Barrah bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib (

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: برة بنت عبد المطلب) was an aunt of

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

, regarded as the final prophet of Islam. She was born in

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, the daughter of

Abd al-Muttalib Shayba ibn Hāshim ( ar, شَيْبَة بْن هَاشِم; 497–578), better known as ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, ( ar, عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب , lit=Servant of Muttalib) was the fourth chief of the Quraysh tribal confederation. He was ...

and

Fatima bint Amr Fāṭima bint ʿAmr ( ar, فاطمة بنت عمرو; died 576) was the grandmother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Ali ibn Abi Talib and one of the wives of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim. She was from the Banu Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tri ...

.Ibn Hisham note 97. Her siblings included

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Al-Zubayr ibn Abd al-Muttalib Al-Zubayr ibn Abd al-Muttalib ( ar, الزبير بن عبد المطلب, al-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib), was the son of Abd al-Muttalib and Fatima bint Amr, hence an uncle of Muhammad. He was full brother to Abu Talib and to Muhammad's f ...

, and

Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ( ar, أَبُو طَالِب بن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب '; ) was the leader of Banu Hashim, a clan of the Qurayshi tribe of Mecca in the Hejazi region of the Arabian Peninsula. He was an uncle of the ...

Life

She was married twice. Her first husband was Abd al-Asad ibn Hilal, a member of the

Makhzum The Banu Makhzum () was one of the wealthy clans of the Quraysh. They are regarded as being among the three most powerful and influential clans in Mecca before the advent of Islam, the other two being the Banu Hashim (the tribe of the Islamic proph ...

clan of the

Quraysh The Quraysh ( ar, قُرَيْشٌ) were a grouping of Arab clans that historically inhabited and controlled the city of Mecca and its Kaaba. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born into the Hashim clan of the tribe. Despite this, many of the Qur ...

tribe. Their sons were named Abd Allah (later known as Abu Salama), Sufyan, and Aswad. Abu Salama and Sufyan became Muslims while Aswad did not. Aswad was later killed in the

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. Her second husband was Abu Ruhm ibn Abd al-Uzza from the Amir ibn Luayy clan of the Quraysh. Their son was named Abu Sabra. Barra died a believer of one God; Allah. Her husband went on to marry

Maymunah bint al-Harith Maymunah bint al-Harith al-Hilaliyyah ( ar, مَيْمُونَة ٱبْنَت ٱلْحَارِث ٱلْهِلَالِيَّة, Maymūnah ibnat al-Ḥārith al-Hilālīyah; ), was a twelfth wife of Muhammad. Her original name was Barrah ( ar, بَ ...

, who later married Muhammad.

References

{{Reflist Family of Muhammad People from Mecca Banu Hashim 6th-century Arabs