Salmā bint ʿUmays () was a companion of the prophet

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, hailing from the southwest Arabian Khath'am tribe. Her father was Umays ibn Maadd, and her mother was Hind bint Awf from the

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tribe. Her full siblings were Asma bint Umays and Awn ibn Umays, and her maternal half-siblings included Maymuna bint al-Harith,

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and Mahmiya ibn al-Jaz'i. Salma and her sister Asma were among the early converts to

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. She married

Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib Ḥamza ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf al-Qurashī (; )Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). ''The Companions of Badr''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. was a foster brother, ...

, and they had one daughter, Umama. Salma and Umama joined the

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in 622; but after Hamza was martyred at the

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, they returned to

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. Salma then married Shaddad ibn al-Had, who was from the Layth clan of the Bakr tribe, and they had one son, Abdullah. Salma was still living in Mecca in March 629, when Muhammad visited to perform the minor pilgrimage. At that time,

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took her daughter Umama away to live among the Muslims in Medina.Muhammad ibn Umar al-Waqidi. ''Kitab al-Maghazi''. Translated by Faizer, R. (2011). ''The Life of Muhammad'', pp. 363-364. London & New York: Routledge.

External links

Islam Online

References

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