Umaymah bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib () was a paternal aunt of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Biography She was born in Mecca, the daughter of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim and Fatima bint Amr al-Makhzumiya.
She married Jahsh ibn Riyab, an immigrant from the Asad ibn Khuzayma tribe,Bewley/Saad, p. 33. and they had six children.
Abd Allah.Guillaume/Ishaq, pp. 116, 146, 168, 215-217, 230, 286-289, 388, 401.Bewley/Saad, p. 173.Watt/McDonald/Tabari, p. 139.Al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk, vol. 7. Translated by McDonald, M. V. (1987). The Foundation of the Community, pp. 18-23, 29, 134, 137. New York: State University of New York Press. Ubayd Allah.Guillaume/Ishaq, pp. 99, 146, 529.Bewley/Saad, p. 68.Poonawala/Tabari, p. 133. Zaynab, later a wife of Muhammad.Guillaume/Ishaq, pp. 215, 495.Ibn Hisham note 918.Bewley/Saad, pp. 72-81.Al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk, vol. 8. Translated by Fishbein, M. (1997). The Victory of Islam, pp. 1-4, 61. New York: State University of New York Press.Al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk, vol. 9. Translated by Poonawala, I. K. (1990). The Last Years of the Prophet, pp. 23, 127, 134, 137, 168. New York: State University of New York Press.Al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk, vol. 39. Translated by Landau-Tasseron, E. (1998). Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors, pp. 9, 180-182. New York: State University of New York Press. Abd, who was always known as an adult by his kunya, Abu Ahmad.Guillaume/Ishaq, pp. 116, 215-217, 230.Bewley/Saad, pp. 33, 80-81.Al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk, vol. 6. Translated by Watt, W. M., & McDonald, M. V. (1988). Muhammad at Mecca, p. 139. Habiba, also known as Umm Habib.Guillaume/Ishaq, pp. 215, 523.Bewley/Saad, pp. 170-171. Hamna.Guillaume/Ishaq, pp. 215, 389, 495, 499, 522.Bewley/Saad, pp. 33, 170.Fishbein/Tabari, pp. 61, 63.
It is not recorded that Umayma ever became a Muslim, and she did not accompany her children on their Hijra to Medina in 622 CE.Guillaume/Ishaq p. 215. She was still alive in 628, when Muhammad assigned her an annual pension of 40 of dates from Khaybar.Bewley/Saad p. 33.
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