Battle of Khaybar — the women who accompanied the army

غزوة خيبر — مرافقة النساء مع الجيش

At Khaybar Waqidi lists twenty women who went out with the army, led by Umm Salama, Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib (may God be pleased with her) (the Prophet ﷺ's aunt) and Umm Ayman his freedwoman, among them Asma' bint Umays the wife of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib and Umm 'Umara Nusayba bint Ka'b. The same chapter reports Asma' bint Umays's martyrdom and Safiyya's and Ali's role in taking Khaybar.

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«خرج مع رسول الله من المدينة عشرون امرأة: أم سلمة زوجته، وصفية بنت عبد المطلب، وأم أيمن»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

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Mentions: Umm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)· Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib· Umm Ayman (Baraka bint Tha'laba)· Asma' bint Umays· Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Nusayba bint Ka'b (Umm Umara)· Muhammad· Khaybar· The Conquest of Khaybar

People and things also explored

Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· The Companions· Mecca· Medina· The Battle of Uhud· Al-Buyut al-Amina (Safe Homes)· The first migration to Abyssinia· The Incident of the Poisoned Sheep at Khaybar

Sources

Kitab al-Maghazi by al-Waqidi — al-Maktaba al-Shamila digital text of the Marsden Jones edition (Oxford 1966)

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Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib

After Hudaybiyya, the Prophet sent Amr ibn Umayya al-Damri to the Negus, who transported the remaining Muslim emigrants in two ships to the Prophet at Khaybar after the conquest. The Prophet received Ja'far with a kiss between the eyes, saying 'I do not know which gives me greater joy — the opening of Khaybar or the arrival of Ja'far.' Sixteen men came on the two ships; thirty-four others came later or died in Abyssinia; sixteen women emigrated in all, counting those who came back and those who died there, apart from daughters born there.