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أم سلمة | |
Born | Hind bint Abi Umayya c. 580 or 596 CE |
Died | Dhu al-Qadah 62 AH ; c. 680 or 682/683 CE |
Resting place | Jannat al-Baqi, Medina |
Known for | Sixth wife of Muhammad |
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Parent(s) | Abu Umayya ibn Al-Mughira (father) Atikah bint ʿAmir ibn Rabi'ah (mother) |
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Family | Banu Makhzum (by birth) Ahl al-Bayt (by marriage) |
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Hind bint Abi Umayya (Arabic: هِنْد ابِنْت أَبِي أُمَيَّة, Hind ʾibnat ʾAbī ʾUmayya, c. 580 or 596 – 680 or 683),[1][2] better known as Umm Salamah (Arabic: أُمّ سَلَمَة) or Hind al-Makhzūmiyya (Arabic: هِنْد ٱلْمَخْزُومِيَّة) was the sixth wife of Muhammad.
"Umm Salama" was her kunya meaning, "mother of Salama".[3][4] She was one of the most influential female companions of Muhammad. She is recognized largely for recalling numerous Hadiths, or sayings and narrations attributed to Muhammad.[5] Shia Muslims believe that Umm Salama was the most important wife of Muhammad after Khadija.[6]
In 625 Mohammad married Umm Salama Hind (circa 580-680) another war widow, as her husband died after the Battle of Uhud.