Hind bint Awf

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Hind bint Awf
هندة بنت عوف ابن زهير
Born
Hindah bint ʿAwf ibn Zuhayr

c. 560
Barrah (Maymunah) bint al-Harith
  • Zaynab bint Khuzayma
  • Asma bint Umais
  • Salma bint Umays
  • Awn ibn Umays
    • Parents
    RelativesStepchildren:
    Sons-in-law:
    • Banu Himyar

    Hind bint ʿAwf (

    companions of Muhammad, she was known as the "grandest mother-in-law on earth". She was also known by the name Khawlah.[2]

    Family

    Hind's father,

    Himyar tribe of Yemen. Her mother was Aisha bint al-Muhazzam.[3]

    Marriage(s) and children

    Hind apparently married four times and had at least nine children.

    First marriage

    Her first husband was Al-Jaz'i

    al-Zubaydi
    . Al-Tabari mentions one child from this union. A son.

    1. Mahmiyah ibn Al-Jaz'i al-Zubaydi.[4]

    He was an early convert to Islam who spent thirteen years in Abyssinia. On his arrival in Medina in 628, Muhammad appointed him community treasurer.

    Second marriage

    She also married Al-Harith ibn Hazan ibn Jubayr ibn Al-Hazm ibn Rubiya ibn Abdullah ibn Hilal. The

    Quraysh tribe
    .

    From Harith, Hind was the mother of at least four children.

    2.
    ‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, and mother of seven of his children, including the famous Ibn Abbas.[5]
    3.
    Barra bint al-Harith, renamed Maymuna when she married her third husband, Muhammad.[6]
    4. Al-Saayib ibn al-Harith.
    5. Qatn ibn al-Harith.

    Third marriage

    Her next husband was Khuzayma ibn Al-Harith al-Hilali. From him Hind had only one daughter:

    6. Zaynab bint Khuzayma, who was also a wife of Muhammad. It is mentioned that "three of her brothers" were present at her funeral;[7] since Mahmiyah was then in Abyssinia, these brothers must have been Al-Saayib, Qatn and Awn.

    Fourth marriage

    Hind's fourth husband was

    Umays ibn Ma'ad ibn Tamim ibn Al-Harith ibn Kaab ibn Malik from the Khath'am
    tribe. This marriage produced three children:

    7.
    caliph Ali, and from them, had at least eight children of her own.[8][9]
    8. Salma bint Umays, who married Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib and then Shaddad ibn Usama ibn Al-Haad al-Laythi.[10][11] It is also said that she married Kaab ibn Inaba from the Khath'am tribe.
    9. Awn ibn Umays, who died at the Battle of al-Harra.[12]

    Stepchildren

    Al-Harith ibn Hazan also had at least three daughters from another wife, Fakhita bint Amir ibn Muattib ibn Malik al-Thaqafi.[13] Hind's stepchildren from this marriage were:

    10. Lubaba al-Sughra/
    Khalid Ibn Walid.[14][15]
    11. Huzayla bint al-Harith.[16][17]
    12. Ghorra bint Al-Harith, also known as Izza, who was married to Abdullah ibn Malik al-Hilali.[18][19]

    References

    1. ISBN 90-04-06167-3
      .
    2. ^ 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, p. 201. New York: State University of New York Press.
    3. ^ Muhammad ibn Saad. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). The Women of Madina, p. 193. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
    4. ^ Landau-Tasseron/Tabari, p. 201.
    5. ^ Landau-Tasseron/Tabari, p. 201.
    6. ^ Landau-Tasseron/Tabari, pp. 185, 201.
    7. ^ Bewley/Saad p. 82.
    8. ^ Bewley/Saad, pp. 196-199.
    9. ^ Landau-Tasseron/Tabari, p. 201.
    10. ^ Bewley/Saad p. 199.
    11. ^ Landau-Tasseron/Tabari, p. 201.
    12. ^ Landau-Tasseron/Tabari, p. 201.
    13. ^ Landau-Tasseron/Tabari, p. 201.
    14. ^ Bewley/Saad p. 195.
    15. ^ Landau-Tasseron/Tabari, p. 201.
    16. ^ Bewley/Saad p. 196.
    17. ^ Landau-Tasseron/Tabari, p. 201.
    18. ^ Bewley/Saad p. 196.
    19. ^ Landau-Tasseron/Tabari, p. 201.


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