Umm Sulaym bint Milhan

Umm Sulaym bint Milḥān was an Anṣārī Companion of the Khazraj and the mother of Anas ibn Mālik (raḍiyallāhu ʿanhu). At the Battle of Uḥud, since the battlefield was within walking distance of Medina and the need was urgent, she, along with ʿĀʾishah bint Abī Bakr, went out to the battlefield, tying their skirts higher for freedom of movement, to carry water and food to the wounded and to wash and tend to the sick. This occurred before the revelation of the verses on ḥijāb, and in any case the necessity of the moment relaxed the ordinary norms of separation.