UMM SALAMAH HIND BINT ABI UMAYYAH BIN AL-MUGHIRAH رضي الله عنها
She is the cousin of Khalid bin al-Walid and the cousin of Abu Jahl bin Hisham.
Her mother was Atikah bint Amir bin Rabi'ah.
She was from those who migrated to Abyssinia.
Before she married the Prophet ﷺ, she was married to his brother through suckling.
Abu Salamah Abdullah bin 'Abdil-Asad al-Makhzumi.
He was a righteous man.
The Prophet ﷺ married her in 4 AH.
She was from the most beautiful women and from the noblest of them regarding lineage.
She was from the last of the Mothers of the Believers to die.
She lived to see Husayn" killed as a martyr.
That caused her tremendous sadness and grief.
She only lived a short time after this before Allah took her soul.
Her Children:
She had children who were also Companions: 'Umar, Salamah, and Zaynab.
She narrated a number of ahadith, and many of the great Tabi'in narrated ahadith from her, such as Sa'id bin al-Musayyib, 'Ata' bin Abi Rabah, al-Aswad bin Yazid, and many others.
She lived to be around 90 years old.
Her father -nicknamed "provider for the traveler"- was an elite member of the tribe of Quraysh named Hudhayfah.
Her Marriage:
The Prophet ﷺ married Umm Salamah in Shawwal and consummated the marriage with her in Shawwal.
Umm Salamah said to Abu Salamah,
"It has reached me that if a woman's husband dies and he is from the inhabitants of Paradise and she does not remarry, Allah will reunite them in Paradise.
So come here, make a covenant that you will not marry after me, and I will make a covenant that I will not marry after you."
He said, "Will you obey me?"
She replied, "Yes."
He said, "When I die, remarry.
O Allah, provide Umm Salamah with a man better than me after me, a man who will neither disgrace her nor harm her."
When Abu Salamah died, she said,
"Who is better than Abu Salamah?!"
After her mourning period, it was not long before the Prophet ﷺ proposed to her through her nephew.
It was narrated from Umm Salamah that when her 'iddah period had ended, Abu Bakr sent word to her proposing marriage to her, but she did not marry him.
Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent 'Umar bin al-Khattab with a proposal of marriage. She said:
أخيرُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أنِّي امْرَأَةٌ غَيْرَى وَأَنِّي امْرَأَةٌ مُصْيَةٌ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِي شَاهِدٌ.
Tell the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that I am a jealous woman and that I have sons, and none of my guardians are present.
He went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him that.
He ﷺ said, "Go back to her and tell her:
"As for your saying that you are a jealous woman: I will Allah for you to take away your jealousy.
As for your saying that you have sons: your sons will be taken care of.
And as for your saying that none of your guardians are present: none of your guardians, present or absent, would object to that."
She said to her son 'Umar:
يا عُمَرُ، قُمْ فَزَوِّجُ رَسُولَ اللهِ.
O 'Umar, stand and marry me to the Messenger of Allah.
Thus, her son 'Umar performed the marriage.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
"I will not shortchange you regarding what I have given my other wives."
Ayah from the Quran:
Habib bin Thabit narrated,
"When the Prophet ﷺ proposed to Umm Salamah, she said,
'I am an old woman, I have orphans, and I am jealous.'
The Prophet ﷺ responded,
As for your jealousy: Allah will remove that.
As for your age: I am older than you.
And as for your orphans: Allah and His Messenger will take care of them."
From the virtue of the Mothers of the Believers is that Allah sent down verses concerning them.
Allah the Exalted said:
Allah intends only to remove from you the impurity [of sin], O members of the family, and to purify you with a thorough purification.
And remember that which is recited in your houses of the verses of Allah and wisdom.
Verily, Allah is Ever Most Courteous, Well-Acquainted with all things.
[Surah al-Ahzab 33:33-34]
These verses were an honor for the wives of the Prophet ﷺ.
Ibn 'Abbas said,
"The verse 'Allah intends only to remove from you the impurity [of sin], O members of the family' was sent down concerning the wives of the Prophet ﷺ."
Ikrimah said,
"This verse was only sent down about the wives of the Prophet ﷺ."
Her Knowledge:
She was considered one of the scholars from the Companions.
The collection of ahadith narrated by her reached 378 in number.
Her death:
Umm Salamah died in 61 AH.
she died in 59 AH in the month of Dhul-Qa'dah."
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