Umm Kulthūm bint Muḥammad (Arabic: أم كلثوم بنت محمد) (c. 603–630) was the third daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad by his first wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid.
Umm Kulthūm bint Muḥammad | |
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| أم كلثوم بنت محمد | |
| Born | 603 CE Mecca, Arabia |
| Died | November, 630 (aged 27) Medina, Arabia |
| Resting place | |
| Spouse | Uthman |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Qasim (full-brother) Ruqayya (full-sister) Zainab (full-sister) Abd Allah (full-brother) Fatimah (full-sister) Ibrahim (half-brother) Ali (brother-in-law & fathers cousin) Abu al-As (brother-in-law & maternal-cousin) |
| Family | House of Muhammad |
Conversion to Islam
editShe was born in Mecca, probably the fifth of their six children.[1]: 10 She was legally married before August 610 to Utaybah ibn Abi Lahab, but the marriage was never consummated.[1]: 26 [2]: 163 She was still living with her parents when Muhammad was declared a prophet by God, and Umm Kulthum became a Muslim soon after her mother did.[1]: 26
After Muhammad warned Abu Lahab of hellfire in 613, Abu Lahab told Utaybah that he would never speak to him again unless he divorced Umm Kulthum, so he did.[1]: 26 Her maternal brother, Hind ibn Abi Hala, asked Muhammad, "Why did you separate Umm Kulthum from Utaybah?" Muhammad replied, "Allah did not allow me to marry her to a person who is not going to Paradise."[3]
Muhammad left Mecca in September 622. Before long Zayd ibn Haritha brought instructions to Umm Kulthum and her sister Fatima to join their father in Medina.[2]: 171–172 Their uncle Al-Abbas put them on a camel; but as they were setting off, Huwayrith ibn Nuqaydh goaded the animal so that it threw them to the ground.[4]: 773 However, Umm Kulthum and Fatima arrived safely in Medina.[1]: 26 [2]: 163 Muhammad remembered the assault and, when he conquered Mecca in 630, he sentenced Huwayrith to death.[5]: 551
Second marriage
editAfter the death of her sister Ruqayya left Uthman a widower, he married Umm Kulthum. The marriage was legally contracted in August/September 624,[6]: 128 [2]: 163 but they did not live together until December. The marriage was childless.[1]: 26 [2]: 163
Death
editUmm Kulthum died in November/December 630.[1]: 26 [2]: 11, 163 Her father tearfully conducted her funeral prayers; then Ali, Usama ibn Zayd and Abu Talha laid her into the grave .[1]: 27 [2]: 11–12, 163 Muhammad said, "If I had ten daughters, I would marry them all to Uthman."[1]: 26 Uthman was known as Dhu al-Nurayn ("the possessor of the two lights") because it was believed that no other man had ever been married to two daughters of a prophet.[7]: 369
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Muhammad ibn Saad. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). The Women of Madina. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
- ^ a b c d e f g Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk. Translated by Landau-Tasseron, E. (1998). Volume 39: Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors. Albany: State University of New York Press.
- ^ Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Al-Isaba vol. 6 #9013.
- ^ Abdulmalik ibn Hisham. Notes to Ibn Hisham's Life of Muhammad. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). The Life of Muhammad. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Muhammad ibn Ishaq. The Life of Muhammad. Guillaume, A. (1955). The Life of Muhammad. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk. Translated by Poonawala, I. K. (1990). Volume 9: The Last Years of the Prophet. Albany: State University of New York Press.
- ^ Ismail ibn Umar ibn Kathir. Al-Sira al-Nabawiyya. Translated by Le Gassick, T. (1998). The Life of the Prophet Muhammad, vol. 2. Reading, U.K.: Garnet Publishing.