Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr (Arabic: أسماء بنت أبي بكر; c. 594/595 – 694-695CE) nicknamed Dhat an-Nitaqayn (meaning she with the two belts) was one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and half-sister of his third wife Aisha.
She is regarded as one of the most prominent Islamic figures, as she helped Muhammad during the Hijrah from Mecca to Medina.
She also had a stepmother from the Kinana tribe, Umm Ruman bint Amir, and a stepbrother, al-Tufayl ibn al-Harith al-Azdi.
[13] When Muhammad and Abu Bakr sought refuge in Jabal Thawr outside Mecca on their migration to Medina in 622, Asma used to carry food to them under cover of dark.
Muhammad gave Al-Zubayr some date-palms in Medina, and Asma used to carry date-stones on her head from the garden to their home, a journey of about two miles.
One day she passed Muhammad, who offered her a lift home on his camel, but fearing her husband's jealousy, she modestly refused.
Al-Zubayr told her, however, that it hurt him more that she had been carrying such a heavy load than if she accepted Muhammad's offer.
[13] Her mother Qutaylah came to visit her in Medina, bringing gifts of dates, ghee, and mimosa leaves.
Asma would not admit her to the house or accept the gifts until she had sent her sister Aisha to consult with Muhammad.
[13] Another of al-Zubayr's wives, Umm Kulthum bint Uqba, also complained of his "harshness" and pestered him into divorcing her after only a few months.
Yazid tried to end Abdallah's rebellion by invading the Hejaz, and he took Medina after the Battle of al-Harrah followed by the siege of Mecca.
His sudden death ended the campaign and threw the Umayyads into disarray, with civil war eventually breaking out.