Ṣafīyyah bint Abī al-ʿĀṣ () was the daughter of
Abu al-As ibn Umayya
Abū al-ʿĀṣ ibn Umayya () was a son of the eponymous progenitor of the Umayyad clan, Umayya ibn Abd Shams.
His sons were the following:
* Affan, father of Caliph Uthman.
* Al-Hakam, the father of the Umayyad caliph Marwan I.
*Al-Mughira, ma ...
.
She was a wife of
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya ibn Abd Shams ( ar, صخر بن حرب بن أمية بن عبد شمس, Ṣakhr ibn Ḥarb ibn Umayya ibn ʿAbd Shams; ), better known by his '' kunya'' Abu Sufyan ( ar, أبو سفيان, Abū Sufyān), was a prominent ...
(her cousin). She had at least two daughters with him:
Ramlah
Ramla or Ramle ( he, רַמְלָה, ''Ramlā''; ar, الرملة, ''ar-Ramleh'') is a city in the Central District of Israel. Today, Ramle is one of Israel's mixed cities, with both a significant Jewish and Arab populations.
The city was f ...
, who would later adopt
Islam and marry
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 mo ...
, and Umayna.
[Ibn Saad, ''Tabaqat'' vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). ''The Women of Madina'', p. 169. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.]
See also
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Saffiyah (name)
Safiya ( ar, صفية, Ṣafiyya) is an Arab name, meaning "pure".
Alternative transliterations include ''Saffiyah, Safiyyah, Safie, Safia, Safija, Safya, Sophie, Safiyah, Safeia'', etc.
Notable bearers of the name include:
Medieval
*Safiy ...
References
Banu Umayya
7th-century Arabs
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