Umm Salama

Mother of the Believers
Umm Salamah
أم سلمة
Born
Hind bint Abi Umayya

c. 580 or 596 CE
Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia
(present-day Saudi Arabia)
DiedDhu al-Qadah 62 AH ; c. 680 or 682/683 CE
Medina, Hejaz, Umayyad caliphate
(present-day Saudi Arabia)
Resting placeJannat al-Baqi, Medina
Known forSixth wife of Muhammad
Spouses
Children
  • Zaynab (Barrah)
  • Salama
  • Zarah
  • Umar
  • Ruqayyah (Durrah)
  • (all with Abu Salama)
Parent(s)Abu Umayya ibn Al-Mughira (father)
Atikah bint ʿAmir ibn Rabi'ah (mother)
Relatives
FamilyBanu Makhzum (by birth)
Ahl al-Bayt (by marriage)
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Hind bint Abi Umayya (Arabic: هِنْد ابِنْت أَبِي أُمَيَّة, Hind ʾibnat ʾAbī ʾUmayya, c. 580 or 596 – 680 or 683),[1][2] better known as Umm Salamah (Arabic: أُمّ سَلَمَة) or Hind al-Makhzūmiyya (Arabic: هِنْد ٱلْمَخْزُومِيَّة) was the sixth wife of Muhammad.

"Umm Salama" was her kunya meaning, "mother of Salama".[3][4] She was one of the most influential female companions of Muhammad. She is recognized largely for recalling numerous Hadiths, or sayings and narrations attributed to Muhammad.[5] Shia Muslims believe that Umm Salama was Muhammad's most important wife after Khadija.[6]

  1. ^ Understanding the Islamic Law, Raj Bhala, Section: Umm Salama. In 625 Mohammad married Umm Salama Hind (circa 580-680) another war widow, as her husband died after the Battle of Uhud.
  2. ^ Fahimineiad, Fahimeh; Trans. Zainab Mohammed (2012). "Exemplary Women: Lady Umm Salamah" (PDF). Message of Thaqalayn. 12 (4): 127. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  3. ^ Sayeed, Asma (2013). Women and The Transmission of Religious Knowledge In Islam. NY: Cambridge University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-107-03158-6.
  4. ^ Fahimineiad, Fahimeh; Trans. Zainab Mohammed (2012). "Exemplary Women: Lady Umm Salamah" (PDF). Message of Thaqalayn. 12 (4): 128. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  5. ^ Hamid, AbdulWahid (1998). Companions of the Prophet Vol. 1. London: MELS. p. 139. ISBN 0948196130.
  6. ^ Sayeed, Asma (2013). Women and The Transmission of Religious Knowledge In Islam. NY: Cambridge University Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-107-03158-6.