ʿĀtikah bint Murrah ibn Hilāl ibn Fālij ibn Dhakwān ( ar, عاتكة بنت مرة) (fl. 5th century CE) was a
Hawazin heiress, and the mother of
Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf, thus the great-great-grandmother of
Islamic prophet
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Muhammad
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.
Family
She was daughter of Murrah ibn Hilal and Safiya bint Awf, cousin of Murrah. Atikah was a woman from Banu
Hawazin. She married a leader of Banu Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy,
Abd Manaf ibn Qusay. By him, she had many sons. The sons are:
al-Muttalib (المطلب),
Amr/Hashim (عمرو/هاشم) dan
Abd Shams (عبد الشمس). The daughters are:
Barrah (برة),
Halah
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(هالة),
Tumāḍir (تماضر),
Qilab
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ah (قلابة),
Hayyah (حياة),
Rayta (ريطة),
Kathamah (خثامة) and
Sufyan Sufyan is an Arabic name.
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ah (سفيانة).
Biography
Atikah was wife of
Abd Manaf ibn Qusai
Abd Manaf al-Mughirah ibn Qusai ( ar, عبد مناف ٱلمغيرة ٱبن قصي, ''ʿAbd Manāf al-Mughīrah ibn Quṣayy'') was a Qurayshi and great-great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His father was Quṣai ibn Kilāb.
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. The birth of her
conjoined twin sons 'Amr (more commonly known as Hashim) and
'Abd Shams was remembered for 'Amr being born with one of his toes pressed into 'Abd Shams's forehead. It was said that they had struggled in the womb seeking to be firstborn. Legend says that their father
Abd Manaf ibn Qusai
Abd Manaf al-Mughirah ibn Qusai ( ar, عبد مناف ٱلمغيرة ٱبن قصي, ''ʿAbd Manāf al-Mughīrah ibn Quṣayy'') was a Qurayshi and great-great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His father was Quṣai ibn Kilāb.
Biogr ...
separated the conjoined brothers with a sword and that some priests believed that the blood that had flown between them signified wars between their progeny (confrontations did occur between
Banu al'Abbas and
Banu Ummaya ibn 'Abd Shams in the year 750 AH).
Atikah also bore Abd Manaf ibn Qusai three other sons;
Muttalib, and six daughters; Barrah, Halah, Tumadir/Tamadur, Qilaba, Hayya, Raytah/Rita, Khathamah, Sufyanah
Notable descendants
See also
*
Family tree of Muhammad
References
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
5th-century women
5th-century Arabs
Family of Muhammad
Sahabah ancestors
Hawazin
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