Umm Habiba

Umm Habiba bint Abi Sufyan Sakhr bin Harb bin Umayyah bin Abd Shams of the Umayyad Quraysh, wife of the Prophet ﷺ one of the mothers of the believers. I called her daughter Habiba bint Ubayd Allah bin Jahsh, and her name is Ramla. We mentioned her in the R. She was one of the first to convert to Islam. She migrated to Abyssinia with her husband Ubayd Allah, and Habiba was born there. Ubayd Allah converted to Christianity. He died in Abyssinia. Christian, and Umm Habibah remained a Muslim in the land of Abyssinia, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, sent to propose to her to the Negus. Umm Habibah said: I only felt that the Messenger of the Negus was a slave girl called Abraha. She was watching over his clothes and oil. She asked Ali for permission, so I granted her permission. She said: The king says to you: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, has written to me to marry you. I said: May Allah bless you with goodness.

She said: And the king says to you: And eat. Who will marry you? So I sent to Khalid bin Saeed bin Al-Aas bin Umayyah and appointed him. I gave Abraha two silver bracelets that I had and silver rings that were on my fingers, out of happiness with what you gave me good news. When evening came, the Negus ordered Jaafar bin Abi Talib and from there from the Muslims to attend, and the Negus proposed and he thanked Allah, and said: As for what follows, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, wrote to me to marry him to Umm Habibah bint Abi Sufyan. I responded to what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, called for.

I gave her four hundred dinars. He then poured the dinars in front of the people, and Khaled bin Saeed spoke and thanked Allah and praised him, and said: "As for what follows, I have responded to what he called for to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and his wife is Umm Habibah bint Abi Sufyan, and may Allah bless His Messenger." Al-Najashi handed the dinars to Khaled and he took them, and then they wanted to separate, so he said: "Sit down, for it is the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺs that when they get married, food is eaten on the table." "Marriage." He called for food and they ate, then dispersed. Another report states: The one who was appointed by Umm Habibah to conduct the marriage was Uthman bin Affan bin Abi Al-Aas bin Umayyah because her mother was Safiya bint Abi Al-Aas, Othman's paternal aunt. Ibn Ishaq said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, married her after Zainab bint Khuzaymah Al-Hilaliyya.