A'isha bint Sa'd

عائشة بنت سعد

A'isha bint Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas; in al-Baladhuri via al-Waqidi, she related that when Mu'awiya killed Hujr ibn Adi her father said 'had Mu'awiya seen what came of the seepage of Ayn Qantarat Hulwan he would have known Hujr's great service to Islam.'

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The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period
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Levant & Iraq
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Aisha bint Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas. Al-Baladhuri, citing al-Waqidi from her, relates a report about the killing of Hujr ibn Adi at the hands of Mu'awiya. 1

She said that her father then said: "If Mu'awiya had seen what the Qantara of Hulwan's arches had, he would have known that he had great service to Islam." This saying is attributed to Sa'd in the report. 1

The dates of her life need an additional source.

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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