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أم سلمة

Umm Salamah (RA)

Umm Salamah, Hind bint Abi Umayyah

Also known as: Ummu Salamah, Umm al-Mu'minin

c. 27 BH – c. 61 AH · c. 596–c. 681 CE

Companions

Mother of the Believers, known for her wisdom, and the last of the Prophet's wives to pass away.

Umm Salamah and her husband Abu Salamah were among the early Muslims who sought refuge in Abyssinia. When they set out for Madinah, her clan held her back and took her son from her. She wept every day for about a year until she was allowed to leave, and she then travelled alone with her child to join her husband.

After Abu Salamah died of wounds from Uhud, she married the Prophet ﷺ. At Hudaybiyyah, when the Companions hesitated to leave their sacrifice, she advised the Prophet ﷺ to shave his head first in silence, and they all followed. She narrated many hadith and was the last of the Mothers of the Believers to die.

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Life journey

  1. c. 596 CE Makkah مكة
  2. 615 CE Aksum (Abyssinia) الحبشة
    Sought refuge in Abyssinia with her first husband, Abu Salamah.
  3. 619 CE Makkah مكة
  4. 623 CE Madinah المدينة
    Died c. 681 CE · c. 61 AH
    Her family kept her from making the hijrah for about a year before she could join her husband in Madinah. Buried in al-Baqi'.

Places in their life

The Ka'bah in al-Masjid al-Haram, Makkah
The Ka'bah in al-Masjid al-Haram, Makkah
Photo: Adli Wahid (minor modifications by Basile Morin), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the Prophet's Mosque, Madinah
al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the Prophet's Mosque, Madinah
Photo: TheHadiRahim, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

  • Ibn Hisham, al-Sira al-Nabawiyya (Her hijrah)
  • Sahih al-Bukhari (Book of Conditions, Hudaybiyyah)
  • Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani, al-Isaba fi Tamyiz al-Sahaba
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.
Death reported as 59, 61 or 62 AH. Birth year approximate.