Islamic Timeline of RevelationOpen in flowchart →Umm Habibah (Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan) (RA)
أم حبيبة رملة بنت أبي سفيان
Daughter of Abu Sufyan and sister of Mu'awiyah, who embraced Islam early against her father's wishes and emigrated to Abyssinia. She was married to the Prophet ﷺ there by proxy.
Biography
Ramlah emigrated to Abyssinia with her husband Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh, who is reported to have become a Christian there and died. The Prophet ﷺ married her by proxy through al-Najashi, who paid her dowry (Sunan Abi Dawud; Sunan al-Nasa'i). She came to Madinah around 7 AH.
When her father Abu Sufyan, still a polytheist, visited Madinah before the conquest, she folded away the Prophet's mat so he would not sit on it (sirah sources). Sahih Muslim records her narration on the virtue of praying twelve voluntary rak'ahs daily. Her brother Mu'awiyah appears in Phase 4.
Sources & explanation
📜 Hadith verified on sunnah.com
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5101 Sahih
Umm Habibah asked the Prophet ﷺ to marry her sister; he explained it was not lawful for him.
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Sahih Muslim 728a Sahih
Umm Habibah narrated that whoever prays twelve voluntary rak'ahs daily, a house is built for him in Paradise.
💬 Explanation Unverified
Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's perspective
Methodological note (not a direct quote): Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's widely known approach is to build narratives primarily on the Quran and Sahih Hadith, to set aside Israiliyat (Judeo-Christian lore absorbed into later tafsir) and weak or fabricated narrations, and to avoid sectarian framing. Applied to this node: Sahih Muslim and the Sunan reports form the basis.
Empires in their lifetime
- Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 CE – c. 960 CEMarried to the Prophet ﷺ while in Abyssinia, with the Najashi providing the mahr.
Further references
- Sahih Muslim (twelve rak'ahs)
- Sunan Abi Dawud (marriage in Abyssinia)
Connections
Comes from
- Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (RA) father of — Daughter
Linked with
- Prophet Muhammad ﷺ married — Wife (marriage)
- Uthman ibn Affan (Dhu al-Nurayn) (RA) family — Same clan (Banu Umayyah)