Ḥantamah bint Hishām ( ar, حنتمة بنت هشام) was the mother of
Umar ibn al-Khattab
ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphat ...
and wife of
Khattab ibn Nufayl. She lived during the 6th century and was a contemporary of the Islamic prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...
. Her son Umar would become Muslim and is regarded as the second "Rightly guided Caliph" (Arabic "
Rashidun") by
Muslims
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(except
Shiites). She was the ancestor of many
Sahabas.
Ancestry
Hantamah was born in
Mecca
Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow val ...
to
Hisham ibn al-Mughirah
Hisham ibn al-Mughira (died 598) was an Arab polytheistic leader from the Banu Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tribe. He was a person of high rank among the Quraish and he was one of the commanders in the Sacrilegious War.
He was the son of al-Mughira ...
.
Hisham ibn al-Mughirah was the son of
Mughirah ibn Abd-Allah
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, one of the leaders of the
Quraish. One of his daughters was Hantamah, who was the mother of
Umar
ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphat ...
. By his wife Asma bint Mukharraba, he was the father of
Abu Jahl
ʿAmr ibn Hishām al-Makhzūmī ( ar, عمرو بن هشام المخزومي), (570 – 13 March 624), also known as Abu Jahl (lit. 'Father of Ignorance'), was one of the Meccan polytheist pagan leaders from the Quraysh known for his opposition ...
, the famous opponent of Muhammad.
Biography
Hantamah was the daughter of Hisham ibn al-Mughirah. She was born in Mecca. She belong to
Banu Makhzum clan of the
Quraysh tribe.
Hantamah married
Khattab ibn Nufayl, this marriage was arranged by her father. Hantamah gave birth to her first child Umar around 583 or 584 CE (Umar was born in Mecca to the
Banu Adi clan, which was responsible for arbitration among the tribes.
) and her daughter
Fatimah
Fāṭima bint Muḥammad ( ar, فَاطِمَة ٱبْنَت مُحَمَّد}, 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, t ...
was born few years after. Her Husband belong to Banu Adi, a clan of Quraysh tribe. She died in early 600s. Her daughter Fatimah married a member of Banu Adi clan.
Family
Hantamah bint Hisham was the relative of many Companions of
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...
. From her marriage she was the mother of two children.
;Children
The children of Hantamah are:
*
Umar ibn al-Khattab
ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphat ...
, he was the elder son of Hantamah and Al-Khattab
*
Fatimah bint al-Khattab, daughter
*
Zayd ibn al-Khattab, Step-son of Hantamah, he was the son of Al-Khattab and his second wife Asma bint Wahb.
;Daughters and sons-in-law
*
Sa'id bin Zayd
*
Zaynab bint Madhun, she married Umar before 605
[Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). ''The Women of Madina''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.]
*
Umm Kulthum bint Jarwal, she married Umar ibn al-Khattab before 616,
*
Qurayba bint Abi Umayya, she married Umar before 616.
[Muhammad ibn Ishaq. ''Sirat Rasul Allah''. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). ''The Life of Muhammad''. Oxford: Oxford University Press.][Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. ''Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk''. Translated by Fishbein, M. (1997). ''Volume 8: The Victory of Islam''. Albany: State University of New York Press.]
;Grandchildren
*
Abdallah ibn Umar, born c.610 in Mecca
*
Hafsa bint Umar, was the wife of Muhammad.
*
Ubayd Allah ibn Umar
*
Zayd ibn Umar
*
Asim ibn Umar
* Abdulrahman ibn Sa'id ibn Zayd also known as Zayd Abdulrahman the Elder was the son of her daughter Fatima.
See also
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Zayd ibn Amr
*
Walid ibn al-Mughirah
References
*
Al-Suyuti. ''
History of the Caliphs''.
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Albert Hourani
Albert Habib Hourani ( ar, ألبرت حبيب حوراني ''Albart Ḥabīb Ḥūrānī''; 31 March 1915 – 17 January 1993) was a Lebanese British historian, specialising in the history of the Middle East and Middle Eastern studies.
Bac ...
, ''
A History of the Arab Peoples'', Faber and Faber, 1991.
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