ʿĀtika bint Khālid al-Khuzāʿīyya () nicknamed Umm Maʿbad () is a woman who lived during the time of the Islamic prophet,

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mon ...

. She was from the tribe Khuza'ah. She is noted for providing a physical description of him. According to a book written by Ghulam Shabbir, she is also known for a miraculous event narrated in some Islamic sources. It was 622CE when prophet Muhammad set out for his migration to

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(an oasis 300 miles north of Makkah). During the migration the prophet Muhammad came to halt near the tent of Umm Ma'bad; she was a very old lady. Abu Bakr, the prophet's companion, wanted to get milk from a goat, and found out that the goat could not even give a drop of milk. Prophet Muhammad is reported to have stroked one of the goat's udders, whereupon the goat gave copious amount of milk from which the migrating party and Umm Ma'bad refreshed themselves. She and her husband then went to Medina with her brother, Khunays (or Hubaysh) ibn Khalid, and embraced Islam. Her brother was martyred on the

Conquest of Mecca The Conquest of Mecca ( ar, فتح مكة , translit=Fatḥ Makkah) was the capture of the town of Mecca by Muslims led by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in December 629 or January 630 AD ( Julian), 10–20 Ramadan, 8 AH. The conquest marked ...

External links

Umm Ma'bad, 'Atika bint Khalid - Ideal Muslimah

“A Man of Evident Splendor” – Description of The Prophet

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