The story of Abu Lahab’s wife Umm Jamil (Abu Lahab was the uncle of Prophet Mohammad Sallal laahoo alaihi wassallam)

Chapter 111, Surah Lahab,verses 1-5

”May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame.And his wife [as well] – the carrier of firewood.Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber”

The Destiny of Umm Jamil, the Wife of Abu Lahab:

(And his wife too, who carries wood.) His wife was among the leading women of the Quraysh and she was known as Umm Jamil. Her name was `Arwah bint Harb bin Umayyah and she was the sister of Abu Sufyan. She was supportive of her husband in his disbelief, rejection and obstinacy. Therefore, she will be helping to administer his punishment in the fire of Hell on the Day of Judgement.

Thus, Allah says,

(Who carries wood. In her neck is a twisted rope of Masad.) meaning, she will carry the firewood and throw it upon her husband to increase that which he is in (of torment), and she will be ready and prepared to do so.

(In her neck is a twisted rope of Masad.) Mujahid and `Urwah both said, “From the palm fiber of the Fire.”

Al-`Awfi narrated from Ibn `Abbas that she used to place thorns in the path of the Messenger of Allah(Peace be upon him) . Al-Jawhari said, “Al-Masad refers to fibers, it is also a rope made from fibers or palm leaves. It is also made from the skins of camels or their furs.

Mujahid said,

(In her neck is a twisted rope of Masad.) “This means a collar of iron.” Don’t you see that the Arabs call a pulley cable a Masad

A Story of Abu Lahab’s Wife harming the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him):

Asma Radi Allahu anha bint Abi Bakr said, “When

(Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab and perish he)!) was revealed, the one-eyed Umm Jamil bint Harb came out wailing, and she had a stone in her hand. She was saying, `He criticizes our father, and his religion is our scorn, and his command is to disobey us.’ The Messenger of Allah was sitting in the Masjid (of the Ka`bah) and Abu Bakr Radi Allahu anhu was with him. When Abu Bakr Radi Allahu anhu saw her he said, `O Messenger of Allah! She is coming and I fear that she will see you.’ The Messenger of Allah replied,

(Verily, she will not see me.) Then he recited some of the Qur’an as a protection for himself. This is as Allah says,

(And when you recite the Qur’an, We put between you and those who believe not in the Hereafter, an invisible veil.) (17:45)

So she advanced until she was standing in front of Abu Bakr Abu Bakr Radi Allahu anhu and she did not see the Messenger of Allah . She then said, `O Abu Bakr! Verily, I have been informed that your friend is making defamatory poetry about me.’