Person
Māriya bint Shamʿūn al-Qibṭiyya (Maria the Copt)
مارية بنت شمعون القبطية
umm al-muʾminīn (disputed status — wife or concubine), Umm Ibrāhīm (mother of Ibrāhīm)
605 CE – 637 CE(aged ~32)
Egyptian Coptic Christian, mother of Ibrāhīm ibn Muhammad ﷺ — the only child of the Prophet ﷺ to be born after Khadīja's death. Sent by al-Muqawqis, the Coptic ruler of Alexandria, as a gift to the Prophet ﷺ in 7 AH / 628 CE along with her sister Sīrīn (who became the wife of Ḥassān ibn Thābit, the Prophet's ﷺ poet). Some scholars classify her as a wife, others as umm walad (concubine who bore a child). She accepted Islam. Ibrāhīm was born in Dhū al-Ḥijja 8 AH and died at 18 months. The Prophet ﷺ wept over him and said: "The eyes shed tears, the heart grieves, but we say only what pleases our Lord."
Significance
Egyptian Coptic Christian, mother of Ibrāhīm ibn Muhammad ﷺ — the only child of the Prophet ﷺ to be born after Khadīja's death. Sent by al-Muqawqis, the Coptic ruler of Alexandria, as a gift to the Prophet ﷺ in 7 AH / 628 CE along with her sister Sīrīn (who became the wife of Ḥassān ibn Thābit, the Prophet's ﷺ poet). Some scholars classify her as a wife, others as umm walad (concubine who bore a child). She accepted Islam. Ibrāhīm was born in Dhū al-Ḥijja 8 AH and died at 18 months. The Prophet ﷺ wept over him and said: "The eyes shed tears, the heart grieves, but we say only what pleases our Lord."
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