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Ku'ayba bint Sa'd

كعيبة بنت سعد الأسلمية

Medina

An Aslami Companion among the women nurses who tended the wounded Muslims after the Battle of Uhud; she treated a man struck by an arrow in the arm until he recovered.

Depth

At a glance

Roles
Companion
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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In space

Medina

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WomenMedicine

Place in the story

  • CompanionTradition

Sunni (transmitted)

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

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Connections

Lived in
Medina
Member of
AslamThe Ansar
Participated in
The Battle of Uhud

People and things also explored

Rufayda al-AslamiyyaNusayba bint Ka'b (Umm Umara)Rafi' ibn KhadijMedinaAisha bint Abi BakrKhawla bint Tha'labaUmm Ayman (Baraka bint Tha'laba)Umm Muni' (Asma bint Amr)

Sources

  • Nisa' Hawl al-Rasul: Tarajim wa Qisas — al-Maktaba al-Asriyya
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islam.museum contributors. “Ku'ayba bint Sa'd”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/kuayba-bint-sad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.

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People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story.
Related

Rufayda al-Aslamiyya

An Ansari Companion of Banu Aslam remembered for her medical tent pitched in the Prophet's mosque; the wounded Sa'd ibn Mu'adh was placed under her care after he was struck by an arrow at the Battle of the Trench, and she nursed the sick and injured from her own means.