__NOTOC__ Al-Rumayṣāʾ bint Milḥān ( ar, الرميصاء بنت ملحان; died 650 CE; 28 AH), popularly known by her kunya as Umm Sulaym, was one of the earliest women converts to

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(now

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). Umm Sulaym was first married to Malik ibn an-Nadr and her son by this marriage was

Anas ibn Malik Anas ibn Mālik ibn Naḍr al-Khazrajī al-Anṣārī ( ar, أنس بن مالك الخزرجي الأنصاري (c.612 – c.712 Finding the Truth in Judging the Companions, 1. 84-5; EI2, 1. 482 A. J. Wensinck J. Robson) was a well-known ''saha ...

, a notable companion of

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

.Biography of Rumaysa bint Milhan - Mother of Anas bin Malik
at MSA West Compendium of Muslim Texts Following the death of her first husband,

Abu Talha al-Ansari Abū Ṭalḥa, Zayd ibn Sahl ibn al-Aswad ibn Ḥarām al-Khazrajī () was a renowned companion of the Islamic prophet Muḥammad and one of the Anṣār (the ‘Helpers’) of Medina. He was from Banu Khazraj, which after the Hijrah came to be k ...

resolved to become engaged to her before anyone else did. He was confident that Umm Sulaym would not pass him over for another. He was quite rich, an accomplished horseman, and a skilful archer and he belonged to the same clan as Umm Sulaym, the

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. But she refused. Abu Talha did not take no for an answer. He asked her if there was someone more worthy for her than him, and she explained that she was a Muslim and could not marry a polytheist. He accepted Islam and they were married, and she started educating him in Islam. Abu Talhah became a devout Muslim who loved to be in the company of Muhammad. Abu Talhah died while he was on a naval expedition during the time of the

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Uthman Uthman ibn Affan ( ar, عثمان بن عفان, ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān; – 17 June 656), also spelled by Colloquial Arabic, Turkish and Persian rendering Osman, was a second cousin, son-in-law and notable companion of the Islamic proph ...

, and was buried at sea.

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* {{Authority control Female wartime nurses Najjarite people Women companions of the Prophet Women in medieval warfare Women in war in the Middle East 650s deaths Year of birth unknown 7th-century Arabs Arab women in war

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