Salma Umm al-Khayr

سلمى بنت صخر أم الخير

610~ – 634~

Medina

Salma bint Sakhr, Umm al-Khayr, mother of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may God be pleased with him).

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At a glance

Roles
Companion
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
Identifiers
Wikidata

Life in time

550575600625650675700 c. c. c.
Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf · Abdallah ibn Qays al-Ash'ari · Abdullah ibn Mas'ud · Abdullah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh

In space

Medina

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Summary

Salma bint Sakhr, Umm al-Khayr, the mother of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq.

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Member of
The Companions
Lived in
Medina

People and things also explored

al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib· Abd Allah ibn Yazid al-Khatmi· Abd Allah ibn Yazid ibn Hisn al-Awsi (Abu Musa)· Abd Allah ibn Zayd al-Ansari· Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Haram· Abdullah ibn Atik· Abdullah ibn Mas'ud

Sources

  1. Usd al-ghaba fi ma'rifat al-sahaba — Ibn al-Athir , p.1533
  • al-Alam — al-Zirikli
  • أسد الغابة في معرفة الصحابة — ابن الأثير
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al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib

An uncle of the Prophet, captured with the Meccan side at Badr and later a Muslim, whose descendants founded the Abbasid caliphate.