Umm Sa'eed bint Sa'd ibn Rabee' narrated that she visited Umm 'Ammarah and asked her participation in the battle of Uhud and she replied, "I went out in the forenoon with a water vessel in my hand. I came to the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم while he was with his Companions and the Muslims were winning the war. But when the Muslims were later defeated I moved to the side of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم. I engaged in fighting and started protecting the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم with the sword while at the same time, shooting arrows until I was wounded." Umm Sa'eed said, "And I saw a deep and hollow injury in her shoulder. "
Umm 'Ammarah's stand on the day of Uhud was well-known to earlier and latter generations. The people narrate to one another this stand with pride, pity and love. Umm 'Ammarah went to the battle of Uhud not to fight. She rather went there in order to give water to the thirsty. Perhaps, she also went there to take care of the injured. She did not carry any sword, bow or arrow. Then, the unexpected happened! The archers disobeyed the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم by abandoning the position he commanded them to man wanting to collect booties. The tide then turned against the Muslims in favour of the Quraysh and many elder Companions were martyred. The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم escaped on to the top of the Mountain of Uhud and no one remains with him but a few Companions defending him with their bodies and souls; his molar teeth was broken and he was injured in the face and his pure blood was shed.
It was then that Umm 'Ammarah dropped her vessel of water and the zeal of her faith was swirled up, boiling like a cooking kettle in her feminine nature. She snatched a sword from one of the escaping fighters and a bow and an arrow from another. She stood firm defending the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم and he saw her around
him in this great stance of hers and her glorious defence for him. He also saw the enemy of Allah, Ibn Qami'ah moving closer to her. So he called upon her son to protect her.
Umm 'Ammarah felt this call, not only with her ears, but with her entire being and feelings. She also felt it with all her senses and from within love of Eeman that flourished in her heart. She then said, "0' Messenger of Allah, invoke Allah to make us your Companions in Paradise!"
That was the goal she was aspiring for in this world and the Hereafter!
She was not concerned with the safety of her body and life, neither was she concerned about wealth or fame or any of the things of this world. She only wanted to be among the dwellers of Paradise and to be in the company of the Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم!
Such is the reality of faith, purity of certainty and wholesomeness of Islam. We are saying this, as an admonition, to ourselves, to our families and to all those who work in the field of Islamic propagation and resurgence.
The supplication of the Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم actualised on the entire household of Umm 'Ammarah. Her sons, 'Abdullah and Habeeb were martyred in the way of Allah. Allah's enemy, Ibn Qami'ah was able to overcome Umm 'Ammarah. He hit her neck with sword and made her suffer a deep wound that she continued to nurse for the rest of her life until she died and met the pleasure of Allah.
'Umar ibn al-Khattab narrates to us from the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و سلم his noble saying, "Whenever I turned left or right on the day of the battle of Uhud, I always saw her (Umm 'Ammirah) fighting in my defence."
Source: Women Around the Messenger (صلى الله عليه و سلم ) by Muhamad 'Ali Qutb
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