Khawla bint Al Azwar: The Woman who fought like Khalid bin Walid

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Maḥmūd Shākir (1980). al-Khulafāʼ al-Rāshidūn (Islamic Empire -- History -- 622-661) (in Arabic). al-Maktab al-Islāmī. p.162 . Retrieved 20 January 2022. ... الجيش إذ كانت الخيول تنفر منها الأمر الذي جعل الصحابة يوجهون اهتمامهم اليها حتى قتلوها مع من عليها، وقد أبلى جرير بن عبد الله البجلي، والقعقاع بن عمرو، وطليحة الأسدي، وعمرو بن معد يكرب، وخالد بن عرفطة، وضرار بن الخطاب بلاء كبيراً، إذ كانوا يقلعون عيون الفيلة فتشرد بمن عليها ثم تقتل ويقتل أصحابها، فلما كان الزوال من ذلك الذي عرف بالقادسية وهو الاثنين الرابع عشر من شهر محرم من السنة الرابعة عشرة هبت ريح شديدة على الفرس... One of the Rashidun army commanders, Shurahbil ibn Hassana, is reported to have said about her that: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Some people of my followers were displayed before me as warriors fighting for Allah's Cause and sailing over this sea like kings on thrones,' The renowned traditional sources and references that talk about the Companions (Allah be pleased with them), such as Al-Isaba by Ibn Hajar, Asad Al-Ghaba by Ibn Al-Athir, and Al-Isti‘ab by Ibn Abd al-Barr, other biographical compilations (tarajum), and the renowned compilations of History such as Tarikh Ibn Asakir‘an Dimashq, do not mention a woman Companion with the name Khawla Bint Al-Azwar. Ibn Hajar mentions Khawla as a few female Companions’ names but does not mention Bint Al-Azwar. And fight in the cause of God those who fight you, but do not commit aggression; God does not love the aggressors.

Muhammad al Dakruri (2020). "الدكرورى يكتب عن ضرار بن الأزور (الجزء الثانى)"[Al-Dakrouri writes about Dirar Ibn Al-Azwar (Part Two)]. Egypt 24 . Retrieved 27 February 2022. a b c d "دفن بها 5 آلاف صحابي.. البهنسا قبلة الزائرين من كل حدب وصوب". Gulf News. Gulf News. 2021 . Retrieved 22 December 2021. Dhiraar belonged to the Arab tribe of Banu Asad. The son of one of its chieftains, known as al-Azwar Malik, the sixth generation descendant of Asad ibn Khuzaymah, the progenitor of Asad tribe who descended from seventh generation from Adnan. [Notes 1] Dhiraar became Muslim after the Battle of the Trench, as he was sent with Tulayha ibn Khuwailid by Asad clan and then to urging them to embrace Islam after his visit to the prophet of Islam. [6] Dhiraar's family was among the first converts to Islam. Muhammad admonished that it is allowed for Muslims to possess property which he gained before he convert to Islam. [7] It is recorded Dhiraar were known as very wealthy person as it was said that he possessed a thousand camels [Notes 2]. Kurzman, Charles (2002). Modernist Islam, 1840-1940: A Sourcebook. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195154689. France’s national heroine Joan of Arc, also known as the Maid of Orleans (1412 – 1431), is perhaps the world’s most famous female warrior of all time. As a teenage girl, she led French armies to victory against rampaging English invaders during the Hundred Years War. Fighting at the head of her forces, she won a series of miraculous victories that revived French national spirit, and turned the tide of the war.Her talent first appeared during the Battle of Sanita-al-Uqab in 634, fought during the Siege of Damascus, in which her brother Zirrar (or Deraar) was leading the Muslim forces and was wounded and taken prisoner by the Byzantine army. Khalid ibn Walid took his mobile guard to rescue him. Khawlah accompanied the army and rushed the Byzantine rearguard alone. In her armor and typical loose dress of Arabian warriors she was not recognized as a woman, until she was asked by Khalid about her identity. In today’s time, Muslim women are depicted as oppressed by the men in their community. It is also wrongly portrayed thatwomen in Islam have little or no rightsor liberty. Little do they know about the story of Khawlah bint al-Azwar (ra),who is the perfect reply to those people who think that being a Muslim woman is just equal to being oppressed. One of the soldiers present that day said: “Our women were much tougher with us than the Romans themselves. We felt that fighting again and dying was much easier than facing the fury of our women later.” Honours

Khawla was the sister of Derar bin Al-Azwar, soldier and commander of the Rashidun army during the Muslim conquest of the seventh century. She loved her brother, Derar, and the love between these two siblings was absolutely legendary. Her brother, Derar, was a great skilled warrior of his time, and he taught Khawla everything he knew about fight, from the spear, martial arts, sword fighting, and she also became a warrior. On top of that, Khawla was a poetess who dominated that noble art. Historians say she was a brunette, tall, thin and of great beauty. She and her brother were inseparable, they went together to every place, either to the market or to the battlefield. He is the author of the text “The Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal: A Hujjah or not?” He has served as the Director of the Discover Islam Centre and Al Jeem Foundation. For the last five years till present, he has served as the Khatib of Masjid Ar-Rashideen, Mowbray, Cape Town. Sahih Muslim فكتب إليه ابن عباس: كتبت تسألني هل كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يغزو بالنساء؟ وقد كان يغزو بهن، فيداوين الجرحىEzzati, A. (2002). The Spread of Islam: The Contributing Factors. ICAS Press. ISBN 9781904063018 . https://books.google.com/books?id=cPyl6WLVSuUC. Diraar ibn al-Azwar ( Arabic: ضرار بن الأزور) also spelled as Diraar or Dhiraar (original name Diraar ibn Malik), was a skilled warrior since before the time of Islam who participated in the Early Muslim conquests and a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. [1] [2] Dhiraar was known to his tribe as al-Azwar.

She said: "I am keeping it so that if any of the idolaters come near me, I will rip his belly open with it." The Roman Leader was infuriated by what happened, and led a detachment of his knights against the women, though he tried first to tempt them with many promises. He told Khawlah that he planned to marry her and make her the first lady of Damascus. But she answered him calmly and with great contempt: Asali, Bassam (1974). فن الحرب في عهود الخلفاء الراشدين والامويين عمليات الجتهات الشمالية والشرقية والبحرية[ The Art of War in the Era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs and the Umayyads: Operations of the Northern, Eastern, and Naval Forces] (in Arabic). Dar al Fikr. p.148 . Retrieved 9 January 2022.Al-Zubayri, Abu 'Abdallah Mus'ab ibn 'Abdallah ibn Mus'ab (1953). Kitab Nasab Quraysh (in Arabic). Cairo: Dar al-Ma'arif.