Fatimah (Amr) bint Amr (abt. 510 - abt. 575)

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Biography

Fatimah was the grandmother of prophet Muhammad ﷺ. ^[1]

Name

• Fatimah bint Amr /ˈfætɪmə/ (Arabic: فاطمة بنت عمر‎) ^[2]Her full name was Fatimah bint `Amr ibn `A'idh ibn `Imran ibn Makhzum. ^[2]

Birth and Parents

Her mother was Sakhrah bint Abd ibn `Imran, also from Banu Makhzum; Sakhrah's mother was Takhmur bint `Abd ibn Qusai.^[3]

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. ^[4]

Marriage

She was one of the wives of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim. ^[2]

576 Death

She died in 576. ^[2]

Issue

With Abdul-Muttalib, Fatimah was the mother of three sons and five daughters:^[2]

1. Abū Ṭālib (Syed) ibn 'Abd al-Muṭṭalib, born 539 ‘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. ^[5]
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. ^[6]
3. Abd Allah Abd-al-Muttabib, born 554 - Married to Āminah bint Wahab and father of Muḥammad.
4. Barrah bint Abdul Muttalib^[7]- Married to Abul Asad ibn Hilāl of Banu Makhzūm ^[7]and mother of Abdullah,^[8] 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^[9] - 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.^[10]
6. Umaimah or Umamah - Married to Jahsh ibn Riyab of Banu Asad^[11]and mother of Abd-Allah, Ubayd-Allah, Abd (Abu Ahmad), Hamna or Hammanah, Zaynab, Habiba (Umm Habib). ^[2]
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. ^[2]
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) ^[2]

Research notes

Her first son Az-Zubayr was born in 0530's. So she was born latest 525. The earliest date could be 500, since she had several children and some of them were born much later. A good approximate would be 0510.

Sources

1. ↑ Jamharat an-Nasab, by Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (d.819)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Wikipedia: Fatimah_bint_Amr Accessed November 224, 2018 jhd
3. ↑ Maqsood, Ruqaiyyah Waris. "Abdu'l Muttalib's Oath". Retrieved 26 July 2014. Cited by Wikipedia: Fatimah_bint_Amr Accessed November 224, 2018 jhd
4. ↑ Lings, Martin (1983). Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. George Allen & Unwin. p. 13. Cited by Wikipedia: Fatimah_bint_Amr Accessed November 224, 2018 jhd
5. ↑ Ibn Saad/Haq vol. 1 pp. 135-136. Cited by Wikipedia: Fatimah_bint_Amr Accessed November 224, 2018 jhd
6. ↑ Ibn Saad/Bewley vol. 8 pp. 34-35.Cited by Wikipedia: Fatimah_bint_Amr Accessed November 224, 2018 jhd
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} ibn Saad, Muhammad (1995). Tabaqat vol. 8: The Women of Madina. Ta-Ha Publishers. p. 33. Cited by Wikipedia: Fatimah_bint_Amr Accessed November 224, 2018 jhd
8. ↑ ibn Saad, Muhammad (2013). Tabaqat vol. 3: The Companions of Badr. p. 183. Cited by Wikipedia: Fatimah_bint_Amr Accessed November 224, 2018 jhd
9. ↑ Abdulmalik ibn Hisham (1955). The Life of Muhammad. Oxford University Press. p. 707. Cited by Wikipedia: Fatimah_bint_Amr Accessed November 224, 2018 jhd
10. ↑ ibn Saad, Muhammad (1995). Tabaqat vol. 8: The Women of Madina. Ta-Ha Publishers. p. 30. Cited by Wikipedia: Fatimah_bint_Amr Accessed November 224, 2018 jhd
11. ↑ Muhammad ibn Ishaq (1955). Sirat Rasul Allah(The Life of Muhammad). Oxford University Press. p. 116. Cited by Wikipedia: Fatimah_bint_Amr Accessed November 224, 2018 jhd

See also

• Wikipedia: Family tree of Muhammad

Acknowledgements

• Janice Hardin, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Janice and others.