Fatimah bint Amr

Fatimah bint Amr /ˈfætɪmə/ (Arabic: ‫ ;ﻓﺎﻃﻤﺔ ﺑﻨﺖ ﻋﻤﺮ‬died 576) was the grandmother of the Islamic
prophet Muhammad and Ali ibn Abi Talib and one of the wives of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim.
She was from the Banu Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tribe, unlike her co-wives, who were all
from outlying tribes and had relatively little influence in Mecca.[1]
 Fatimah bint Amr
‫ﻓﺎﻃﻤﺔ ﺑﻨﺖ ﻋﻤﺮ‬

Born Fatimah bint Amr

Died (c. 576 AD)

Known for Grandmother of Muhammad

Spouse(s) Abd al-Muttalib

Children List
Al-Zubayr
Abu Talib
Abdullah
Atika
Arwa
Barrah
Umm Hakim
Umayma

Parents Amr ibn A'idh (father)

Sakhrah bint Abd (mother)

Relatives Muhammad (grandchildren)

Ali (grandchildren)

Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (grandchildren)

Aqil ibn Abi Talib (grandchildren)

Jumanah bint Abi Talib (grandchildren)

Fakhitah bint Abi Talib (grandchildren)

Talib ibn Abi Talib (grandchildren)

Rayta bint Abi Talib (grandchildren)

Tulayq ibn Abī Ṭālib (grandchildren)

Her full name was Fatimah bint `Amr ibn `A'idh ibn `Imran ibn Makhzum. Her mother was
Sakhrah bint Abd ibn `Imran, also from Banu Makhzum; Sakhrah's mother was Takhmur bint `Abd
ibn Qusai.[2]
 Children of Fatimah bint Amr

With Abdul-Muttalib, Fatimah was the mother of three sons and five daughters:

1. Az-Zubayr - Married to Atika bint Abi Wahb and father of Duba'a, Abd-Allah, Atiqa, Majl,
Umm al-Hakam, Safiya and Umm az-Zubayr.[3]

2. ‘Abd Manāf (Abu Talib) - Married to Fatimah bint Asad ibn Hashim and father of Ṭālib,
Fakhitah, Jumanah, Aqeel, Rayta, Ja’far and Ali. His second wife was Illa, and their son was
Tulayq.[4]

3. Barrah bint Abdul Muttalib[5] - Married to Abul Asad ibn Hilāl of Banu Makhzūm[5] and
mother of Abdullah,[6] Sufyān and Aswad. Her second husband was Abu Ruhm ibn ‘Abd al-
‘Uzzā from the ‘Āmir ibn Luayy clan of the Quraysh. Their son was Abu Sabra. After Barrah's
death, he married Maymuna bint Harith, and had a son, Atiqah. After Abu Ruhm's death,
Maymuna married Muhammad.

4. Abd-Allah ibn Abd-al-Muttalib - Married to Āminah bint Wahab and father of the Islamic
prophet Muḥammad.

5. Umm Ḥakīm (al-Baiḍā) - Married to Quraiz ibn Rabī‘ah of Banu ‘Abdu Shams and mother of
‘Āmir, Arwa (the mother of the future Caliph ‘Uthmān) Sa'diyya/ Sa'di, Ṭalḥah, Hakim and
Barrah (Um Talha)

6. Arwā[7] - Married at first to ‘Umayr ibn Wahb ibn Kathir, by whom she had a son, Tulayb. Her
second husband was Arta ibn Sharahbil ibn Hāshim, by whom she had a daughter,
Fāṭimah.[8]

7. ‘Ātikah - Married first to Umar ibn Abdul Uzza ibn Qusayy, by whom she had a son, Zuhayr.
Her second husband was Abu Umaiyah ibn al-Mughīrah ibn ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar ibn
Makhzum ibn Yaqaẓah, by whom she was the mother of 'Abdullah, Zubayr and Qariba. After
Atika's death, Abu Umayya married Atika bint Amir ibn Rabia and Atika bint Utba, the
mothers of Hind, Qurayba, Hisham, Mas'ud, Rayta, Umayya and Muhajir.

