—her sash (1) into two strips, fastening the provision-bag (2) with one and the waterskin with the other.
The Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—then supplicated that Allah replace those two torn pieces with two sashes for her in Paradise, and from that day she was known as “the Lady of the Two Sashes.”
Al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām later married her, though at the time he was a young man of very modest means (3): he had neither a servant to help him nor wealth to provide for his household, save for a single horse he owned.
She proved an exemplary, righteous wife—serving him herself, tending and grooming his horse, and grinding date-stones for its fodder—until Allah granted him abundance and he became one of the richest of the Companions.
When the chance arose for her to emigrate to Madinah, seeking refuge with Allah and His Messenger, she had reached full term in her pregnancy with her son ʿAbdullah ibn—