نسيبة بنت كعب (أم عمارة)(may Allah be pleased with her)Died c. AH / 634 CE
- Tribe
- Ansar (Khazraj, Banu al-Najjar)
- Accepted Islam
- At the second pledge of ʿAqabah — one of two women present
Biography
Nusaybah was one of the two women who gave the second pledge at ʿAqabah. At Uhud she brought water to the wounded, then fought to defend the Prophet ﷺ when the line broke, receiving many wounds, as reported in the seerah literature.
She was also present at Hudaybiyyah and later fought at al-Yamamah, where she lost a hand. Her date of death is not known with certainty.
Virtues
Their virtues are recorded in the seerah literature; no hadith number is listed here until it is verified.
Prepared from standard seerah and biographical sources; pending scholar review.