English translation
591. It was reported from Al-Walīd bin 'Abdullāh bin Jumaih: "My grandmother and 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Khallād Al-Anṣārī narrated to me from Umm Waraqah bint Nawfal, that when the Prophet ﷺ desired to (depart for the battle of) Badr, she said: "O Messenger of Allāh, allow me to go fighting with you — I will nurse the sick, and perhaps Allāh will grant me martyrdom." He replied: "Stay in your house, for Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, will grant you martyrdom." So she used to be known (among the Companions) as 'Ash-Shahidah' (the female martyr). And she had memorized the Qur'an, so she asked permission from the Prophet ﷺ to place a Mu'adh-dhin in her house, which he allowed her. She had a male and a female slave, whom she had willed that they would be free after her death. One night, they both went to her and covered her face with a cloth until she died, then they ran away. The next morning: ‘Umar stood up among the people and announced: “Whoever knows anything about (the whereabouts) of these two, or whoever has seen them, then let them (be captured) and brought (to me).” (After they were captured), ‘Umar commanded that they be crucified, and these were the first two people to be crucified in Al-Madinah. (Hasan)