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Salma bint Amr was the wife of

Islamic prophet Muhammad. She was one of the most influential women of the Banu Khazraj tribe and the daughter of 'Amr of Banu Najjar

clan. She traded and dealt with the caravans on her own behalf.

Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf used to pass through

Yathrib

(Medina) every year and hold a market at Suq al-Nabt – had his attention caught by Salma's jovial and authoritative manner of trading, and began to make tactful inquiries about her. He soon found out She was well-known and respected, and much sought-after – so much so that she had previously chosen husbands and divorced them as she pleased, and she chose only the best. She was a powerful woman who enjoyed her own position and tribal prestige, and had no intention of abandoning her home establishment and family group. She remained in her own household, and formed liaisons with those of the men who sought her out that she admired.

One of Salmah’s husbands was the warrior-chief Uhayhah b. Julah of Banu Jahjaba, a leading celebrity in the tribal fighting of the pre-Islamic period, who possessed one of the largest fortresses in Quba on the outskirts of Yathrib, the Utum ad-Dihyan. Salmah had two sons by him, Amr and Mabad. Another of her husbands was her relative Malik b. Adiy of the Banu Najjar, by whom she had two daughters, Mulaykah and Nuwwar. Yet another was Awf b. Abdu’l Awf b. Abd b. Harith b. Zuhrah, by whom she had the daughter Shifa bint Awf.[1]

Hashim’s own reputation was such that he did not expect Salma to be anything other than honoured and pleased by his proposal. However, he soon discovered to his chagrin that although she was certainly prepared to consider him, she would only marry him on her own terms, the chief being that he consented to let her remain in her own home in Yathrib, controlling her own affairs and business entirely on her own as she was used to, not going with him to Mecca to join his household, and and when she bore him a son she kept the boy with her in Yathrib until he was 14 years old or more^[2].

Hashim asked her to marry him. She consented on the condition that the control of her affairs should remain entirely in her own hand; and when she bore him a son she kept the boy with her in

Yathrib (Medina) until he was 14 years old or more.^[3]

.

Hashim accepted, and the wedding took place, with the arrangement that both of them should continue to conduct their lives as before, but Hashim would visit and stay in her house whenever he came to Yathrib. The arrangement suited both of them, and it was not long before she became pregnant.

References

^ Life of the Prophet, The Prophet’s Family Line No. 4 – Amr (Hashim), the Founder of the Hashimites, Sr. Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
^ Ibn Kathir 1.131, from Zuhri, suggests Hashim stayed in her father’s house
^ Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, Martin Lings, George Allen & Unwin, 1983, p8

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[1] Life of the Prophet, The Prophet’s Family Line No. 4 – Amr (Hashim), the Founder of the Hashimites, Sr. Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood

[2] Ibn Kathir 1.131, from Zuhri, suggests Hashim stayed in her father’s house

[3] Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, Martin Lings, George Allen & Unwin, 1983, p8

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-'''Salma bint Amr''' was the wife of [[Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf]], thus the great-grandmother of [[Prophets of Islam|Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]]. She was one of the most influential women of the [[Banu Khazraj]] tribe and the daughter of 'Amr of [[Banu Najjar]] clan.
+'''Salma bint Amr''' was the wife of [[Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf]], thus the great-grandmother of [[Prophets of Islam|Islamic prophet]] [[Muhammad]]. She was one of the most influential women of the [[Banu Khazraj]] tribe and the daughter of 'Amr of [[Banu Najjar]] clan. She traded and dealt with the caravans on her own behalf.
+Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf used to pass through [[Yathrib]] (Medina) every year and hold a market at Suq al-Nabt – had his attention caught by Salma's jovial and authoritative manner of trading, and began to make tactful inquiries about her. He soon found out She was well-known and respected, and much sought-after – so much so that she had previously chosen husbands and divorced them as she pleased, and she chose only the best. She was a powerful woman who enjoyed her own position and tribal prestige, and had no intention of abandoning her home establishment and family group. She remained in her own household, and formed liaisons with those of the men who sought her out that she admired.
+One of Salmah’s husbands was the warrior-chief Uhayhah b. Julah of Banu Jahjaba, a leading celebrity in the tribal fighting of the pre-Islamic period, who possessed one of the largest fortresses in Quba on the outskirts of Yathrib, the Utum ad-Dihyan. Salmah had two sons by him, Amr and Mabad. Another of her husbands was her relative Malik b. Adiy of the Banu Najjar, by whom she had two daughters, Mulaykah and Nuwwar. Yet another was Awf b. Abdu’l Awf b. Abd b. Harith b. Zuhrah, by whom she had the daughter Shifa bint Awf.<ref>[http://www.ruqaiyyah.karoo.net/articles/prophfamily4.htm Life of the Prophet, The Prophet’s Family Line No. 4 – Amr (Hashim), the Founder of the Hashimites, Sr. Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood]</ref>
+Hashim’s own reputation was such that he did not expect Salma to be anything other than honoured and pleased by his proposal. However, he soon discovered to his chagrin that although she was certainly prepared to consider him, she would only marry him on her own terms, the chief being that he consented to let her remain in her own home in Yathrib, controlling her own affairs and business entirely on her own as she was used to, not going with him to Mecca to join his household, and and when she bore him a son she kept the boy with her in Yathrib until he was 14 years old or more<ref>Ibn Kathir 1.131, from Zuhri, suggests Hashim stayed in her father’s house</ref>.
 Hashim asked her to marry him. She consented on the condition that the control of her affairs should remain entirely in her own hand; and when she bore him a son she kept the boy with her in [[Yathrib]] (Medina) until he was 14 years old or more.<ref>Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, Martin Lings, George Allen & Unwin, 1983, p8</ref>.
+Hashim accepted, and the wedding took place, with the arrangement that both of them should continue to conduct their lives as before, but Hashim would visit and stay in her house whenever he came to Yathrib. The arrangement suited both of them, and it was not long before she became pregnant.
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