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Umm Ayman, Barakah

Umm Ayman

أم أيمن مولاة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم

Umm Ayman Barakah bint Tha'labah bin 'Amr bin Hassan b. Maalik b. Salamah b. 'Amr b. Nu'man

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O Barakah, I shall depart from this world shortly. I commend my son Muhammad to your care. He lost his father while he was in my abdomen. Here he is now, losing his mother under his very eyes. Be a mother to him, Barakah. And don't ever leave him.'. The touching story of the cradle to grave devotion of the Ethiopian slave girl who reared Prophet Mohammed after the death of his parents and was a selfless and courageous early Muslim.

Father

Tha'labah bin 'Amr bin Hassan

Spouses (2)

'Ubiad bin Zaid KhazrajiZayd ibn Harithah
Classical References
  • ·al-Isabah — Ibn Hajarp. 265-272

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Life Details

Born

before 60 BH

Birth City

Abyssinia

Died

11 AH or later

Death City

Medinah

Cause

Natural

Lived in

Makkah/Medina

Scholarly Profile

Narrator Grade

No Doubt

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