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Hasana, Umm Shurahbil

حسنة أم شرحبيل

Aksum

Wife of Sufyan ibn Ma'mar al-Jumahi and mother of Junada and Jabir, and mother of Shurahbil ibn Hasana (may God be pleased with him); she emigrated to Abyssinia.

Depth

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Roles
Companion
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
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In space

Aksum

Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph

Refugees, migrants and diaspora

Place in the story

  • CompanionTradition

Sunni (transmitted)

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Summary

Wife of Sufyan ibn Ma'mar al-Jumahi, mother of Janada and Jabir and of their brother by their mother Shurahbil ibn Hasana; she emigrated to Abyssinia. 1

In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter

Ibn Ishaq names her "Hasana", mother of Janada and Jabir, sons of Sufyan, and of their brother by their mother Shurahbil ibn Hasana. 1 He counts her in the women's list among "the rarities of the Arabs", naming her "Umm Shurahbil ibn Hasana". 2

Source notes and markers of doubt

  • Ibn Ishaq does not state her tribe; the tribal affiliation is left empty.

Connections

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Spouse of
Sufyan ibn Ma'mar
Participated in
Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
Traveled to
Aksum
Parent of
Jabir ibn Sufyan· Junada ibn Sufyan· Shurahbil ibn Hasana

People and things also explored

Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Jabir ibn Sufyan· Junada ibn Sufyan· Aksum· Shurahbil ibn Hasana· Sufyan ibn Ma'mar· Banu Jumah· The second migration to Abyssinia

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/8
  2. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/11
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Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib

After Hudaybiyya, the Prophet sent Amr ibn Umayya al-Damri to the Negus, who transported the remaining Muslim emigrants in two ships to the Prophet at Khaybar after the conquest. The Prophet received Ja'far with a kiss between the eyes, saying 'I do not know which gives me greater joy — the opening of Khaybar or the arrival of Ja'far.' Sixteen men came on the two ships; thirty-four others came later or died in Abyssinia; sixteen women emigrated in all, counting those who came back and those who died there, apart from daughters born there.