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the highest. Theywerekilledbecause oftheir lovefor Allah and the Holy Prophet Muhammadsas. Hazrat Sumayyahra, describedas old and frail, had no one to defendher. She had no weapons,and so she was one of the most defenceless of all the martyrs of Islam. Bylayingdownher life,she provedher devo- tion to Islamand becamean inspirationto the early Muslims. Shemadethe ultimatesacrifice by embrac- ing martyrdomin the causeof the Faith. Tahira Riaz originallywrote this book in Urdu, which was pubishedunder the title Hazrat Umme Haraamra bint Milhaan aur Hazrat Sumayyahra bint Khabbaat. While producingthe Englishversion,the two books were separated. Hazrat Umme Haraamra bint Milhaan is under preparationand will be pub- lished upon completion. This English version of Hazrat Sumayyahra the Daughter of Khabbaat is trans- lated by BushraShahid of the EnglishTranslation I Vl