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Atika used to ask Umar's permission to attend public prayers at the mosque. Umar preferred his wives to remain at home and expressed his displeasure with silence. Atika told him that she was not going to stop asking permission, and that she would go to the mosque unless he specifically forbade her.
655:. She made it a condition of their marriage contract that he would not beat her, that he would continue to permit her to visit the mosque at will and that he would not withhold "any of her rights".
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himself proposed to her, but she told him, "I would not want you to die, O cousin of the
Prophet." Despite that, Ali ended up dying a shaheed anyway, which changed her as well as people's views.
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Abdullah settled a large amount of property on Atika on condition that she would not remarry after his death. He died in Medina in
January 633 from an old battle-wound originally incurred at the
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Return our property to us!" When Ali also recited this poem to them, Umar told Atika to return the land. He settled an equivalent sum of money on her, which she distributed in
402:
says that the reason Abu Bakr ordered the divorce was because Atika was barren. Abdullah did as he was told but was grief-stricken. He wrote poetry for her:
387:. It was said that Abdullah deferred to Atika's judgment and that he spent so much time with her that he was too busy to fight in the Islamic army.
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He remained silent, presumably because he could not forbid something that the
Prophet Muhammad had permitted, and so Atika continued to attend.
336:
Atika was probably still a child when
Muhammad declared himself to be a prophet in 610. Sa'id was among the early converts, and Atika became a
360:, who was at least twenty years older than herself. He was also a Muslim, and it was presumably in his company that Atika joined the general
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53:ʿĀtīḳah bint Zayd ibn ‘Amr ibn Nufayl ibn ‘Abd al-‘Uzzā ibn Rāz ibn ‘Adiyy ibn Ka‘ab ibn Lu’ayy ibn Ghālib ibn Fihr ibn Mālik
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and Atika's first cousin, told her that she had been wrong to renounce her right to remarry, "denying yourself what
596:
She was present at the Mosque when Umar was assassinated there in
November 644. She composed elegies for him.
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This marriage apparently ended in divorce, for Atika had already remarried by the time of Zayd's death at the
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Biography of Ali Ibn Abi-Talib: A Comprehensive Study of His
Personality and Era
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289:) was an Islamic scholar and poet. She was a companion of the Islamic prophet
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The Raven and the Falcon: Youth versus Old Age in
Medieval Arabic Literature
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It was at this point that people began to say: "Let a man who wants to be a
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learned that Atika had broken her vow of celibacy, she sent her a message:
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301:. She was a poet who is notable for having married Muslim men who died as
719:, who was over twenty years younger than she was. He was also reckoned a
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If you have killed a Muslim, then you must suffer the penalty for murder.
1007:. Translated by Jarrett, H. S. (1881). Calcutta: The Asiatic Society.
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From her marriage to Umar, Atika gave birth to a son named Iyad.
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Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
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In the end
Abdullah was allowed to take Atika back before her
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When
Muhammad died in 632, Atika composed an elegy for him.
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in
October 680; However, Atika apparently predeceased him.
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whenever he gave his word, his deeds did not belie his word
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I have never known a man like me divorce a woman like her,
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punished his son by ordering him to divorce her. However,
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Compassionate to those closest, tough against his enemies
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If he could have been awakened, he would have been found
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nor any woman like her divorced for no fault of her own.
991:, p. 76. New Haven & London: Yale University Press.
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in December 656. Atika also composed an elegy for him.
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someone to trust in times of bad fortune and answering
563:
I vow that mine eye will not cease to be dry for thee,
735:
Atika died in 672 during the reign of Umayyad caliph
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She refused several suitors in the following months.
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because of grief that grows greater moment by moment;
284:
715:Atika's fifth and final husband was Ali's own son,
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I vow that mine eye will not cease to weep for thee
333:was her brother. Their father was murdered in 605.
609:Death hath afflicted me in the fall of a horseman
576:to expiate the breaking of her vow to Abd Allah.
1076:
441:I have been weeping for the Chief since evening,
437:he used to ride them and he was their adornment.
1055:, p. 191. New York: Cambridge University Press.
1024:. Albany: State University of New York Press.
898:. Albany: State University of New York Press.
348:Atika married several times in her lifetime.
477:for that is what happens at times like this.
473:they beat their fine faces with their palms,
461:that becomes useless and changes its colour;
1020:. Translated by Blankinship, K. Y. (1993).
