Asmāʾ bt. Abī Bakr

by Afsaruddin, Asma

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Asmāʾ bt. Abī Bakr (d. 73/693) was the daughter of the first caliph Abū Bakr b. Abī Quḥāfa and his wife Qutayla bt. ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā, and the elder half-sister of ʿĀʾisha bt. Abī Bakr (d. 58/678), the wife of the Prophet. Asmāʾ accepted Islam early on, in Mecca and personally gave her allegiance to the prophet Muḥammad. She earned her famous sobriquet Dhāt al-niṭāqayn (“She of the Two Sashes”) during the hijra , when the Prophet and Abū Bakr hid in a cave while being pursued

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Asmāʾ bt. Abī Bakr (d. 73/693) was the daughter of the first caliph Abū Bakr b. Abī Quḥāfa and his wife Qutayla bt. ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā, and the elder half-sister of ʿĀʾisha bt. Abī Bakr (d. 58/678), the wife of the Prophet. Asmāʾ accepted Islam early on, in Mecca and personally gave her allegiance to the prophet Muḥammad. She earned her famous sobriquet Dhāt al-niṭāqayn (“She of the Two Sashes”) during the hijra , when the Prophet and Abū Bakr hid in a cave while being pursued

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei1141

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eng Islam

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Afsaruddin, Asma

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