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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUmar ibn Makhzum ibn Yaqaza ibn Murrah of the clan of Makhzum, a cousin of Khalid ibn al-Walid, the Sword of Allah, and likewise a cousin of Abu Jahl ibn Hisham.

She was among the earliest women to emigrate for the faith.

Before the Prophet ﷺ married her, she had been the wife of his foster-brother, Abu Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Asad al-Makhzumi, a righteous man.

The Prophet ﷺ consummated his marriage with her in the fourth year after the Hijrah.

She was counted among the most beautiful women and the noblest in lineage, and she was the last of the Mothers of the Believers to pass away.

She lived long enough to hear of the martyrdom of al-Husayn; the news stunned her—she fainted and grieved for him intensely. She did not remain long after that before she returned to Allah.

Her children, all Companions, were ʿUmar, Salamah, and Zaynab.

She transmitted a number of hadiths.

Those who narrated from her include: Saʿid ibn al-Musayyab, Shaqiq ibn Salamah, al-Aswad ibn Yazid, al-Shaʿbi, Abu Salih al-Samman (1), Mujahid, Nafiʿ ibn Jubayr ibn Mutʿim, Nafiʿ her freedman, Nafiʿ the freedman of Ibn ʿUmar, ʿAtaʾ ibn Abi Rabah, Shahr ibn Hawshab, Ibn Abi Mulaykah, and many others.

She lived for about ninety years.

Her father—known by the honorific Zad al-Rakib (2)—was famed for his generosity; it is said that his given name was Hudhayfah.

Anyone who called her “Ramlah” was mistaken; that was the name of Umm Habibah.

(1) In the printed edition the word is misread as “al-Samak.” (2) Lisan al-Arab explains that the “Azwad al-Rakb” from Quraysh were Abu Umayya ibn al-Mughira, al-Aswad ibn Abd al-Muttalib ibn Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza, and Musafir ibn Abi Amr ibn Umayya, the uncle of Uqba. Whenever these men travelled and others joined their caravan, the companions took no provisions and lit no fires, for the three would supply them with all they needed.

بنِ عُمَرَ بنِ مَخْزُوْم بنِ يَقَظَةَ بنِ مُرَّةَ المَخْزُوْمِيَّةُ، بِنْتُ عَمِّ خَالِدِ بنِ الوَلِيْدِ سَيْفِ اللهِ؛ وَبِنْتُ عَمِّ أَبِي جَهْلٍ بنِ هِشَامٍ. مِنْ المُهَاجِرَاتِ الأُوَلِ. كَانَتْ قَبْلَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عِنْدَ أَخِيْهِ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ؛ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بنِ عَبْدِ الأَسَدِ المَخْزُوْمِيِّ، الرَّجُلِ الصَّالِحِ. دَخَلَ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي سَنَةِ أَرْبَعٍ مِنَ الهِجْرَةِ. وَكَانَتْ مِنْ أَجْمَلِ النِّسَاءِ وَأَشْرَفِهِنَّ نَسَباً، وَكَانَتْ آخِرَ مَنْ مَاتَ مِنْ أُمَّهَاتِ المُؤْمِنِيْنَ. عُمِّرَتْ حَتَّى بَلَغَهَا مَقْتَلُ الحُسَيْنِ الشَّهِيْدِ، فَوَجَمَتْ لِذَلِكَ، وَغُشِيَ عَلَيْهَا، وَحَزِنَتْ عَلَيْهِ كَثِيْراً، لَمْ تَلْبَثْ بَعْدَهُ إِلاَّ يَسِيْراً، وَانْتَقَلَتْ إِلَى اللهِ. وَلَهَا أَوْلاَدٌ صَحَابِيُّوْنَ: عُمَرُ، وَسَلَمَةُ، وَزَيْنَبُ. وَلَهَا جُمْلَةُ أَحَادِيْثَ. رَوَى عَنْهَا: سَعِيْدُ بنُ المُسَيِّبِ، وَشَقِيْقُ بنُ سَلَمَةَ، وَالأَسْوَدُ بنُ يَزِيْدَ، وَالشَّعْبِيُّ، وَأَبُو صَالِحٍ السَّمَّانُ (١) ، وَمُجَاهِدٌ، وَنَافِعُ بنُ جُبَيْرِ بنِ مُطْعِمٍ، وَنَافِعٌ مَوْلاَهَا، وَنَافِعٌ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ، وَعَطَاءُ بنُ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ، وَشَهْرُ بنُ حَوْشَبٍ، وَابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، وَخَلْقٌ كَثِيْرٌ. عَاشَتْ نَحْواً مِنْ تِسْعِيْنَ سَنَةً. وَأَبُوْهَا: هُوَ زَادُ الرَّاكِبِ (٢) ، أَحَدُ الأَجْوَادِ، - قِيْلَ: اسْمُهُ حُذَيْفَةُ -. وَقَدْ وَهِمَ مَنْ سَمَّاهَا: رَمْلَةُ؛ تِلْكَ أُمُّ حَبِيْبَةَ.

(١) تحرف في المطبوع إلى " السماك ". (٢) في " اللسان " وأزواد الركب من قريش: أبو أمية بن المغيرة، والاسود بن عبد المطلب بن أسد بن عبد العزي، ومسافر بن أبي عمرو بن أمية عم عقبة، كانوا إذا سافروا، فخرج معهم الناس، فلم يتخذوا زادا معهم ولم يوقدوا، يكفونهم ويغنونهم.