Who Was Umm Jamil? The carrier of firewood in Islamic History

Before the worldBefore Adam

The first nationsAdam to Shuayb

Egypt and Bani Israilc. 1300–1000 BCE

Bani Israil and Romec. 1000 BCE – 250 CE

Arabia before IslamUp to 570 CE

Enemies of the Prophet ﷺ610–632 CE

After the Prophet ﷺ632–1000 CE

Crusades and conquests1090–1502 CE

The end of timeStill to come

Ten signs before the Hour

Isa ibn Maryam descends
A landslide in the east
A landslide in the west
A landslide in Arabia
The smoke
The sun rises from the west
The Beast of the earth
A fire from Yemen drives people to their gathering

Sahih Muslim lists ten major signs before the Hour without fixing their order. This follows a common order given by the scholars. Sahih Muslim 2901a ↗

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أم جميل

Umm Jamil

The carrier of firewood613–622 CE

Relied onHer husband's power

Undone byA rope of palm fibre

Arwa bint Harb, wife of Abu Lahab. She scattered thorns on the Prophet's ﷺ path and made up verses insulting him.

How it ended

The Quran named her fate with her husband's: a rope of palm fibre around her neck (111:4-5). She died a disbeliever.

And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.
Quran 111:4

The lessonShe heard her own fate recited and still chose it.

In the Quran

111:4-5

Stood against
Source: Named in the QuranThe Quran calls her 'the carrier of firewood' without naming her. Her name, the thorns and her verses come from Ibn Ishaq and the commentators. Her brother Abu Sufyan later became a Companion.

Every villain in Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal

Each entry is drawn from the Quran, authentic hadith (with links to sunnah.com), the classical commentators and the historians. Companions who fought Islam and later became Muslim are not included, nor are figures Muslims disagree about.

Before the worldBefore Adam

Before Adam Iblis: the one who refused