Hazrat Hamna bint Jahsh

Three Losses on a Single Day

On the return from Uhud, Hamna was told first of the martyrdom of her uncle Hamza رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalibرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُThe Prophet's ﷺ uncle; the Lion of Allah and chief of the martyrsAhl al-Bayt · People of Badr · Martyrs — she said “Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un.” Then of her brother Abdullah ibn Jahsh رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Abdullah ibn Jahshرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُCousin of the Prophet ﷺ; an early leader and martyr of UhudMuhajirun · People of Badr · Early Converts — again “Inna lillahi…” Then of the martyrdom of her husband Mus’ab ibn Umayr رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Mus'ab ibn Umayrرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُThe first teacher of Islam in Madinah; standard-bearer and martyr of UhudMuhajirun · People of Badr · Early Converts — and “she burst into tears.” The Prophet ﷺ said: “A woman loves her husband most of all.” 1 History of Islam · Vol 1 · pp. 178 — Najeebabadi — Hamna at Uhud and the Prophet's ﷺ saying.

The Slander of Aisha

Aisha رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Aisha bint Abi Bakrرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاWife of the Prophet ﷺ; the most beloved of his wives and a foremost scholar of the UmmahMothers of the Believers · Narrators herself narrated: “Hamna bint Jahsh was involved because her sister Zaynab bint Jahsh رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Zaynab bint Jahshرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاWife of the Prophet ﷺ given to him by the command of Allah; the most generous of his wivesMothers of the Believers was a wife of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and from all the other wives of his, she was the only one who was of any competition to me. Since Allah protected Zaynab رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Zaynab bint Jahshرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاWife of the Prophet ﷺ given to him by the command of Allah; the most generous of his wivesMothers of the Believers because of her piety, she had only good words to say. On the other hand, Hamna passed around plenty of slander to spite me for the sake of her sister.” 2 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 1 · pp. 563 — Kandhlawi — Aisha's account of Hamna in the slander incident.

When the truth was revealed, the Prophet ﷺ “instructed that Mistah ibn Uthatha, Hassan ibn Thabit رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Hassan ibn Thabitرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُThe poet of the Messenger of Allah ﷺAnsar · Narrators of Hadith and Hamna bint Jahsh be lashed according to the prescribed penalty because of the part they played in spreading the accusation.” 3 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 1 · pp. 565 — Kandhlawi — the prescribed lashing administered to Mistah, Hassan and Hamna.