Person
Ramla bint Abī Sufyān (Umm Ḥabība)
رملة بنت أبي سفيان (أم حبيبة)
Umm Ḥabība · umm al-muʾminīn
591 CE – 666 CE(aged ~75) Banū Umayya
Ninth wife of the Prophet ﷺ. Daughter of Abū Sufyān ibn Ḥarb (then still chief of Quraysh's opposition to Islam) — making her sister to Muʿāwiya, the future Umayyad caliph. Migrated with her first husband ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Jaḥsh to Abyssinia where he apostatised to Christianity and died. The Prophet ﷺ proposed to her through the Negus (al-Najāshī), who arranged the marriage and paid the dower in 6-7 AH. This marriage helped reconcile Quraysh's leading family with the Prophet.
Significance
Ninth wife of the Prophet ﷺ. Daughter of Abū Sufyān ibn Ḥarb (then still chief of Quraysh's opposition to Islam) — making her sister to Muʿāwiya, the future Umayyad caliph. Migrated with her first husband ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Jaḥsh to Abyssinia where he apostatised to Christianity and died. The Prophet ﷺ proposed to her through the Negus (al-Najāshī), who arranged the marriage and paid the dower in 6-7 AH. This marriage helped reconcile Quraysh's leading family with the Prophet.
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