Sirin bint Shamun

Sīrīn bint Shamʿūn (Arabic: سيرين بنت شمعون) was an Egyptian Coptic Christian concubine, sent with her sister Maria al-Qibtiyya as gifts to the Islamic prophet Muhammad by the Egyptian official Muqawqis in 628.[1]

Sīrīn bint Shamʿūn
Personal
Born
Died
ReligionIslam
SpouseHassan ibn Thabit
ChildrenAbdurahman ibn Hassan
Parent
  • Sham'un (father)
EraEarly Islamic era
RelativesMaria al-Qibtiyya (sister)

According to the historian Ibn Saad, both sisters converted to Islam while on their way to Arabia with the encouragement of Hatib ibn Abi Balta'ah, who had been sent as a messenger to a governor of Egypt.[2]

Sirin was married to the poet Hassan ibn Thabit, and bore a son, Abdurahman ibn Hassan.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. Ibn Ishaq
  2. Hidayatullah, Aysha (2010). "Māriyya the Copt: gender, sex and heritage in the legacy of Muhammad's umm walad". Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations. 21 (3): 221–243. doi:10.1080/09596410.2010.500475. ISSN 0959-6410. S2CID 145060435.
  3. Tabari, p. 131.

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