684:among those who remain, who come and go ...
676:not shaking with a quivering heart or hand.
944:
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601:Eye! let thy tears and weeping be abundant
433:His camels have been lonely since evening;
329:, and of Umm Kurz Safiya bint al-Hadrami.
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965:vol. 2. Translated by Haq, S. M. (1972).
850:vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013).
778:vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995).
680:You will be lucky to find anyone like him
635:swift to good deeds, and not with a frown
489:How can I live longer than the Messenger,
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1053:Prayer in Islamic Thought and Practice
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994:
872:. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955).
613:Distinguished in the day of battle ...
481:He was excellent and the chosen Chief.
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894:. Translated by Smith, G. R. (1994).
605:and weary not - over the noble chief.
516:and my skin will be covered with dust
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567:and my skin will be yellow with dye.
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445:and tears are flowing in succession.
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507:. Atika composed an elegy for him.
485:Their religion was united on truth.
449:Thy wives are still lying in swoons
274:
145:(divorced, rekindled & widowed)
13:
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651:After Umar's death, Atika married
641:
465:they are remedying chronic sorrow,
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356:Her first husband was her cousin,
14:
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1090:7th-century Arabic-language poets
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469:but the pain reacts on the heart;
351:
922:Aishah - the Beloved of Mohammed
710:
591:
343:
1095:Women companions of the Prophet
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896:Volume 14: The Conquest of Iran
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554:After Umar became Caliph, when
493:who died at his appointed hour?
457:they turned pale like a javelin
1016:Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari.
969:, p. 430. Delhi: Kitab Bhavan.
955:
890:Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari.
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293:. She was one of the wives of
1:
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723:because he was killed at the
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16:Female Companion of Muhammad
824:Al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-Sahaba
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1018:Tarikh al Rusual wa'l-Muluk
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782:. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
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267:Atika bint Zayd al-Adawiyya
10:
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892:Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk
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963:Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir
848:Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir
776:Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir
663:Zubayr was killed at the
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1003:Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti.
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697:marry Atika bint Zayd!"
313:She was the daughter of
29:
1064:Sallabi, A. H. (2010).
822:Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani.
700:Afterwards, the fourth
383:Her second husband was
39:The wife of the martyrs
1005:History of the Caliphs
852:The Companions of Badr
948:Shuraydi, H. (2014).
385:Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr
142:Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr
874:The Life of Muhammad
868:Muhammad ibn Ishaq.
538:, the future second
295:‘Umar ibn al-Khattab
209:Early Islamic period
961:Muhammad ibn Saad.
920:Abbott, N. (1942).
846:Muhammad ibn Saad.
780:The Women of Madina
774:Muhammad ibn Saad.
665:Battle of the Camel
653:Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
358:Zayd ibn al-Khattab
255:Umar ibn al-Khattab
249:Zayd ibn al-Khattab
158:Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
150:Umar ibn al-Khattab
134:Zayd ibn al-Khattab
987:Ahmed, L. (1992).
317:, a member of the
870:Sirat Rasul Allah
725:Battle of Karbala
499:Death of Abdullah
424:Death of Muhammad
375:in December 632.
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102:(present-day KSA)
99:Umayyad Caliphate
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181:ʿIyāḍ ibn ʿUmar
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737:Mu'awiya I
362:emigration
309:Early life
228:Occupation
90: 672
60: 600
647:Courtship
531:Courtship
280:romanized
245:(brother)
236:Relatives
218:Sahabiyah
161:(widowed)
153:(widowed)
137:(widowed)
97:, Hejaz,
396:Abu Bakr
368:in 622.
291:Muhammad
257:(cousin)
251:(cousin)
222:Muhammad
195:(father)
178:Children
117:Religion
44:Personal
1036:Muwatta
391:Divorce
323:Quraysh
303:shaheed
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186:Parents
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717:Husayn
695:shahid
540:Caliph
366:Medina
338:Muslim
299:Caliph
271:Arabic
127:Spouse
112:Medina
95:Medina
69:Arabia
731:Death
556:Aisha
340:too.
327:Mecca
121:Islam
65:Hejaz
36:Title
1100:Umar
574:alms
536:Umar
83:Died
49:Born
705:Ali
544:God
364:to
325:in
319:Adi
220:of
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