Jumānah bint Abī Ṭālib () was a companion and first cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
She was a daughter of Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Fatimah bint Asad. She married her cousin, Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith, and they had a son, Ja'far.Muhammad ibn Saad. , vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). The Women of Madina, p. 35. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
Abu Sufyan was hostile to Islam for a long time.Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. . Translated by Landau-Tasseron, E. (1998). Volume 39: Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors, p. 21. Albany: State University of New York Press. In 630 he told Jumanah that he intended to convert. She responded: "Finally, you see that Bedouins and foreigners have followed Muhammad, while you have been his confirmed foe! You should have been the first person to assist him!" She accompanied him on his journey to meet Muhammad at Al-Abwa; but Muhammad refused to see him.Muhammad ibn 'Umar al-Waqidi. The Life of Muhammad. Translated by Faizer, R., Ismail, A., & Tayob, A. K. (2011, 2014). London & New York: Routledge, pp. 397-398. They followed Muhammad all the way back to Mecca. After the conquest, Jumanah accompanied some women from the Muttalib clan on a visit to Muhammad. She "softened" him about her husband;Waqidi/Faizer p. 398. but it was only after the Battle of Hunayn that he accepted Abu Sufyan's conversion as genuine.Waqidi/Faizer pp. 398-399.Tabari/Landau-Tasseron p. 21.
Muhammad gave Jumanah 30 of dates (i.e. about as many dates as 30 camels can carry) from Khaybar.Muhammad ibn Ishaq. . Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). The Life of Muhammad, p. 522. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
She is not known to have narrated any hadith from Muhammad.
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