Umaymah bint Abd al-Muttalib
أميمة بنت عبد المطلب | |
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Hejaz, Arabia
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Other names | Bint Abd al-Muttalib |
Known for | Paternal aunt of Muhammad |
Spouse | Jahsh ibn Riyab |
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Family | Banu Hashim (by birth) Banu Asad (by marriage) |
Umaymah bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib (Arabic: أميمة بنت عبد المطلب) was a paternal aunt of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
She was born in Mecca, the daughter of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim and Fatima bint Amr al-Makhzumiya.[1]
She married Jahsh ibn Riyab, an immigrant from the Asad ibn Khuzayma tribe,[2][3] and they had six children.
It is not recorded that Umayma ever became a Muslim, and she did not accompany her children on their HijratoMedina in 622 CE.[25] She was still alive in 628, when Muhammad assigned her an annual pension of 40 wasqs of dates from Khaybar.[26]
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