Ar-Rubayyi’ bint Mu’awwith - Women site, -

Pledged allegiance to the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, under the Tree
Her name and lineage
Ar-Rubayyi' bint Mu'awwith ibn Al-Haarith ibn Rifaa'ah ibn Al-Haarith
ibn Sawaad ibn Maalik ibn Ghanm ibn Maalik. She is one of Al-Ansaar
]the Supporters of the Prophet in Al-Madeenah[ from the tribe of Banu
An-Najjaar. Her mother is Umm Yazeed bint Qays ibn Za'waa' ibn Haraam
ibn Jundub ibn 'Aamir ibn Ghanm ibn 'Adiyy ibn An-Najjaar. Her father
is Mu'awwith, one of the honorable Companions who participated in the
Ghazwah of Badr. Her husband is the respected Companion, Iyaas ibn
Bukayr Al-Laythi, who is one of the prominent Emigrants.
Ar-Rubayyi' bint Mu'awwith has numerous virtues, one of which is that
the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, visited her on her wedding
day. She narrated: "The Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,
entered upon me on my wedding day and sat on my bed just as you are
now sitting. Some girls were playing the Duff lamenting the death of
their fathers in the Ghazwah of Badr; one of them said: "We have among
us a prophet who knows what will happen tomorrow." The Prophet,
sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, said: "Do not say so. Just continue
what you were saying earlier." ]Al-Bukhaari[
The reason why the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, told the
girls so, is that Allaah The Exalted is the Only One who knows the
future. None of His creation has the ability to predict the future, as
Allaah The Exalted Says )what means( :}]He is[ Knower of the unseen,
and He does not disclose His ]knowledge of the[ unseen to anyone. *
Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before
each messenger and behind him observers.{]Quran 72:26-27[
Ar-Rubayyi' bint Mu'awwith held many courageous stances in Islamic
history that prove her sincere adherence and commitment to Allaah The
Exalted, to Islam and to all Muslims. She did not fear the blame of a
critic and was not afraid of any one who did not implement the orders
of Allaah The Almighty.
Ar-Rubayyi' narrated: "I went to buy perfume from Asmaa' bint
Makhrabah, Abu Jahl's mother, and she told me: 'Write a piece of paper
stating that you owe me money for that perfume.' Ar-Rubayyi' replied:
'Yes, I will write you a paper stating that I, Ar-Rubayyi' bint
Mu'awwith, owe you that money.' Asmaa' then said: 'Oh, I hope you
would lose someone dear to you and shave your hair mourning him/her.
You are the daughter of the man who killed his master.' Ar-Rubayyi'
said: 'Rather, I am the daughter of the man who killed his slave.'
Asmaa' said: 'By Allaah, I shall not sell you anything.'"
Ar-Rubayyi' is the mother of Muhammad ibn Iyaas ibn Al-Bukayr.
A number of the Companions and Taabi'oon used to come to her to
benefit from her knowledge on the rulings of Islam and to ask her
about her narrations.
Ar-Rubayyi' bint Mu'awwith narrated: "The Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi
wa sallam, told the villages of the Ansaar early on the morning of
'Aashooraa' )the tenth of Muharram(: 'Whoever is not fasting today
should continue the day and whoever is fasting should preserve his
fasting.' She said: "From that time on, we started fasting on the
tenth of Muharram. We used to make our little children fast too, and
whenever a child felt hungry, we would distract him with a toy made of
wool till the time of Iftaar." ]Al-Bukhaari and Muslim[
The Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, conferred honor upon
Ar-Rubayyi' bint Mu'awwith and Umm Sunbulah
At-Tabaraani narrated that Ar-Rubayyi' bint Mu'awwith ibn 'Afraa', may
Allaah be pleased with them, said: My father, Mu'awwith ibn 'Afraa',
sent me with a measure of ]some[ ripe dates and Hisaa` ]soup[ made of
small cucumbers to the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, as the
Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, used to love cucumber. There
was jewellery that the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, had
received from Bahrain and he gave me a handful of it." In another
narration, she says: "So he gave me a handful of jewellery or gold."
This Hadeeth was narrated by Ahmad with this wording and he added in
another version:
"The Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, said to her:'Adorn
yourself with this.'Al-Haythami said that both narrations are Hasan,
and At-Tirmithi narrated the brief version.
At-Tabaraani narrated in Al-Awsat that Umm Sunbulah, may Allaah be
pleased with her, offered the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,
a gift but his wives refused to accept it. The Prophet, sallallaahu
'alayhi wa sallam, ordered them to accept it, so they did. The
Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, granted Umm Sunbulah, may
Allaah be pleased with her, a piece of land which 'Abd-Allaah ibn
Jahsh, may Allaah be pleased with him, later on bought from Hasan ibn
'Ali, may Allaah be pleased with them.
Al-Haythami said that 'Amr ibn Qaythi is one of the narrators of this
narration and he did not know him, and the rest of the narrators are
trustworthy. There are numerous narrations on the generosity of the
Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, in giving charity.
Umm Sunbulah, may Allaah be pleased with her, died during the
Caliphate of Mu'aawiyah in the 45th year AH. Ar-Rubayyi' bint
Mu'awwith, may Allaah be pleased with her, died during the Caliphate
of 'Abd Al-Malik ibn Marwaan between the 73rd and the 79th years AH.