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سَمْرَاءُ بِنْتُ نَهِيكٍ

tabarani:21251ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Muḥammad b. Yazīd al-Wāsiṭī > Abū Balj Yaḥyá b. Abū Sulaym

[Machine] I saw a dark-skinned girl, the daughter of Nahik, and she had met the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ . She had a thick protective shield and a thick veil in her hand, with a whip to discipline the people and enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil.  

الطبراني:٢١٢٥١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي بَلْجٍ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ سَمْرَاءَ بِنْتَ نَهِيكٍ وَكَانَتْ قَدْ أَدْرَكَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «عَلَيْهَا دِرْعٌ غَلِيظٌ وَخِمَارٌ غَلِيظٌ بِيَدِهَا سَوْطٌ تُؤَدِّبُ النَّاسَ وَتَأْمُرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ»