Story of Hadhrat Umme Hakim (Radhiyallahu anha)

Hadhrat Umme Hakim (Radhiyallahu anha) was the wife of Ikramah bin Abi Jahl. She participated in Uhud on the enemy side. She embraced Islam on the fall of Mecca.

She loved her husband very much, who would not become a Muslim on account of his father, who was the worst enemy of Islam. After the fall of Mecca, her husband fled to Yemen. She secured pardon for him from the Prophet (Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and went to Yemen and induced her husband to return to his home. She told him:
"You can be safe from the sword of Muhammad (Salallaho alayhi wa sallam) only when you put yourself in his lap."

She returned with him to Madinah, where Ikramah embraced Islam and the couple began to live together happily. They both participated in the Syrian war during the caliph-ate of Hadhrat Abu Bakr (Radhiyallahu anhu). Ikramah was killed in a battle. She was then married to another Mujahid, Hadhrat Khalid bin Sa'eed (Radhiyallahu anhu). It was at a place called Marjaus-Safr that her husband wanted to meet her. She said:
"We have enemy concentrating on all fronts. We shall meet after they are done away with."
He said: "I am sure I shall not survive this battle."

They then shared the bed for the first time in a tent at that place. Next day, Hadhrat Khalid bin Sa'eed (Radhiyallahu anhu) was arranging for the Walimah when the enemy at-tacked with full force and he was killed in the battle. Hadhrat Umme Hakim (Radhiyallahu anha) packed up her tent and other luggage, and, with a tentpeg in her hand, fought the enemy till she had killed seven of them. In war times, not to speak of a woman, no man would like to get married under such circumstances. Look at her marriage in the battlefield and her fight with the enemy! Instead of mourning the loss of her husband on the day of his death, she rushes in to the battlefield and kills seven of the enemy soldiers single-handed. Is this not enough to show the wonderful strength of Imaan in women of that time?