Al-Nahdiah
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Al-Nahdiah was a female Sahaba (companion of Muhammad).
Other transliterations include Nadia,An-Nahdiyah or Al Nahdiah (Arabic: النهدية)
[edit] Biography
She had a daughter named Umm Ubays [1], and both of them were the slaves of a lady of Banu Abd-al-dar [2].
When Nahdiah and her daughter became Muslims, they were both tortured because they refused to leave Islam [3]. Among those who tortured them were her mistress [2] and Umar, before he also became a Muslim [1].
Abu Bakr, an early Muslim, complained to their mistress about the treatment, wherupon she answered "You have corrupted them; you may free them if you are so sympathetic to them." [2]
Abu Bakr paid the price asked for, and liberated the women [3][1].
[edit] References
- ^ a b c muslimaccess
- ^ a b c witness-pioneer
- ^ a b Millennium_Biography
