Umm Habiba: Difference between revisions

After [['Uthman b. 'Affan|'Uthman]] was killed Umm Habiba sent his bloody shirt to his brother, [[Mu'awiya b. Abu Sufyan|Mu'awiya]] in [[Damascus]].

The exact date of her birth has been mentioned 17 years before the mission of [[the Prophet (s)]] (c. 593 CE) and this date is in agreement with narrations which have considered her thirty some years old in 7 AH.

She was first the wife of 'Ubayd Allah b. Jahsh Asadi and had a daughter from him who was named Habiba and her [[kunya]] Umm Habiba originates from here. She was among the women who moved together with her husband upon the immigration of Muslims to [[Abyssinia]].

After the death of 'Ubayd Allah in Ethiopia, [[the Prophet (s)]] sent 'Amr b. Umayya Damuri in 6 or 7 AH to Negasi and mandated him to ask Umm Habiba to marry the Prophet (s) by proxy and bring her together with other Muslims to [[Medina]]. So, Negasi sent Umm Habiba with other immigrants or sooner than them with gifts to Medina.

Since [[Abu Sufyan]] was among the enemies of [[Islam]], [[Ibn Abbas]] considered the [[revelation]] of the [[verse]] "It may be that [[Allah]] will bring about between you and those with whom you are at enmity affection," (60:7) related with the marriage of the Prophet (s) and Um Habiba, daughter of Abu Sufyan. After [[conquest of Mecca]], Abu Sufyan came to Medina for the revival of the peace treaty, but when he went to his daughter Umm Habiba, she called him polytheist and unclean and did not allow him sit on the place of the Prophet (s).

After [['Uthman]] was killed, Umm Habiba sent his bloody shirt with [[Nu'man b. Bashir]] to his brother, [[Mu'awiya]] in [[Damascus]].

Umm Habiba has narrated some [[hadiths]] from [[the Prophet (s)]]. Her brothers, [[Mu'awiya]], 'Anbasa and also people such as [[Anas b. Malik]], Abu Bakr b. Sa'id al-Thaqafi, Abu Jarrah al-Qurashi and others have narrated from her.

She passed away at the age of 74 in 44 AH. There is a report that she also travelled to [[Damascus]]. Even, some have reported her death happened there and that near Bab al-Saghir cemetery, a grave is attributed to her; however, according to some authentic hadiths, she passed away in Medina and was buried there.

* The material for this article is mainly taken from [http://fa.wikishia.net/ام_حبیبه ام_حبیبه] in Farsi WikiShia.

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