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Hind bint ʿAwf () was a mother-in-law twice of
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. As the mother, mother-in-law and grandmother of several companions of Muhammad, she was known as the "grandest mother-in-law on earth". She was also known by the name Khawlah.


Family

Hind's father, Awf ibn Zuhayr ibn al-Haarith ibn Humaatah ibn Juraysh/Jarsh, was from the
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tribe of
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. Her mother was Aisha bint al-Muhazzam.


Marriage(s) and children

Hind apparently married four times and had at least nine children.


First marriage

Her first husband was Al-Jaz'i al-Zubaydi. Al-Tabari mentions one child from this union. A son. 1. Mahmiyah ibn Al-Jaz'i al-Zubaydi. He was an early convert to Islam who spent thirteen years in Abyssinia. On his arrival in
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in 628, Muhammad appointed him community treasurer.


Second marriage

She also married Al-Harith ibn Hazan ibn Jubayr ibn Al-Hazm ibn Rubiya ibn Abdullah ibn Hilal. The
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were residents of
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. Although they were wealthy, they did not have the political power of the
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. From Harith, Hind was the mother of at least four children. :1. Lubaba "the Elder", better known as, Umm Fadl. She was the wife of ‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, and mother of seven of his children, including the famous
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. :2. Barra bint al-Harith, renamed Maymuna when she married her third husband, Muhammad. :3. Al-Saayib ibn al-Harith. :4. Qatn ibn al-Harith.


Third marriage

Her next husband was Khuzayma ibn Al-Harith al-Hilali. From him Hind had only one daughter: :6. Zaynab bint Khuzayma, who was also a wife of Muhammad. It is mentioned that "three of her brothers" were present at her funeral; since Mahmiyah was then in Abyssinia, these brothers must have been Al-Saayib, Qatn and Awn.


Fourth marriage

Hind's fourth husband was Umays ibn Ma'ad ibn Tamim ibn Al-Harith ibn Kaab ibn Malik from the Khath'am tribe. This marriage produced three children: :7. Asma bint Umays, who was married respectively to Rabia ibn Riyab al-Hilali, Jafar ibn Abi Talib, the first
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and the fourth
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Ali, and from them, had at least eight children of her own. :8. Salma bint Umays, who married Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib and then Shaddad ibn Usama ibn Al-Haad al-Laythi. It is also said that she married Kaab ibn Inaba from the Khath'am tribe. :9. Awn ibn Umays, who died at the Battle of al-Harra.


Stepchildren

Al-Harith ibn Hazan also had at least three daughters from another wife, Fakhita bint Amir ibn Muattib ibn Malik al-Thaqafi. Hind's stepchildren from this marriage were: :10. Lubaba al-Sughra/ Lubaba "the Younger"bint al-Harith, she's also known as Layla or Asma, who married
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al-Makhzumi, and was the mother of the famous warrior
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. :11. Huzayla bint al-Harith. :12. Ghorra bint Al-Harith, also known as Izza, who was married to Abdullah ibn Malik al-Hilali.Landau-Tasseron/Tabari, p. 201.


References


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