Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya
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Hind bint Abi Umayya (Arabic: هند بنت أبي أمية) (c. 580 <but see talk> – 680) was a wife of Muhammad, and therefore a Mother of the Believers.
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[edit] Name
Hind bint Abi Umayya, Hind al Makhzumiyah, Hind bint Suhayl, also called as Umm Salama (Mother of Salama) (Arabic: أم سلمة هند بنت أبي أمية).[1][2]
Following Abdullah ibn Abdulasad’s death in the battle of Uhud she became known as Ayyin al-Arab - the eyes of the Arab.[1][2]
[edit] Early life
She was the daughter of Banu Makhzum Abu Umayyah ibn al-Mughirah al-Makhzumi, nicknamed Zad ar-Rakib (because of his generosity to travelers) and Atikah Bint Aamir.[2][3]
Her real name was Hind and she was among those hounded and persecuted by the Quraysh.[1][2]
[edit] Muhammad's era
Umm Salama and her husband, Abd-Allah ibn Abd-al-Asad, were among[3] the first who converted to Islam. Only Ali and a few others were Muslims before them.[3]
Her husband was killed from the wounds he received in the Battle of Uhud (23 March 625).[1][2] Hind had one child named Salama.[4]
Following Abdullah ibn Abdulasad’s death in the battle of Uhud[1][2] she became known as Ayyin al-Arab - the one who had lost her husband. She had no family in Medina except her small children, but she was given support by both the Muhajirun and Ansar. When she completed the Iddah (ie. the waiting period of a woman who is either divorced, seeks an annulment or her husband dies which in this case is) four months and ten days, Abu Bakr and then Umar asked to marry her but she declined.[1] Muhammad then approached her and she accepted.[1][2]
Umm Salama was married to Muhammad at the age of 29. Only his sixth and seventh wives (Umm Salamah and Zaynab, respectively) were his direct cousins whom he had known since their childhood. Umm Salamah was a widow with 3 children and a fourth born almost immediately after their marriage.[5]
When Fatima bint Asad (mother of Imam Ali) passed away, Prophet Muhammad chose her as the guardian of Hazrat Fatimah.[2]
The Verse of Purification (33:33) in the Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in her house.[2][6][7]
[edit] After Muhammad
Umm Salama begged Husayn ibn Ali not to undertake his fatal trip to Iraq. Umm Salama died at the age of eighty four in 62 AH in Medina. She was buried in the Baqi Cemetery (Jannatul Baqee). She was the last surviving member of the Mothers of the Believers.[2]
[edit] Hadith
Among the hadith she narrated are:
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g Hazrath Umme Salma Umme Salma went through trials and tribulations following her conversion to Islam
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Umm Salamah, Umme Salama, Umme Salma, Mother of the Believers, Mother of the Faithfuls
- ^ a b c "Companions of The Prophet", Vol. 1, By: Abdul Wahid Hamid
- ^ Imam Hussein (a.s.)'s intention of proceeding towards Iraq from Makkah
Notes
[40]The devotion and love of Umme Salma (a.s.) for the Household (Ahlulbayt) of the Prophet is apparent from the above incident. Her reverence of the true Vicegerent of the Prophet and the Imam of the age is renowned since her support of Imam Ali (a.s.). Abul Fida in his Tareekh says that before leaving Madina (towards Basra for the battle of Jamal), Imam Ali (a.s.) called on Umme Salma, one of the widows of the Prophet, and bade her farewell. Umme Salma said to him, "In the name of Allah! I deliver you into His Protection. By His Power and His Majesty, you alone are with the truth, and all your enemies are in error. If it were not the command of Allah to the wives of His Prophet to stay at home, I would have accompanied you in this campaign." She had a son named Umar bin Abi Salma, by her first marriage, whom she offered to him saying, "He is my only child. He is all that I have in this world. I offer him to you. He will, if necessary, sacrifice his life for you." (Tabari, Ibne Khaldoon, A'asam Kufi.) The words of Imam Husain (a.s.) in the above narration that "We are pleased with you" elucidates that she was one of those who had earned the pleasure of the Allah and His Proof (Hujjah). - ^ Marriage to a 'past': Parents should not reject a proposal without a good reasons - and being a revert with a past is not an acceptable one
- ^ THE VERSE OF PURIFICATION IN SUNNI SOURCES
- ^ THE VERSE OF PURIFICATION IN SHIA SOURCES
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