Umm Kulthūm bint Muḥammad () (–630) was the third daughter of the Islamic prophet

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by his first wife

Khadija bint Khuwaylid Khadija bint Khuwaylid (November 619) was the first wife of Muhammad. Born into an aristocratic clan of the Quraysh, she was an affluent merchant in her own right and was known to have a noble personality within her tribe. In his early 20s, she e ...

Conversion to Islam

She was born in

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, the fifth of their six children.Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). ''The Women of Madina''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. She was legally married before August 610 to Utaybah ibn Abi Lahab, but the marriage was never consummated.Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. ''Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk''. Translated by Landau-Tasseron, E. (1998). ''Volume 39: Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors''. Albany: State University of New York Press. She was still living with her parents when Muhammad was declared a prophet by God, and Umm Kulthum became a

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soon after her mother did. After Muhammad warned Abu Lahab of hellfire in 613, Abu Lahab told Utaybah that he would never speak to him again unless he divorced Umm Kulthum, so he did. Her maternal brother, Hind ibn Abi Hala, asked Muhammad, "Why did you separate Umm Kulthum from Utaybah?" Muhammad replied, "Allah did not allow me to marry her to a person who is not going to Paradise."Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, ''Al-Isaba'' vol. 6 #9013. Muhammad

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Mecca in September 622. Before long

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brought instructions to Umm Kulthum and her sister

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to join their father in

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. Their uncle Al-Abbas put them on a camel; but as they were setting off, Huwayrith ibn Nuqaydh goaded the animal so that it threw them to the ground.Abdulmalik ibn Hisham. ''Notes to Ibn Hisham's Life of Muhammad''. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). ''The Life of Muhammad''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. However, Umm Kulthum and Fatima arrived safely in Medina. When Muhammad

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Mecca in 630, he sentenced Huwayrith to death for his involvement in the conspiracy to assassinate him.Muhammad ibn Ishaq. ''The Life of Muhammad''. Guillaume, A. (1955). ''The Life of Muhammad''. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Second marriage

After the death of her sister Ruqayya left

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a widower, he married Umm Kulthum. The marriage was legally contracted in August/September 624,Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. ''Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk''. Translated by Poonawala, I. K. (1990). ''Volume 9: The Last Years of the Prophet''. Albany: State University of New York Press. but they did not live together until December. The marriage was childless.

Death

Umm Kulthum died in November/December 630. Her father tearfully conducted her funeral prayers; then Ali, Usama ibn Zayd and Abu Talha laid her into the grave . Muhammad said, "If I had ten daughters, I would marry them all to Uthman." Uthman was known as ''Dhu al-Nurayn'' ("the possessor of the two lights") because it was believed that no other man had ever been married to two daughters of a prophet.Ismail ibn Umar ibn Kathir. ''Al-Sira al-Nabawiyya''. Translated by Le Gassick, T. (1998). ''The Life of the Prophet Muhammad'', vol. 2. Reading, U.K.: Garnet Publishing.

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Conversion to Islam

Second marriage

Death

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