Biography of the UMM IBRAHIM MARIYAH THE COPTIC 

(رضي الله عنها)

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Hatib bin Abi Balta'ah to invite al-Muqawqis, the king of Alexandria and Egypt, to Islam.

The king spoke kind words and considered the affair, but he did not enter Islam.

He sent the Prophet ﷺ a gift:

Mariyah the Coptic and her sister Sirin.

The Prophet ﷺ gave her sister as a gift to Hasan bin Thabit.

She gave birth to his son 'Abdur-Rahman bin Hasan. 

Mariyah, who was from Egypt, gave birth to Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet ﷺ.

Thus, he advised that the people of Egypt should be treated well.

He said: 

You would soon conquer Egypt, and that is a land known as the land of al-qirat.

So when you conquer it, treat its inhabitants well.

This responsibility lies upon you because of blood ties or relationship of marriage (with them). 

As for the blood ties, this is because the mother of the Arabs Hajar, the mother of Isma'il was from Egypt.

As for the relationship of marriage, this is because Mariyah the Coptic, the mother of Ibrahim the son of the Prophet ﷺ was from Egypt. 

Ibn Sa'd said,

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ housed Mariyah and her sister Sirin with Umm Sulaym bint Milhan, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon them and invited them to Islam.

Both of them became Muslim.

He took Mariyah as a concubine and moved her to some property of his in al-'Awali.

And she became a good Muslim." 

Her Death:

Ibn Abdil-Barr said,

"Mariyah died during the caliphate of 'Umar bin al-Khattab, in the month of Muharram in 16 AH.

Umar gathered the people himself to attend her funeral, and he led the funeral prayer for her.

She was buried in al-Baqi'."

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