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Asma' bint Abi Bakr (Dhat al-Nitaqayn) (RA)

أسماء بنت أبي بكر

d. 73 AH (aged about 100)

Daughter of Abu Bakr, called 'she of the two waistbands' for carrying provisions to the Prophet ﷺ and her father during the Hijra. Wife of al-Zubayr and mother of Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr.

Biography

Asma' tore her waistband in two to tie the food for the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr when they hid in the cave of Thawr, earning the name Dhat al-Nitaqayn (Sahih Bukhari). She married al-Zubayr and gave birth to Abdullah in Quba', the first child born to the emigrants in Madinah (Sahih Bukhari).

She lived to see her son killed by al-Hajjaj in 73 AH and confronted al-Hajjaj with the prophetic warning about a liar and a destroyer from Thaqif (Sahih Muslim). She died shortly after.

Sources & explanation

۞ Qur'an

No specific verses cited for this node.

📜 Hadith verified on sunnah.com

  • Sahih al-Bukhari 3907 Sahih

    During the Hijrah Asma' tore her waist-belt in two to tie the provisions and was called Dhat al-Nitaqayn.

  • Sahih Muslim 2545 Sahih

    After the killing of 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, Asma' confronted al-Hajjaj with the hadith that from Thaqif would come a great liar and a destroyer; she said the liar had been seen (commentators identify him as al-Mukhtar) and the destroyer was al-Hajjaj.

  • Sahih al-Bukhari 3909 Sahih

    Asma' gave birth to 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr in Quba' after the Hijrah; the Prophet ﷺ did his tahnik — the first child born to the Muslims after the Hijrah.

💬 Explanation Unverified

Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's perspective

Methodological note (not a direct quote): Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's widely known approach is to build narratives primarily on the Quran and Sahih Hadith, to set aside Israiliyat (Judeo-Christian lore absorbed into later tafsir) and weak or fabricated narrations, and to avoid sectarian framing. Applied to this node: Sahih Bukhari and Muslim reports.

Further references

  • Sahih Bukhari (two waistbands)
  • Sahih Muslim (Asma' and al-Hajjaj)

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