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Asma bint Abi Bakr

أسماء بنت أبي بكر

The daughter of Abu Bakr, called 'she of the two belts' for her help on the night of the Hijra.

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Known as
Dhat an-Nitaqayn

Life

She was the daughter of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq and the older sister of 'A'isha. When the Prophet ﷺ and her father set out on the Hijra, she prepared their food and, finding nothing to tie it with, tore her waistband in two; so she was called Dhat an-Nitaqayn, 'she of the two belts'.

She was married to az-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam, emigrated to Madinah while carrying their son 'Abdullah, and was present at Yarmuk with her husband. Al-Dhahabi reports that she lived past a hundred years.

Evidence

Sahih

Sahih al-Bukhari 2979

Grades
GraderVerdict
al-BukhariSahih (included by al-Bukhari in his Sahih) (Sahih)
Full narration

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي وَ، حَدَّثَتْنِي أَيْضًا، فَاطِمَةُ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ صَنَعْتُ سُفْرَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي بَيْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حِينَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُهَاجِرَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، قَالَتْ فَلَمْ نَجِدْ لِسُفْرَتِهِ وَلاَ لِسِقَائِهِ مَا نَرْبِطُهُمَا بِهِ، فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَاللَّهِ مَا أَجِدُ شَيْئًا أَرْبِطُ بِهِ إِلاَّ نِطَاقِي‏.‏ قَالَ فَشُقِّيهِ بِاثْنَيْنِ، فَارْبِطِيهِ بِوَاحِدٍ السِّقَاءَ وَبِالآخَرِ السُّفْرَةَ‏.‏ فَفَعَلْتُ، فَلِذَلِكَ سُمِّيَتْ ذَاتَ النِّطَاقَيْنِ‏.‏

Narrated Asma:I prepared the journey-food for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in Abu Bakr's house when he intended to emigrate to Medina. I could not find anything to tie the food-container and the water skin with. So, I said to Abu Bakr, "By Allah, I do not find anything to tie (these things) with except my waist belt." He said, "Cut it into two pieces and tie the water-skin with one piece and the food-container with the other (The subnarrator added, "She did accordingly and that was the reason for calling her Dhatun-Nitaqain (i.e. two-belted woman)

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