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Āmina bt. Wahb (d. forty-six years before Hijra/575-6), the Prophet's (s) mother and one of the most respected ladies of Quraysh. Amina got married to Abd Allah b. Abd al-Muttalib fifty-four or fifty-three years before Hijra (568 to 570). Despite the short period of their marriage, she gave birth to Muhammad (s) fifty-two years before Hijra (570). When Muhammad (s) was four or six, Amina passed away in an area called al-Abwa' while coming back from Medina.
Amina was born in Mecca. Her father, Wahb, was a great member of the Banu Zuhra tribe, and her ancestor, Abd Manaf b. Zuhrah was his cousin's peer, Abd Manaf b. Qusayy. They are called "Manafayn" out of respect. The mother of her father, Atika, al-Awqas b. Murra b. Hilal al-Sulamiyya's daughter, one of the three Atikas whom the Prophet (s) was proud of being her offspring and said, "I'm the offspring of Awatik from Banu Sulaym."
Her mother was Barra bt. Awf. Her mother's ancestor was Umm Habib, daughter of Asad b. 'Abd al‑'Uzza b. Qusayy.
The Prophet (s) was proud of his lineage and said, "God moved me from pure waists to pure uteruses and divided them into branches and I was put in the best ones of them."
She was the best girl from among the Quraysh in terms of lineage and character when getting married to Abd Allah b. Abd al-Muttalib. Before Abd Allah proposed to Amina, some women, such as Nawfal b. Asad's daughter, Fatima bt. Murr and Layla al-Adawiyya had proposed to him. According to one account, when Amina got married to Abd Allah, many Meccan women were heartbroken. Their ceremony lasted for three days and nights. During this period, Abd Allah was in the bride's house according to the tribe's tradition.
Their married life did not last long. After a few days of living together, Abd Allah set off for a commercial trip, catching an illness in Yathrib and passing away while returning.........
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