Person
Arwā bint Kurayz
أروى بنت كريز
Lifespan unknown Banū ʿAbd Shams
Mother of ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān. Her mother al-Bayḍāʾ (Umm Ḥakīm) was a daughter of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib — making ʿUthmān a great-nephew of the Prophet's ﷺ father by maternal cousinship. She accepted Islam.
Significance
Mother of ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān. Her mother al-Bayḍāʾ (Umm Ḥakīm) was a daughter of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib — making ʿUthmān a great-nephew of the Prophet's ﷺ father by maternal cousinship. She accepted Islam.
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