Rufayda al-Aslamiyya
رفيدة الأسلمية
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.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
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 the Trench (al-Ahzab)
People and things also explored
Ku'ayba bint Sa'dHudhayfa ibn al-YamanZayd ibn ThabitMedinaKhawla bint Tha'labaNusayba bint Ka'b (Umm Umara)Umm Muni' (Asma bint Amr)Umm Waraqa bint Abdullah
Sources
- Nisa' Hawl al-Rasul: Tarajim wa Qisas — al-Maktaba al-Asriyya
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Rufayda al-Aslamiyya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/rufayda-al-aslamiyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.