At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
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In space
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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
Of Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy; Ibn Ishaq names her among the Abyssinian emigrant women. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names her among the emigrant women to Abyssinia of Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy, tracing her to Suhayl ibn Amr. 1 He does not state her husband at this point.
In al-Isaba
Ibn Hajar gives her her own entry in al-Isaba, no. 11399: "Sahla bint Suhayl (may God be pleased with her) ibn Amr, the Qurashiyya of the Amiri clan" — he states that she became Muslim early and emigrated with her husband Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba (may God be pleased with him) to Abyssinia, where she bore him Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfa (may God be pleased with him), as Ibn Ishaq records; and Ibn Sa'd says her mother was Fatima bint Abd al-Uzza ibn Abi Qays, of the clan of her husband Suhayl ibn Amr. 2
Tribe
She belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- Ibn Ishaq's extracted text does not name her husband; the attribution is carried on Ibn Hajar's own entry.
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy
- Child of
- Suhayl ibn Amr
- Sibling of
- Umm Kulthum bint Suhayl
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Traveled to
- Aksum
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 1775
People and things also explored
Umm Kulthum bint Suhayl· Abu Hatib ibn Amr· Umra bint al-Sa'di· Fatima bint al-Mujallal· Malik ibn Rabi'a· Salit ibn Amr· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Aksum
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/11
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p.1902
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Sahla bint Suhayl”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sahla-bint-suhayl/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.