- Ghazāla al-Harūriyya
) was the wife of Habib ibn-Yazīd al-Harūrī, founder of the Harūriyya sect of
Kharijite Islam , which held that it is permissible to entrust theimamate to a woman if she is able to carry out the required duties.Ghazāla commanded troops, following in the footsteps of previous Muslim women like Juwayriyya bint al-Ḥārith at the Battle of Yarmuk. In one battle, she put the famous
Umayyad general Hajjāj ibn-Yūsuf to flight.
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