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Life of the Companions of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessing be upon him
Al-Khansa
may Allah be pleased with her
Who she was:
She was Tamadur bint Amr ibn al-Harith ibn ash-Sharid.
She was a famous poet when her brother, Sakhr, died, she composed poetic masterpieces that made her the greatest poet in the field of lamentation. Afterwards she came to the Messenger of Allah with her tribe to embrace Islam.Having entered Islam, she led a different life of honor, patience and gratitude. Islam changed the course of her life.
In addition to her great poems, she had great heroic attitudes. In the battle of Al-Qadisiyya, she accompanied the army with her four children. Before rushing into war she commended them saying, "O sons, you optionally entered Islam so did you migrate. You are all my sons. I never betrayed your father nor did I stain your lineage or forged your ancestry. You know that Allah prepared for Muslims of great reward when fighting against atheists. You have know that the immortal life is better than the perishable. Allah the Almighty said. "O ye who believe! Persevere in patience and constancy; vie in such perseverance; strengthen each other; and fear God; that ye may prosper."(Al-Imran:200)
In the morning, you have to equip yourselves enough. Throw yourselves in the midst of the war and do not scared so as you may gain the honor of martyrdom. Enraged with courage and enthusiasm, Al-Khansa`s sons waded into war until they died in the battlefield. Being informed of their death, Al- Khansa` said, "praise be to Allah who honored me with their martyrdom. I pray to Allah to let me accompany them in the Last Day". She(may allah be pleased with her) did not lament them as she did before when her brother, Sakhr died. She kept patient and sought Allah's reward. She died in the era of Uthman ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him, twenty four years after Hijra. May Allah have mercy on her.
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