During the time of Nabi
SAW , the men were eager to join the Jihad of which many stories you
have read. Women also had the same eagerness to sacrifice in the path
of Allah SWT whenever they had a chance. Ummi Ziyad RA says: "In
the battle of Khaibar six of us (women) reached the battle-field.
Nabi SAW, having heard this, sent for us and said with anger, 'Who
allowed you to come over here? Who brought you to this place?' We
said, ’O Nabi of Allah! We know knitting and we have some medicines
with us. We shall help the Mujahidin by supplying them with arrows,
by attending to them when they are sick and by preparing food for
them.’ Nabi SAW allowed us to stay. ”
The women of that time
were blessed with the courage which even the men of our times do not
have. Look at the courage ofthese women who reached the battlefield
on their own and offered to do different jobs in the field. Umme
Sulaim RA joined the battle of Huneyn in the state of pregnancy. She
kept a dagger with her. Nabi SAW asked, "What is this dagger
for, O, Ummi Sulaim?" She replied: "I shall stab the stomach
of any Kafir approaching me.” She had also taken part in the battle
of Uhud, wherein she nursed the wounds of the fighting men. Anas RA
says: "I saw A`ishah RA and Ummi Sulaim RA running back and forth
in the battle-field, carrying water for the injured.
