Umm Ḥakīm Al-Bayḍāʾ bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib () was an aunt of

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. She was born in

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around 546, 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

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al-Makhzumiya.Ibn Hisham note 97.Muhammad ibn Saad, ''Tabaqat'' vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). ''The Women of Madina''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. She was the twin sister of

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, the father of Muhammad.Al-Tabari, ''Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk'' vol. 39. Translated by Landau-Tasseron, E. (1998). ''Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors''. New York: State University of New York Press. Umm Hakim was known as ''Al-Bayḍāʾ'' ("the White One") because she was Abd al-Muttalib's only fair-skinned daughter. She married Kurayz ibn Rabi'a from the Abd Shams clan of the Quraysh. Their children were Amir,

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(the mother of the future

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), Talha and Umm Talha. Umm Hakim died before 610.

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