Rayta bint Abi Talib
Rayta bint Abi Talib was a companion and first cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
She was the youngest daughter of Abu Talib ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib and Fatimah bint Asad. She was also known as Asma;[1] and she was probably the same daughter known as Umm Talib, indicating that she had a son named Talib.[2]
In 628 Muhammad assigned Umm Talib an income of 40 wasqs from Khaybar.[3][4]
References
- ^ Muhammad ibn Saad. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir, vol. 1. Translated by Haq, S. M. (1967). Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir, Volume I Parts I & II, p. 135. Delhi: Kitab Bhavan.
- ^ Muhammad ibn Saad. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir, vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). The Women of Madina, p. 35. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
- ^ Muhammad ibn Ishaq. Sirat Rasul Allah. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). The Life of Muhammad, p. 522. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Ibn Saad/Bewley p. 35.
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