Biography of the UMM WARAQAH bint 'Abdillah bin al-Harith

was nicknamed "the Martyr" by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while she was alive.

She is also called Umm Waraqah bint Nawfal as an ascription to her great-great-grandfather.

Umm Waraqah said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ:

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ائْذَنْ لِي فِي الْغَزْوِ مَعَكَ أُمَرِّضُ مَرْضَاكُمْ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَرْزُقَنِي شَهَادَةً.

O Messenger of Allah, permit me to attend the battle (of Badr) with you so I may nurse you when you're sick, and perchance Allah will bestow martyrdom upon me. 

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her:

قري فِي بَيْتِكِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَرْزُقُكِ الشَّهَادَةَ .

Remain in your home, for surely, Allah the Exalted will bestow martyrdom upon you. 

The narrator of the hadith, 'Abdur-Rahman bin Khallad, said that,

from that day forth, she was known as

"the Martyr."

She used to recite the Qur'an in her home.

She sought permission from the Prophet ﷺ to have a mu'adh'dhin in her house.

Thus, he permitted her to do so.

She announced that her slave and slave-girl would be free after her death.

One night, they went to her and strangled her with a sheet of cloth until she died, and they ran away.

The next day, 'Umar announced to the people that anyone who has knowledge about them or has seen them should bring them to him.

After their arrest, 'Umar ordered that they be crucified.

This was the first crucifixion in Madinah.

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