Loyalty & Courage of his Daughters During the Migration
On this occasion, the two loyal and courageous daughters of Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) – Hazrat Aisha (ra) and Hazrat Asma (ra) – quickly prepared some food for the journey, which included a roasted goat. Owing to the sensitivity of the situation and shortage of time, they could not find anything to tie the food vessel made from leather, and so Hazrat Asma (ra) took her girdle and cut it into two pieces and tied the food. She tied one piece to the food vessel and other to the water vessel.
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Jihad wa al-Sair, Narration 2979) (Sharh al-Zurqani ala al-Mawahib al-Diniyyah, Vol. 2, p. 107, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1996)
The Holy Prophet (sa) was carefully observing her love and devotion and stated, “O Asma! In exchange of this girdle, may Allah grant you two girdles in Paradise”, that is, the girdle she had tied over her garment on her back. Owing to this saying of the Holy Prophet (sa), Hazrat Asma (ra) was later known as “Dhat al-Nitaqain” [possessor of two girdles].
(Subul al-Huda wa al-Rishad, Vol. 3, p. 239, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1993)