renowned female companion of the Holy Prophet saw. This is a tale of a heroic and devoted Muslim woman, whose courage is unmatched in the vast history of Islam. Family Background ra was born in Madinah, around 40 years before hijrah, the migration of the Holy Prophet saw from Makkah to Madinah. 1 She belonged to a respectable family in the Madinah tribe of Khizraj called Najjaar. 2 The Holy Prophet saw was very attached to the Najjaar because his saw great-grandmother (Hazrat Abdul Muttalib ’s mother) belonged to this clan. 3 1. Sahaabiyyaat by Niyaz Fathpoori p. 204 Nafees Academy Press, Karachi, 1967. 2. Sahaabiyyaat by Niyaz Fathpoori p. 204 Nafees Academy Press, Karachi, 1967. 3. Tadhkaar-e-Sahaabiyyaat by Talib al-Hashmi, ‘Hazrat