Belal Assad - Women Companions of the Prophet: Barakah

About this lecture

In this heartfelt lecture, Sheikh Bilal Assad introduces the largely overlooked Sahabiyah Barakah (Umm Ayman) — the first person to touch, hold, and compliment the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ at his birth, and the woman he called "my mother after my mother." Through her remarkable life story, Sheikh Bilal draws powerful lessons about sincerity, humility, and the true measure of a person's worth in the sight of Allah. The lecture also includes a rich Q&A session covering topics such as protecting one's iman in non-Islamic environments, lowering the gaze, making tawbah for wronging others, and the story of the scholar Malik ibn Dinar's transformation from highway robber to beloved imam.