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Umm Salamah (Hind bint Abi Umayyah) (RA)

أم سلمة هند بنت أبي أمية

d. c. 61-62 AH (the last of the wives to die) date disputed · wife (Umm al-Mu'minin)

An early emigrant to Abyssinia and Madinah, noted for wisdom; her advice at Hudaybiyyah resolved a crisis. Hadith al-Kisa is narrated in her house in several reports.

Biography

Umm Salamah and her husband Abu Salamah were among the first emigrants to Abyssinia and later to Madinah. After Abu Salamah died of wounds from Uhud, she married the Prophet ﷺ (4 AH). Sahih Muslim records the supplication she was taught upon her loss, after which Allah replaced him with someone better.

At Hudaybiyyah (6 AH), when the companions hesitated to shave and sacrifice, she advised the Prophet ﷺ to do so himself first, and they followed (Sahih Bukhari). Narrations in Jami' al-Tirmidhi place the revelation of 33:33 and the cloak gathering of Ali, Fatimah, Hasan and Husayn in her house. She is reported to be the last of the Mothers of the Believers to die, after Karbala.

Sources & explanation

۞ Qur'an

33:6 33:33

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📜 Hadith verified on sunnah.com

  • Sahih Muslim 918a Sahih

    Umm Salamah said the supplication taught for calamity when Abu Salamah died, and Allah gave her someone better — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

  • Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3205 Sahih (Darussalam)

    The verse of purification (33:33) was revealed in Umm Salamah's house; the Prophet ﷺ covered Fatimah, Hasan, Husayn and Ali with a cloak.

💬 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 Bukhari (Hudaybiyyah) and Sahih Muslim (her supplication) are used; Tirmidhi's Kisa narration is noted.

Further references

  • Sahih Bukhari (Hudaybiyyah)
  • Sahih Muslim (supplication at her loss)
  • Jami' al-Tirmidhi (33:33 in her house)

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