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'''Umm Ḥabiba al-Ramla''' (Arabic: {{ia|أم حبیبة الرملة}}) (b. 17 years before [[bi'that]]/ 593-94 -d. [[44]]/ 664-65) was a daughter of [[Abu Sufyan]] and a wife of the [[Prophet (s)]] whose name in some sources has been mentioned as '''Hind'''. She first married [['Ubayd Allah b. Jahsh al-Asadi]]. She was among the women who moved together with her husband upon the immigration of Muslims to [[Abyssinia]]. After the death of 'Ubayd Allah, the Prophet (s) mandated 'Amr b. Umayya in [[6]] or [[7]]/627-8 or 628-9 to ask Umm Habiba to marry the Prophet (s) by proxy and bring her to [[Medina]] with other Muslims.

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. 593-94 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 al-Asadi]] and had a daughter from him whose name was Habiba and her [[teknonym]] 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 al-Damuri in 6/627-28 or 7/628-29 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 before 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," ([[Quran 60]]:7) related with the marriage of the Prophet (s) and Umm Habiba, daughter of Abu Sufyan. After [[Conquest of Mecca]], Abu Sufyan came to Medina for the revival of [[Hudaybiyya 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]].

Also after the martyrdom of [[Muhammad b. Abi Bakr]], she sacrificed a sheep out of happiness and even sent a part of it to [[Aisha]], Muhammad's sister; 'Ayishia was upset and said, "May God kills the daughter of the corrupt woman (Hind, mother of Umm Habiba); swear by God, I will never again eat Kebab."

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]]/664-65. 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.

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