Umayma bint Abd al-Muttalib

Umaymah bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib (Arabic: أميمة بنت عبد المطلب) was a paternal aunt of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Umaymah bint Abd al-Muttalib أميمة بنت عبد المطلب
Born	Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia
Died	Hejaz, Arabia
Other names	Bint Abd al-Muttalib
Known for	Paternal aunt of Muhammad
Spouse	Jahsh ibn Riyab
Children	Sons: Ubayd Allah Abd Allah Abu Ahmad Daughters: Zaynab Hammanah Habibah
Parents	Abd al-Muttalib (father) Fatima bint Amr (mother)
Relatives	Brothers: Al-Harith Abdullah Al-Zubayr Abu Talib Abū Lahab Hamza Hajl Al-Muqawwim Sisters: Umm Hakim Arwa Atikah Barrah Safiyyah
Family	Banu Hashim (by birth) Banu Asad (by marriage)

Biography

She was born in Mecca, the daughter of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim and Fatima bint Amr al-Makhzumiya.^[1]

She married Jahsh ibn Riyab, an immigrant from the Asad ibn Khuzayma tribe,^[2][3] and they had six children.

1. Abd Allah.^[4][5][6][7]
2. Ubayd Allah.^[8][9][10]
3. Zaynab, later a wife of Muhammad.^{[11][12][13][14][15][16]}
4. Abd, who was always known as an adult by his kunya, Abu Ahmad.^{[17][12][18][19]}
5. Habiba, also known as Umm Habib.^[20][21]
6. Hamna.^[22][23][24]

It is not recorded that Umayma ever became a Muslim, and she did not accompany her children on their Hijra to Medina in 622 CE.^[25] She was still alive in 628, when Muhammad assigned her an annual pension of 40 wasqs of dates from Khaybar.^[26]