Al-Khansa, The great poetess

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Al-Khansaالخنساء

Died c. 645 CEApproximate dateNajd

The greatest woman poet of Arabia, whose elegies for her brother are still recited.

Tumadir bint Amr, called al-Khansa, mourned her brother Sakhr in poems of grief known across Arabia. She came to the Prophet ﷺ with her tribe and accepted Islam, and he enjoyed hearing her verse. Later tradition says that when her four sons fell at Qadisiyyah, she praised Allah for honouring her with them.

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