Umama bint Abi al-As

Umāma bint Abī al-ʿĀṣ ibn al-Rabīʿ (Arabic: أُمَامَة بِنْت أَبِي ٱلْعَاص ابْن ٱلرَّبِيْع), was a granddaughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Khadija, via their daughter Zaynab, and is thus also known as Umāma bint Zaynab (أُمَامَة بِنْت زَیْنَب). Muhammad was her maternal grandfather, and thus she is a member of his Ahl al-Bayt. She is also numbered among the Companions of the Prophet.

Umama bint Abi al-As
أُمَامَة بِنْت أَبِي ٱلْعَاص
Born
Umama bint Abi al-'As

Died670 CE (AH 50)
Known forBeing a granddaughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and wife of Ali
Spouses
  • Ali (m. 632; died 661)
  • al-Mughira ibn Nawfal
Children
Parents
Relatives
List
Family

Biography

She was the daughter of Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi', who married Muhammad's eldest daughter Zaynab.[1]:27–28,163–164[2]:13,162 She had one sibling, Ali.[2]:13 Her maternal aunts were Muhammad's daughters Ruqayya, Umm Kulthum and Fatima.

When Umama was a small child, Muhammad used to carry her on his shoulder while he prayed. He used to put her down to prostrate and then pick her up again as he rose.[1]:27,163 Muhammad once promised to give an onyx necklace to "her whom I love best." His wives expected him to give it to Aisha, but he presented it to Umama. On a different occasion, he gave her a gold ring that had arrived from the Emperor of Abyssinia.[1]:27–28,163–164

Her aunt Fatima requested her husband Ali on her deathbed to marry her niece Umama because Umama had an intense attachment and love for Fatima's children Hasan, Umm Kulthum, Zaynab and especially Husayn. After Fatima died in 632, Umama married Ali.[1]:164[2]:13,162 They had two sons, Hilal (also known as Muhammad al-Awsat or Muhammad the Middle)[3]:12[4] and Awn, both of whom died in Iran, with the latter having been killed in a battle against Qays ibn Murra (the governor of Khorasan), and the former dying naturally.[5] Hilal was thought to have fathered a son, named Abu Hashim Abdullah ibn Muhammad, but his fate is not known.[6][7]

Ali was martyred in 661, and Mu'awiya I proposed to Umama. She consulted al-Mughira ibn Nawfal ibn al-Harith about this. He said that she should not marry "the son of the liver-eater (Hind bint Utba)" and offered to deal with the problem for her. When she agreed, he said, "I will marry you myself."[1]:28 This marriage produced one son, Yahya. It is uncertain whether she had any descendants beyond this.[4] Umama accompanied al-Mughira into exile at al-Safri. She died there c.680,[4] but it is also said that she died in 670 (50 AH).[8]

Family tree


Kilab ibn MurraFatima bint Sa'd
Zuhra ibn Kilab
(progenitor of Banu Zuhra)
maternal great-great-grandfather
Qusai ibn Kilab
paternal great-great-great-grandfather
Hubba bint Hulail
paternal great-great-great-grandmother
`Abd Manaf ibn Zuhra
maternal great-grandfather
`Abd Manaf ibn Qusai
paternal great-great-grandfather
Atikah bint Murra
paternal great-great-grandmother
Wahb ibn `Abd Manaf
maternal grandfather
Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf
(progenitor of Banu Hashim)
paternal great-grandfather
Salma bint `Amr
paternal great-grandmother
Fatima bint `Amr
paternal grandmother
`Abdul-Muttalib
paternal grandfather
Hala bint Wuhayb
paternal step-grandmother
Amina
mother
`Abdullah
father
Az-Zubayr
paternal uncle
Harith
paternal half-uncle
Hamza
paternal half-uncle
Thuwayba
first nurse
Halima
second nurse
Abu Talib
paternal uncle
`Abbas
paternal half-uncle
Abu Lahab
paternal half-uncle
6 other sons
and 6 daughters
MuhammadKhadija
first wife
`Abd Allah ibn `Abbas
paternal cousin
Fatima
daughter
Ali
paternal cousin and son-in-law
family tree, descendants
Qasim
son
`Abd-Allah
son
Zainab
daughter
Ruqayya
daughter
Uthman
second cousin and son-in-law
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Umm Kulthum
daughter
Zayd
adopted son
Ali ibn Zainab
grandson
Umama bint Zainab
granddaughter
`Abdullah ibn Uthman
grandson
Rayhana bint Zayd
wife
Usama ibn Zayd
adoptive grandson
Muhsin ibn Ali
grandson
Hasan ibn Ali
grandson
Husayn ibn Ali
grandson
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Umm Kulthum bint Ali
granddaughter
Zaynab bint Ali
granddaughter
Safiyya
tenth wife
Abu Bakr
father-in-law
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Sawda
second wife
Umar
father-in-law
family tree
Umm Salama
sixth wife
Juwayriya
eighth wife
Maymuna
eleventh wife
Aisha
third wife
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Zaynab
fifth wife
Hafsa
fourth wife
Zaynab
seventh wife
Umm Habiba
ninth wife
Maria al-Qibtiyya
twelfth wife
Ibrahim
son
    • indicates that the marriage order is disputed
  • Note that direct lineage is marked in bold.

See also

References

  1. Al-Basri Al-Hashimi, Muhammad ibn Sa'd (1995). Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir [The Women of Madina] (in Arabic). Vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, Aisha. London, the U.K.: Ta-Ha Publishers.
  2. Al-Tabari, Muhammad ibn Jarir (1998). The History of al-Tabari. Vol. XXXIX: Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors. Translated by E. Landau-Tasseron. Albany, New York, the U.S.A.: State University of New York Press.
  3. Al-Basri Al-Hashimi, Muhammad ibn Sa'd (2013). "The Companions of Badr". Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir (in Arabic). Vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, Aisha. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
  4. Al-Tabari, Muhammad ibn Jarir (1993). The History of al-Tabari. Vol. XI: The Challenge to the Empires. Translated by K. Y. Blankinship. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. p. 71, footnote 406.
  5. "Mohammad Hilal Ibn Ali". www.helal.ir. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
  6. "پایگاه اطلاع رسانی آستان مقدس حضرت محمد هلال بن علی(ع) - Content". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
  7. [https://www.geni.com/people/Abdullah-Abu-Hashim-Muhammad/6000000041314666887 Geni - Abdullah (Abu Hashim) bin Muhammad (b. - 776)
  8. Lammens, H. (1912). Fatima et les Filles de Mahomet (in French). Rome, Italy: Sumptibus Pontificii Instituti Biblici. p. 127.
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