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Umm Hakim bint al-Harith ibn Hisham
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Umm Hakim ( ) was a Sahaba . She was married to Ikrimah ibn Abu Jahl . Her name implies she was the mother of a son named Hakim ibn Ikrimah , assuming Ikrimah ibn Abu Jahl was the father. Umm Hakim single-handedly disposed of seven Byzantine soldiers at the battle fo Marj al-Saffar, as well as groups, even battalions, of women participating in the fighting. (Women and Gender in Islam- Lelia Ahmed ) v t e1
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female companion of islamic prophet muhammad and later a wife of umar
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female disciple
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