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Was Zarqaa Al-Yamama able to see a rider's journey from three days away, and was she Jewish and wanted to kill Aminah bint Wahb? If that is not true, then what is a brief overview of her story, and what is the ruling on a game that portrays this character with those characteristics?

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Zarqa' al-Yamamah is an example of keen eyesight; she could see things from a distance of three days' journey. When Hassan ibn Tubba' came to fight her people, she saw his army disguised with trees and warned her people, saying: "I swear by Allah that the trees have crept, or Himyar has taken something that drags." But they did not believe her, so Hassan invaded them, took Zarqa', and gouged out her eyes, finding black veins from antimony in them. Her story is cited in books of creed and jurisprudence to demonstrate the power of sight or distance. There is no truth to her story with Aminah due to the long time span, and there is no knowledge of her being Jewish. There is no harm in the game that carries her name as long as it does not contain anything forbidden.

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