Futuhusham_-_The_Islamic_Conquest_of_Syria_-_Al_Waqidi

Part 3: Al- Yarmuk
So Daws gathered around him and launched an attack on the Romans. Combat
ensued and rotated amongst them just as a windmill rotates.
49) Bravery of the women
The Romans began to gang up on the right-wing which broke up and fled like sheep
fleeing from a lion. When the Muslim women saw the Muslim cavalry retreating they
screamed, "0 daughters of 'Arabs, get those men. Stop them from fleeing and send
them back into battle!"
Sa'idah bint 'A~im al-KhawHini narrates:
I was amongst those women that day on the hill. When the right-wing fled 'Afirah
bint Ghifar who was as brave as a man shouted, " 0 women of the 'Arabs, get those
men. Carry your children to them and make them fight."
The women began stoning the the men. Bint al-'As bin Munabbih called out, "May
Allah disfigure that man who flees from his wife."
The women began shouting at their husbands, "You are not our husbands if you
cannot defend us from the Christians!"
Al-' Abbas bin Sahl as-Sa'idi narrates:
Khawlah bint al-Azwar, Khawlah bint Tha'labah al-Ansariyah, Ka'ub bint Malik bin
'~im, Salam bint Hashim, Ni'am bint Fayyag, Hind bint 'Utbah bin Rabi'ah and
Lubna bint Jarir al-Himyariyah came leading the women with their girdles tied. They
were carrying sticks. Khawlah recited:
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Oyou who flees from his loyal lady
She is beautiful and stands firmly
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Your abandoning them to disbelievers is
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