Biography of the UMM KULTHUM BINT 'UQBAH BIN ABI MU'AYT (رضي الله عنها)

UMM KULTHUM
BINT 'UQBAH BIN ABI MU'AYT (رضي الله عنها) 

Umm Kulthum bint 'Uqbah was from those women who migrated.

She accepted Islam in Makkah and gave her pledge of allegiance.

It took her seven years to prepare to migrate.

She migrated during the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. 

Quranic Verse Revealed About Her:

When Umm Kulthum bint 'Uqbah migrated to Madinah, she was pursued by her two brothers, Walid and 'Imarah, who were pagans at the time.

When her brothers arrived shortly after Umm Kulthum, they went to the Messenger of Allah and said,

“O Muhammad, fulfill the condition."

This is because the condition of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah was that whoever migrated to Madinah without the permission of their guardian would be returned.

Umm Kulthum said,

“O Messenger of Allah, will you return me to the disbelievers so they may put me to trial regarding my religion, and I might not have the strength to endure?

And the women are weak, as you know." Thus, Allah the Exalted sent down the verse: 

صلے يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا جَاءَكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ مُهَاجِرَاتٍ فَامْتَحِنُوهُنَّ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِإِيمَانِهِنَّ فَإِنْ عَلِمْتُمُوهُنَّ مُؤْمِنَاتٍ فَلَا تَرْجِعُوهُنَّ إِلَى الْكُفَّارِ لَا هُنَّ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحِلُّونَ لَهُنَّ وَآتُوهُم مَّا أَنفَقُوا ۚ وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَن تَنكِحُوهُنَّ إِذَا آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ وَلَا تُمْسِكُوا بِعِصَمِ الْكَوَافِرِ وَاسْأَلُوا مَا أَنفَقْتُمْ وَلْيَسْأَلُوا مَا أَنفَقُوا ذلِكُمْ حُكْمُ الله يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ * 

وَإِن فَاتَكُمْ شَيْءٌ مِّنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ إِلَى الْكُفَّارِ فَعَاقَبْتُمْ فَآتُوا الَّذِينَ ذَهَبَتْ أَزْوَاجُهُم مِّثْلَ مَا أَنفَقُوا ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي أنتُم بِهِ مُؤْمِنُونَ ) 

O you who believe!

When believing women come to you as emigrants, examine them, Allah knows best as to their faith.

Then if you ascertain that they are true believers, send them not back to the disbelievers, they are not lawful (wives) for the disbelievers nor are the disbelievers lawful (husbands) for them.

But give the disbelievers that (amount of money) which they have spent [as their mahr] to them.

And there will be no sin on you to marry them if you have paid their mahr to them.

Likewise, hold not the disbelieving women as wives, and ask for (the return of) which you have spent (as mahr) and let them (the disbelievers, etc.) ask back for that which they have spent.

That is the judgment of Allah.

He judges between you.

And Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

And if any of your wives have gone from you to the disbelievers, and you have an accession (by the coming over of a woman from the other side), then pay to those whose wives have gone, the equivalent of what they had spent (on their mahr).

And fear Allah in Whom you believe.

[Surah al-Mumtahanah 60:10-11] 

Thus, he would ask them,

"By Allah, did you only migrate due to love of Allah, His Messenger, and Islam?

And you did not migrate for a husband or wealth?"

If they swore they only migrated due to love of Allah, His Messenger, and Islam, then he would not return them to the disbelievers. 

Her Marriage:

Umm Kulthum did not have a husband in Makkah, so Zayd bin Harithah married her.

Then he divorced her, so 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf married her.

She gave birth to their children Ibrahim and Humayd.

Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf died while married to her.

Next, she married Amr bin al'As, and she died while married to him. 

She narrated 10 ahadith.

Those who narrated from her include her sons Humayd and Ibrahim, and Busrah bint Safwan. 

She died during the caliphate of Ali. 

End...

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Some Notes from the book 📙

Chapter Umm Kulthum bint 'Uqbah:

- Umm Kulthum bint 'Uqbah is the half-sister of 'Uthman bin 'Affan.

Their mother was Arwa bint Kurayz, 

- From the well known aḥadith narrated by her is the narration collected in Al-Bukhari and Muslim. 

Umm Kulthum bint 'Uqbah said,

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 

ليس الكذاب الذي يصلح بين الناس فينمي خيراً أو يقول خيراً. 

"He is not a liar who brings about reconciliation among people, conveys good words, and says good things."

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