The place of Umm Ma'bed's tent (2nd day of Hijra)
A historical site where the Prophet Muhammad passed on the second day of his migration to Medina, and where the tent of Umm Ma'bed Atika bint Khalid al-Huzaiyya from the Huzâa tribe was located. It is narrated that the Prophet miraculously extracted milk from a weak, milkless sheep here.
The place of Umm Ma'bed's tent (2nd day of Hijra)
The place of Umm Ma'bed's tent (2nd day of Hijra)
Location
Medina, Saudi Arabia
MapHistory
Umm Ma'bed (Atika bint Khalid al-Huzaiyya) is from the Kâ'boğulları branch of the Huzâa tribe. She lived in a tent along the Mecca-Medina route with her husband Abu'l-Jevn (Ekdem b. Ebî'l-Cevn or Temîm b. Abdüluzzâ). She displayed meat and dates in front of her tent to sell to passing travelers. During the Hijra journey (September 622), the Prophet visited this tent with Abu Bakr and their guides. Umm Ma'bed said she had nothing to sell to her guests and had removed her display due to famine. At that moment, a tied sheep was standing by the tent. The Prophet looked at the sheep and asked if there was any milk. Umm Ma'bed replied, "The sheep is very weak and has no milk." The Prophet asked for permission, stroked the sheep's udder, and mentioned the name of Allah. Milk flowed abundantly from the sheep; first, he gave it to Umm Ma'bed, then to his companions, and finally, he drank himself. When her husband returned home and saw the milk container full next to the sheep, he was astonished. Umm Ma'bed recounted what had happened. The man said, "This description is of a blessed prophet." In the following process, Umm Ma'bed and her husband became Muslims. This event is recorded in Islamic history as the "Umm Ma'bed miracle"; it is considered a concrete reflection of the support Allah showed to the Prophet during the critical days of the Hijra. [Source: TDV Islamic Encyclopedia, "Umm Ma'bed" article, islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/ummu-mabad; Ibn Sa'd, et-Tabakāt, I, 230-232; Hâkim, el-Müstedrek, III, 9]
Importance and Narrations
Umm Ma'bed described the Prophet to her husband: "He has a beautiful face, a pure nature, and speaks beautifully; he is neither very tall nor very short..." Her husband replied, "This is the prophet that the Quraysh spoke of. By Allah, I want to join him too..." (Hâkim, el-Müstedrek, III, 9; Ibn Sa'd, et-Tabakāt, I, 230) [Source: Hâkim, el-Müstedrek, III, 9; Ibn Sa'd, et-Tabakātü'l-Kübrâ, I, 230-232]
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