لطفا منتظر باشید ...
The deep scar on the
shoulder of Nasiba, daughter of Kaab,
spoke of a major wound in the past. Whenever the women, especially of the
younger generation who had not seen the time of the Prophet or were too small
at that time, noticed the cavity in her shoulder, they enquired with extreme
curiosity about the frightening incident, which had resulted in the injury to
her shoulder. They loved to hear her adventures in the battle of Uhud from her own mouth.She had never imagined
that she would fight shoulder to shoulder with her husband and two sons
defending the Prophet in the battle of Uhud. She had
only taken the water-skin on her back so that she could provide water to the
injured and also had taken some home-made bandages to dress their wounds. She
had not thought of herself as worthy of any other work on that day.Although the Muslims
were small in number and had only a limited supply of equipment's, they gave a
grand defeat to the enemy who took to their heels vacating the battlefield. But
soon after, due to the negligence of some men guarding the "Ainain Hills", the enemy made a surprise attack from
the rear, turning the victory of the Muslims into defeat. The Muslims
surrounding the Prophet fled away, leaving him almost alone in the battlefield.When Nasiba saw this precarious situation, she put the
water-skin on the ground, and took a sword in her hand. She fought with the
sword and also made good use of bows and arrows; and took a shield left over by
a fleeing soldier. Once she noticed a man shouting: "Where is Mohammed
himself?" She approached him immediately and inflicted a few blows on him;
but he was double-armored and her attacks had not much effect on him. He then
inflicted such a heavy blow on the shoulder of the armor less woman that it
required treatment for one year. Noticing a stream of blood gushing from her
shoulder, the Prophet called to one of her sons to immediately dress her wound.
He put a bandage over her shoulder and she again got busy in the battle.Meanwhile one of her
sons got injured. She took out a bandage and dressed his wound. The Prophet
watching the scene smiled at the heroism of this woman. After dressing her
son's wound she instructed him to get going for the battle. These words were
still in her mouth when the Prophet pointed out a man to her and told her that
he was the same man who had injured your son. She attacked the man like a
lioness and inflicted her sword on his leg. He fell on the ground. The Prophet
said, "Well, thou hast taken thy revenge. Thanks for God who gave the
victory on him and made thy eyes cool."Many
Muslims were martyred and wounded. She herself was severely wounded and there
was no hope of her life. After the battle of Uhud,
the Prophet ordered the wounded Muslims to persue the
enemy unto Hamra-ul-Asad, to be sure of their
intention and condition. Nasiba also wanted to
accompany them but the deep injuries did not allow her to do so. On returning
from Hamra-ul-Asad, the Prophet before reaching his
house sent someone to enquire about her health and was pleased to learn that
she was alive.
