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Jihad of women
While Jihad (or Qital) is
generally waged by men, there is clear evidence of
women's participation in Jihad - both during the times of the
Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him), and throughout Islamic history,
up until this
day. While all the examples are too numerous to include in this
short
section, a few examples are briefly mentioned below:
Nusayba bint Ka'b, also known as Umm 'Ammarah, mother of
Shuhadaa, and wife
of a brave Sahabi, she participated in physical fighting more
than once in
her lifetime, got severely injured in one instance (Uhud), and
lost an arm in
another (battle against Musaylama Kaddhab). The most famous of
her
participation is that of the battle of Uhud, where, in the
midst of the
confusion among the Muslim army, she was amongst those very few
who were
close to the Prophet (peace be upon him), and who were
shielding the Prophet
(peace be upon him) with their own bodies. The Prophet (peace
be upon him)
remarked after this battle: "When I looked to my right I saw
Umm Ammarah, and
when I looked to my left, I saw Umm Ammarah". After the battle,
the Prophet
(peace be upon him) inquired about her injuries and asked her
what she
desired. She replied that she wanted the company of the Prophet
(peace be
upon him) in Paradise - and her request was accepted by the
Prophet (peace be
upon him). What more can anyone desire? She attained the
greatest of
blessings through her participation in Qital (fighting in the
path of Allah).
And then we have the wife of the great Muslim hero Mahmud Qutus,
who was a
trained Mujahidah (female of 'Mujahid' - fighter for the sake
of Allah), and
was martyred while fighting against the barbaric Mongol army.
Allah , The
Most High, bestowed a magnificent victory to the Muslims
against the Tatars
(Mongols) in that battle through the sacrifices of such great
women among
many others.
And coming to this very day and age, we have our beloved
sister, Shaheedah
Hawaa' Barayev, who was martyred recently in Chechnya during a
solo Martyrdom
Operation in which 27 Russians were killed and numerous others
injured.
It should be noted that physical fighting has been a role
assigned primarily
to men, both by the Prophet (peace be upon him) and those after
him. However,
when the need arose, our brave sisters never held back from
fighting, and
neither should they now!
A note for sisters wanting to participate in fighting these
days:
By the Grace of Allah, The Most High, the situation in the
Ummah is not that
desperate yet, that sisters are called to fight. Those sisters
who
voluntarily want to join the fighting for reward from Allah,
are advised to
not go unless the leader of Jihad in that place calls sisters
to fight. As
for other help, they can go if the Mujahideen are able to
accommodate and
protect them. However, sisters should definitely be prepared!
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