Sayyidah Umm Habibah bint Abi Sufyan (R.A)
Sayyidah Umm Habibah’s Name and lineage
Umm Habibah Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan Sakhar ibn Harb ibn Umayyah ibn ‘Abd Shams al Umawiyyah.
Her mother was Safiyyah bint Abi al ‘As ibn Umayyah.
Sayyidah Umm Habibah radiya Llahu ‘anha was born seventeen years before the Messenger of Allah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam received Nubuwwah. She then accepted Islam with her husband, ‘Abdullah ibn Jahsh al Asadi. They both migrated to Abyssinia, where she gave birth to a daughter named Habibah. She remained steadfast on her religion, but her husband became Christian while in Abyssinia. In return Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala gave her a much better husband than him, who was none other than the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. From His wives she was the most closely related to Him in lineage, her lineage linked up to the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam at ‘Abd Manaf.
She passed away in 44 A.H.
Sayyidah Umm Habibah’s Virtues and Status Umm Habibah radiya Llahu ‘anha honoured the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam by not allowing her father to sit upon his mat, as he was still an idolater when he came to extend the truce between the Muslims and Quraysh.
She participated in the second migration towards Abyssinia.[The Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam praised those who migrated to Abyssinia and then later to Madinah as well, saying that for them is the reward of two emigrations. Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 2502.]
Umm Habibah Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan Sakhar ibn Harb ibn Umayyah ibn ‘Abd Shams al Umawiyyah.
Her mother was Safiyyah bint Abi al ‘As ibn Umayyah.
Sayyidah Umm Habibah radiya Llahu ‘anha was born seventeen years before the Messenger of Allah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam received Nubuwwah. She then accepted Islam with her husband, ‘Abdullah ibn Jahsh al Asadi. They both migrated to Abyssinia, where she gave birth to a daughter named Habibah. She remained steadfast on her religion, but her husband became Christian while in Abyssinia. In return Allah subhanahu wa ta ‘ala gave her a much better husband than him, who was none other than the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. From His wives she was the most closely related to Him in lineage, her lineage linked up to the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam at ‘Abd Manaf.
She passed away in 44 A.H.
Sayyidah Umm Habibah’s Virtues and Status Umm Habibah radiya Llahu ‘anha honoured the Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam by not allowing her father to sit upon his mat, as he was still an idolater when he came to extend the truce between the Muslims and Quraysh.
She participated in the second migration towards Abyssinia.[The Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam praised those who migrated to Abyssinia and then later to Madinah as well, saying that for them is the reward of two emigrations. Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 2502.]