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Asma bint Umais


Asma bint Umais (Arabic: أسماء بنت عميس‎‎) was a wife of the first Caliph Abu Bakr and of the fourth Caliph Ali and a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

She was apparently born in Mecca as the daughter of immigrants. Her father was Umays ibn Ma'ad from the Khathaam tribe, and her mother was Hind bint Awf from the Himyar tribe.

Her full siblings were Salma bint Umais, wife of Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, and Awn ibn Umais. Her maternal half-siblings included two of Muhammad's wives, Zaynab bint Khuzayma and Maymuna bint al-Harith, as well as Lubaba bint al-Harith, the wife of ‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, Al-Sa'ib ibn al-Harith, Qatn ibn al-Harith and the community treasurer Mahmiyah ibn Al-Jaz'.

Asma and her sister Salma both converted to Islam "after the Messenger of Allah had entered the house of al-Arqam," i.e., between late 614 and early 616.

She is notable for having been the wife of three of Muhammad's close companions.

Her first husband was Ja'far ibn Abu Talib from the Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe. In 616 she emigrated with him to Abyssinia, where she gave birth to three sons, Abdullah, Muhammad and Awn. Asma loved Abyssiniyah and consider it as a second homeland after Mecca . They returned to Medina in 628 at the time of the Muslim conquest of Khaybar.


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