Fatimah bint Amr

Fatimah bint Amr /ˈfætɪmə/ (Arabic: فاطمة بنت عمر‎; died 576) was the grandmother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and one of the wives of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim. She was from the Banu Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tribe, unlike her co-wives, who were all from outlying tribes and had relatively little influence in Mecca.[1]

Her full name was Fatimah bint `Amr ibn `A'idh ibn `Imran ibn Makhzum. Her mother was Sakhrah bint Abd ibn `Imran, also from Banu Makhzum; Sakhrah's mother was Takhmur bint `Abd ibn Qusai.[2]

Children of Fatimah bint Amr

With Abdul-Muttalib, Fatimah was the mother of three sons and five daughters:

1. ‘Abd Manāf (Abu Talib) - Married to Fatimah bint Asad ibn Hashim and father of Ṭālib, Fakhitah, Jumanah, Aqeel, Rayta, Ja’far and Ali. His second wife was Illa, and their son was Tulayq.[3]
2. Az-Zubayr - Married to Atika bint Abi Wahb and father of Duba'a, Abd-Allah, Atiqa, Majl, Umm al-Hakam, Safiya and Umm az-Zubayr.[4]
3. Abd-Allah ibn Abd-al-Muttalib - Married to Āminah bint Wahab and father of the holy prophet Muḥammad.
4. Barrah bint Abdul Muttalib[5] - Married to Abul Asad ibn Hilāl of Banu Makhzūm[5] and mother of Abdullah,[6] Sufyān and Aswad. Her second husband was Abu Ruhm ibn ‘Abd al- ‘Uzzā from the ‘Āmir ibn Luayy clan of the Quraysh. Their son was Abu Sabra. After Barrah's death, he married Maymuna bint Harith, and had a son, Atiqah. After Abu Ruhm's death, Maymuna married Muhammad.
5. Arwā[7] - Married at first to ‘Umayr ibn Wahb ibn Kathir, by whom she had a son, Tulayb. Her second husband was Arta ibn Sharahbil ibn Hāshim, by whom she had a daughter, Fāṭimah.[8]
6. Umaimah or Umamah - Married to Jahsh ibn Riyab of Banu Asad[9] and mother of Abd-Allah, Ubayd-Allah, Abd (Abu Ahmad), Hamna or Hammanah, Zaynab, Habiba (Umm Habib).
7. ‘Ātikah - Married first to Umar ibn Abdul Uzza ibn Qusayy, by whom she had a son, Zuhayr. Her second husband is Abu Umaiyah ibn al-Mughīrah ibn ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar ibn Makhzum ibn Yaqaẓah, mother of 'Abdullah, Zubayr & Qariba. After Atika's death, He married Atika bint Amir ibn Rabia and Atika bint Utba, she became stepmother of Hind, Qurayba, Hisham, Mas'ud, Rayta, Umayya and Muhajir.
8. Umm Ḥakīm (al-Baiḍā) - Married to Quraiz ibn Rabī‘ah of Banu ‘Abdu Shams and mother of ‘Āmir, Arwa (the mother of the future Caliph ‘Uthmān) Sa'diyya/ Sa'di, Ṭalḥah, Hakim and Barrah (Um Talha)

Family tree

Kilab ibn Murrah

Fatimah bint Sa'd

Zuhrah ibn Kilab (progenitor of Banu Zuhrah) maternal great-great-grandfather

Qusai ibn Kilab paternal great-great-great-grandfather

Hubba bint Hulail paternal great-great-great-grandmother

`Abd Manaf ibn Zuhrah maternal great-grandfather

`Abd Manaf ibn Qusai paternal great-great-grandfather

Atikah bint Murrah paternal great-great-grandmother

Wahb ibn `Abd Manaf maternal grandfather

Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf (progenitor of Banu Hashim) paternal great-grandfather

Salma bint `Amr paternal great-grandmother

Fatimah bint `Amr paternal grandmother

`Abdul-Muttalib paternal grandfather

Halah bint Wuhayb paternal step-grandmother

Aminah mother

`Abdullah father

Az-Zubayr paternal uncle

Harith paternal half-uncle

Hamza paternal half-uncle

Thuwaybah first nurse

Halimah second nurse

Abu Talib paternal uncle

`Abbas paternal half-uncle

Abu Lahab paternal half-uncle

6 other sons and 6 daughters

Muhammad

Khadija first wife

`Abd Allah ibn `Abbas paternal cousin

Fatimah daughter

Ali paternal cousin and son-in-law family tree, descendants

Qasim son

`Abd-Allah son

Zainab daughter

Ruqayyah daughter

Uthman second cousin and son-in-law family tree

Umm Kulthum daughter

Zayd adopted son

Ali ibn Zainab grandson

Umamah bint Zainab granddaughter

`Abd-Allah ibn Uthman grandson

Rayhana bint Zayd wife

Usama ibn Zayd adoptive grandson

Muhsin ibn Ali grandson

Hasan ibn Ali grandson

Husayn ibn Ali grandson family tree

Umm Kulthum bint Ali granddaughter

Zaynab bint Ali granddaughter

Safiyya tenth wife

Abu Bakr father-in-law family tree

Sawda third wife

Umar father-in-law family tree

Umm Salama sixth wife

Juwayriya eighth wife

Maymuna eleventh wife

Aisha third wife Family tree

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Hafsa fourth wife

Zaynab seventh wife

Umm Habiba ninth wife

Maria al-Qibtiyya twelfth wife

Ibrahim son

• * indicates that the marriage order is disputed
• Note that direct lineage is marked in bold.

See also

• Amr (name)
• Fatimah (name)
• Family tree of Muhammad
• Sahaba

References

1. Lings, Martin (1983). Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. George Allen & Unwin. p. 13.
2. Maqsood, Ruqaiyyah Waris. "Abdu'l Muttalib's Oath". Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
3. Ibn Saad/Haq vol. 1 pp. 135-136.
4. Ibn Saad/Bewley vol. 8 pp. 34-35.
5. ibn Saad, Muhammad (1995). Tabaqat vol. 8: The Women of Madina. Ta-Ha Publishers. p. 33.
6. ibn Saad, Muhammad (2013). Tabaqat vol. 3: The Companions of Badr. p. 183.
7. Abdulmalik ibn Hisham (1955). The Life of Muhammad. Oxford University Press. p. 707.
8. ibn Saad, Muhammad (1995). Tabaqat vol. 8: The Women of Madina. Ta-Ha Publishers. p. 30.
9. Muhammad ibn Ishaq (1955). Sirat Rasul Allah(The Life of Muhammad). Oxford University Press. p. 116.

External links

• al-Islam.org