Nusayba bint Ka'b (Umm Umara)
نسيبة بنت كعب
c. 590 CE
An Ansari woman of Medina who pledged at Aqaba and fought at Uhud shielding the Prophet with sword and shield — the tradition's most famous woman warrior of the first generation.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Tradition
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
WomenBattlesWars and campaigns
Place in the story
- Convert to Islam · 621 CETradition
- Companion · 621 CETradition
- ProtectortowardMuhammad · March 625 CE · Ramadan 3 AH† – March 625 CE · Ramadan 3 AH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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Connections
- Born in
- Medina
- Member of
- Banu KhazrajThe Ansar
- Participated in
- The Pledges of AqabaThe Battle of UhudBattle of YamamaDefense of the Prophet at Uhud
People and things also explored
MuhammadMedinaAbdullah ibn Amr ibn HaramMus'ab ibn UmayrThe Battle of UhudThe AnsarAbu Dujanaal-Abbas ibn Ubada
Sources
- Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir (Bewley translation, Ta-Ha)
- Ibn Ishaq / Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad (1955)
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islam.museum contributors. “Nusayba bint Ka'b (Umm Umara)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/nusayba-bint-kab/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.