Atika bint Zayd | |
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عاتکة بنت زيد | |
| Title | The wife of the martyrs |
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| Born | ʿĀtīḳah bint Zayd ibn ‘Amr ibn Nufayl ibn ‘Abd al-‘Uzzā ibn Rāz ibn ‘Adiyy ibn Ka‘ab ibn Lu’ayy ibn Ghālib ibn Fihr ibn Mālik c. 600 |
| Died | c. 672 |
| Resting place | Medina |
| Religion | Islam |
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| Children | ʿIyāḍ ibn ʿUmar |
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| Era | Early Islamic period |
| Known for | Sahabiyah of Muhammad |
| Occupation | Poet, scholar |
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Atika bint Zayd al-Adawiyya (Arabic: عاتكة بنت زيد, romanized: ʿĀtika bint Zayd) was a woman in 7th century Arabia who was an Islamic scholar and poet. She was a disciple (Sahaba) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She was one of the wives of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Caliph. She was a poet who is notable for having married three Muslim men who died martyrs (shaheed).