Umm al-Khayr
Salma Umm al-Khayr bint Sakhar | |||||
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| سَلْمَىٰ أُمّ ٱلْخَيْر بِنْت صَخَر | |||||
| Born | Salma | ||||
| Spouse | Uthman Abu Quhafa | ||||
| Children | 4 including Abu Bakr | ||||
| Father | Sakhar ibn Amir ibn Amr ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd (صَخَر ٱبْن عَامِر ٱبْن عَمْروْ ٱبْن كَعْب ٱبْن سَعْد) | ||||
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Salma Umm al-Khayr bint Sakhar (Template:Lang-ar, Salmā ʾUmm al-Khayr ibnat Ṣakhar) was the companion of Islamic prophet Muhammad and was the mother of Abu Bakr, the first Rashidun Caliph.
Biography
Salma was the daughter of Sakhar ibn Amir ibn Amr (Template:Lang-ar), from the Taym clan of the Quraysh, and the brother of her uncle Uthman ibn Amir, later known as 'Abu Qahafa'. Her kenning was Umm Al-Khayr ("Mother of Goodness").[1]
Salma and Abu Quhafa had several sons who did not survive infancy. When Abu Bakr was born in 573,[1] Salma took him to the Kaaba and prayed to the gods: “If this one is granted immunity from death, then bestow him upon me!” Abu Bakr was therefore known as Atiq (" the exempted"), while his subsequent surviving brothers were given the related names Mu'taq and Utayq.[2]
Salma was an early convert to Islam. She was among those who were "brought to the house of Arqam"[3] to meet Muhammad, i.e., after 614 but before the Hijra.[4]
She died during the Caliphate of her son Abu Bakr between 632 and 634.[5]
Legacy
Sunnis honour her as Umm al-Khayr (Template:Lang-ar), meaning "Mother of Goodness", referring to Abu Bakr, whom Sunni Muslims honour as one of The Ten Promised Paradise among Muhammad's early companions, the Sahaba.
Family tree
| Asma bint Adiy al-Bariqiyyah | Murrah ibn Ka'b | Hind bint Surayr ibn Tha'labah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yaqazah ibn Murrah | Taym ibn Murrah | Kilab ibn Murrah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sa'd ibn Taym | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ka'b ibn Sa'd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 'Amr ibn Ka'b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 'Amir ibn 'Amr | Sakhar ibn 'Amr | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hind bint Nuqayd | 'Uthman Abu Quhafa ibn 'Amir | Salma Umm al-Khayr bint Sakhar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umm Farwa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Qurayba | Abu Bakr | Muataq | Mu'aytaq[6] | Quhafa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umm Amir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ a b Jalal ad-Din al-Suyuti (1881). Tarikh al-Khulafa(The History of the Caliphs). Calcutta: The Asiatic Society. p. 29.
- ^ Jalal ad-Din al-Suyuti (1881). Tarikh al-Khulafa(The History of the Caliphs). Calcutta: The Asiatic Society. p. 27.
- ^ Ibn Hajar. Al-Isaba, vol. 8.
- ^ Muhammad ibn Ishaq (1955). Sirat Rasul Allah (The Life of Muhammad). Oxford University Press. p. 117.
- ^ Ibn Hajar. Al-Isaba, vol. 4.
- ^ Tarikh ar-Rusul wa al-Muluk 3/ 425
