Lubnā bint Hājar () was a wife 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 the mother of
Abū Lahab.
Her father, Hajar ibn Abd Manaf ibn Datir
[Abdulmalik ibn Hisham. ''Notes to Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah''. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). ''The Life of Muhammad'', p. 708 note 97. Oxford: Oxford University Press.] ibn Hubashiya ibn Salul ibn Ka'b ibn 'Amr, was from the
Khuza'a tribe.
[Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir''. Translated by Haq, S. M. (1967). ''Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir Volume I Parts I & II'', p. 100. Delhi: Kitab Bhavan.] Her mother, Hind bint 'Amr ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd ibn Taym ibn Murra, was from the
Taym 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 ...
, hence a relative of
Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa (; – 23 August 634) was the senior companion and was, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first caliph of Islam. He is known with the honor ...
. Hind's mother was Sawda bint Zuhra ibn Kilab,
[ making Hind a first cousin of ]Amina bint Wahb
Aminah bint Wahb ( ar, آمِنَة ٱبْنَت وَهْب, ', ), was a woman of the clan of Banu Zuhrah in the tribe of Quraysh, and the mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Early life and marriage
Aminah was born to Wahb ibn Abd Manaf ...
and Lubna a second cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
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.
By her marriage to Abd al-Muttalib, Lubna had one son, Abd al-Uzza, known as Abu Lahab ("flame man") "because of his beauty and charm".[
According to later Muslim historians, Lubna was known as ''al-Samajij'', which could mean "ill-favoured" (ugly) or even "without any good quality".][Guillaume, A. (1960). ''New Light on the Life of Muhammad'', p. 33. Manchester: Manchester University Press.]
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