Zaynab bint ʿĀmir ibn ʿUwaymir ibn ʿAbd Shams ibn ʿAttāb al-Farāsīyya al-Kinānīyya, known by her '' kunya'' "Umm Rūmān" () was among the followers or companions of

Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

. She was a wife of

Abu Bakr Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa (23 August 634), better known by his ''Kunya (Arabic), kunya'' Abu Bakr, was a senior Sahaba, companion, the closest friend, and father-in-law of Muhammad. He served as the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruli ...

and the mother of

Aisha Aisha bint Abi Bakr () was a seventh century Arab commander, politician, Muhaddith, muhadditha and the third and youngest wife of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. Aisha had an important role in early Islamic h ...

, which made her the mother-in-law of the Prophet of Islam.

Biography

Zaynab was the daughter of Amir ibn Uwaymir, a member of the Al-Harith ibn Ghanam clan of the

Kinana Kinana () is an Arab tribe based around Mecca in the Tihama coastal area and the Hejaz mountains. The Quraysh of Mecca, the tribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, was an offshoot of the Kinana. A number of modern-day tribes throughout the Arab w ...

tribe.Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. ''Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk''. Translated by Landau-Tasseron, E. (1998). ''Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors'', pp. 171-172. Albany: State University of New York Press. She married twice. First, she became the second wife of al-Ḥārith ibn Sakhbarah of the

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tribe. Zaynab and al-Ḥārith had a son together, Tufayl ibn al-Harith.Muhammad ibn Saad, ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 8. J by Bewley, A. (1995). ''The Women of Madina'', p. 193. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. The family migrated to

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, where al-Harith became an ally of Abu Bakr. Soon afterwards, Al-Harith died, leaving Tufayl and his widowed mother completely dependent on Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr then married Umm Ruman around 601 CE. They had two children together: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and

. Umm Ruman

emigrated Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country). Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanentl ...

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in 622, accompanied by her daughter

and also by her stepchildren Asma and Abd Allah (children of Abu Bakr by other wives).

Ibn Sa'd Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Sa‘d ibn Manī‘ al-Baṣrī al-Hāshimī or simply Ibn Sa'd () and nicknamed ''Scribe of Waqidi'' (''Katib al-Waqidi''), was a scholar and Arabian biographer. Ibn Sa'd was born in 784/785 CE (168 AH) and di ...

states that Umm Ruman died in

in April/May 628.Nāsikh al-tavārīkh : zindagānī-i Payāmbar vol:2, 1162 However,

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (; 18 February 1372 – 2 February 1449), or simply ibn Ḥajar, was a classic Islamic scholar "whose life work constitutes the final summation of the science of hadith." He authored some 150 works on hadith, history, ...

places her death in 630.

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* ''Great Women of Islam'' (Dar-us-Salam Publications) Women companions of the Prophet Family of Abu Bakr 628 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Islam-bio-stub