Salma Umm al-Khayr bint Sakhar ( ar, سَلْمَىٰ أُمّ ٱلْخَيْر بِنْت صَخَر, ''Salmā ʾUmm al-Khayr ibnat Ṣakhar'') was the companion of Islamic prophet

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and was the mother 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 ...

, the first

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Biography

Salma was the daughter of Sakhar ibn Amir ibn Amr ( ar, صَخَر ٱبْن عَامِر ٱبْن عَمْروْ), from the Taym clan of the Quraysh, and the brother of her uncle Uthman ibn Amir, later known as 'Abu Qahafa'. Her kenning was ''Umm Al-Khayr'' ("Mother of Goodness"). Salma and Abu Quhafa had several sons who did not survive infancy. When Abu Bakr was born in 573, Salma took him to the

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and prayed to the gods: “If this one is granted immunity from death, then bestow him upon me!” Abu Bakr was therefore known as ''Atiq'' (" the exempted"), while his subsequent surviving brothers were given the related names ''Mu'taq'' and ''Utayq''. Salma was an early convert to Islam. She was among those who were "brought to the house of Arqam" to meet Muhammad, i.e., after 614 but before the ''

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''. She died during the Caliphate of her son Abu Bakr between 632 and 634.

Legacy

Sunnis honour her as ''Umm al-Khayr'' ( ar, أُمّ ٱلْخَيْر), meaning "Mother of Goodness", referring to Abu Bakr, whom Sunni Muslims honour as one of

The Ten Promised Paradise The ten to whom Paradise was promised (Arabic: ar, العشرة المبشرون, translit=al-ʿashara al-mubashsharūn, label=none or ar, العشرة المبشرة, translit=al-ʿashara al-mubashshara, label=none) were ten early Muslims to w ...

among

's early companions, the ''

Sahaba The Companions of the Prophet ( ar, اَلصَّحَابَةُ; ''aṣ-ṣaḥāba'' meaning "the companions", from the verb meaning "accompany", "keep company with", "associate with") were the disciples and followers of Muhammad who saw or m ...

''.

Family tree

References

External links

Anwary-Islam.com
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