الرحلةThe Journey

أسماء بنت أبي بكر

Asma' bint Abi Bakr (RA)

Also known as: Asma, Dhat al-Nitaqayn

c. 27 BH – 73 AH · c. 595–692 CE

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'She of the two belts', who carried food to the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr in the cave.

Asma' was the elder daughter of Abu Bakr and one of the early Muslims. During the Hijrah, when the Prophet ﷺ and her father hid in the Cave of Thawr, she carried food and water to them. She tore her waistband in two to tie the provisions, and the Prophet ﷺ called her Dhat al-Nitaqayn, 'she of the two belts'.

She married al-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam, and her son 'Abd Allah was the first child born to the Muhajirun in Madinah. She lived to about one hundred, keeping her sharp mind, and died in Makkah soon after her son was killed in 73 AH.

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Life journey

  1. c. 595 CE Makkah مكة
  2. 622 CE Madinah المدينة
  3. 683 CE Makkah مكة
    Died 692 CE · 73 AH
    Lived in Makkah in her last years, where her son 'Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ruled. The year she moved is approximate.

Places in their life

The Ka'bah in al-Masjid al-Haram, Makkah
The Ka'bah in al-Masjid al-Haram, Makkah
Photo: Adli Wahid (minor modifications by Basile Morin), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the Prophet's Mosque, Madinah
al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the Prophet's Mosque, Madinah
Photo: TheHadiRahim, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

  • Sahih al-Bukhari (Book of the Virtues of the Ansar, the Hijrah)
  • Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabaqat al-Kubra
  • Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani, al-Isaba fi Tamyiz al-Sahaba
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.
Birth year approximate (27 years before the Hijrah).