8. Umaimah or Umamah - Married to Jahsh ibn Riyab of Banu Asad[9] and mother of Abd-
Allah, Ubayd-Allah, Abd (Abu Ahmad), Hamna or Hammanah, Zaynab, Habiba (Umm Habib).

Family tree
 Kilab ibn Fatimah bint
Murrah Sa'd

Zuhrah ibn
Kilab Qusai ibn Hubba bint
(progenitor Kilab Hulail
of Banu paternal paternal
Zuhrah) great-great- great-great-
maternal great- great-
great-great- grandfather grandmother
grandfather

`Abd Manaf `Abd Manaf Atikah bint

ibn Zuhrah ibn Qusai Murrah
maternal paternal paternal
great- great-great- great-great-
grandfather grandfather grandmother

Hashim ibn
Wahb ibn 'Abd Manaf Salma bint
`Abd Manaf (progenitor of `Amr
maternal Banu Hashim) paternal
grandfather paternal great-
great- grandmother
grandfather

Fatimah bint `Abdul- Halah bint

`Amr Muttalib Wuhayb
paternal paternal paternal step-
grandmother grandfather grandmother

Harith Hamza
Aminah `Abdullah Az-Zubayr paternal half- paternal
mother father paternal uncle uncle half-
uncle

Abu
Thuwaybah Halimah Abu Talib `Abbas Lahab 6 ot
first nurse second paternal uncle paternal half- paternal a
nurse uncle half- da
uncle

`Abd Allah ibn

Muhammad Khadija `Abbas
first wife paternal
cousin

Fatimah Ali Qasim `Abd-Alla

 daughter paternal son son
cousin and
son-in-law
family tree,
descendants

Uthman
Zainab Ruqayyah second cousin Umm Kulthum
daughter daughter and son-in-law daughter
family tree

Ali ibn Umamah bint `Abd-Allah Rayhana bint

Zainab Zainab ibn Uthman Zayd
grandson granddaughter grandson wife

Muhsin ibn Husayn ibn Umm Kulthum Zaynab bint

Ali Hasan ibn Ali Ali bint Ali Ali
grandson grandson grandson granddaughter granddaughter
family tree

Abu Bakr Umar

father-in- Sawda father-in-law Umm Salama Juwayriya
law third wife family tree sixth wife eighth wife
family tree

Aisha Zaynab Hafsa Zaynab Umm Habiba

third wife fifth wife fourth wife seventh wife ninth wife
Family tree

* indicates that the marriage order is disputed

Note that direct lineage is marked in bold.

See also

Amr (name)

Fatimah (name)

Family tree of Muhammad

Sahaba
 References

1. Lings, Martin (1983). Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. George Allen & Unwin. p. 13.

2. Maqsood, Ruqaiyyah Waris. "Abdu'l Muttalib's Oath" (https://web.archive.org/web/20140429210251/h

ttp://www.ruqaiyyah.karoo.net/articles/prophfamily6.htm#_ftn3) . Archived from the original (http://
www.ruqaiyyah.karoo.net/articles/prophfamily6.htm#_ftn3) on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 26 July
2014.

3. Ibn Saad/Bewley vol. 8 pp. 34-35.

4. Ibn Saad/Haq vol. 1 pp. 135-136.

5. ibn Saad, Muhammad (1995). Tabaqat vol. 8: The Women of Madina. Ta-Ha Publishers. p. 33.

6. ibn Saad, Muhammad (2013). Tabaqat vol. 3: The Companions of Badr. p. 183.

7. Abdulmalik ibn Hisham (1955). The Life of Muhammad. Oxford University Press. p. 707.

8. ibn Saad, Muhammad (1995). Tabaqat vol. 8: The Women of Madina. Ta-Ha Publishers. p. 30.

9. Muhammad ibn Ishaq (1955). Sirat Rasul Allah(The Life of Muhammad). Oxford University Press.
p. 116.

External links

al-Islam.org (http://al-islam.org/beacons/3.htm)

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