Umm Ruman

Zaynab bint ʿĀmir ibn ʿUwaymir ibn ʿAbd Shams ibn ʿAttāb al-Farāsīyya al-Kinānīyya, known by her kunya "Umm Rūmān" (Arabic: أمّ رومان زينب بنت عامر ابن عويمر ابن عبد شمس ابن عتاب الفراسية الكنانية)^[1] was among the followers or companions of Muhammad. She was a wife of Abu Bakr and the mother of Aisha, which made her the mother-in-law of the Prophet of Islam.^[2][3]

Umm Rūmān
أم رومان
Personal life
Born	Zaynab bint 'Amir ibn Uwaymir ibn 'Abd Shams ibn 'Attab al-Farasiyya al-Kinaniyya زينب بنت عامر ابن عويمر ابن عبد شمس ابن عتاب الفراسية الكنانية Tihamah, Arabia (present-day Saudi Arabia)
Died	c. 628 or 630 CE, 6 or 8 AH Medina, Hejaz, Arabia (present-day Saudi Arabia)
Resting place	Medina
Spouse	Al-Harith ibn Sakhbarah (until his death) Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (until her death)
Children	Tufayl ibn al-Harith Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr ʿĀʾisha bint Abī Bakr
Parent	'Amir ibn Uwaymir (father)
Era	Early Islamic period
Known for	Female companion and mother-in-law of Muhammad Mother of Aisha Wife of Abu Bakr
Relatives	Muhammad (son-in-law)
Religious life
Religion	Islam

Biography

Zaynab was the daughter of Amir ibn Uwaymir, a member of the Al-Harith ibn Ghanam clan of the Kinana tribe.^[4] She married twice. First, she became the second wife of al-Ḥārith ibn Sakhbarah of the Azd tribe. Zaynab and al-Ḥārith had a son together, Tufayl ibn al-Harith.^[5]

The family migrated to Mecca, where al-Harith became an ally of Abu Bakr.^[1] 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.^[5] They had two children together: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and Aisha.^[5]

Umm Ruman emigrated to Medina in 622, accompanied by her daughter Aisha and also by her stepchildren Asma and Abd Allah (children of Abu Bakr by other wives).^[4]

Ibn Sa'd states that Umm Ruman died in Medina in April/May 628.^[5][6] However, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani places her death in 630.^{[citation needed]}