Women’s participation in fighting with men. Anas reports: “During the Battle of Uhud, Muslims went on the retreat leaving the Prophet... I saw Lady Ayesha and Umm Sulaym, having raised their skirts. I could see their anklets as they carried water skins on their backs, hurrying as though to run... They would pour the water into people’s mouths and go back to fill their water skins. They came back to pour the water into other people’s mouths.” (Related by Al-Bukhari and Muslim.)

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