At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
- Draft Completeness 3/5 · Help complete it
In space
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 Jahm ibn Qays; she emigrated with him to Abyssinia and perished there. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names her as the wife of Jahm ibn Qays and says she died in the land of Abyssinia. 1
In al-Isaba
Ibn Hajar gives her her own entry in al-Isaba, no. 12015: "Umm Harmala bint Abd al-Aswad (may God be pleased with her) ibn Khuzayma ibn Aqish ibn Amir ibn Bayada al-Khuza'iyya", referring back to her earlier mention in the entry on Khalid. 2
Tribe
She belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Abd al-Dar 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- She was not named in the list of the sixteen women (pp.10-11) though named here; the count of women does not line up with everyone covered in the earlier sections.
- Al-Isaba gives her a Khuza'i lineage, while Ibn Ishaq places her among Banu Abd al-Dar; both attributions stand as reported.
Connections
- Spouse of
- Jahm ibn Qays
- Member of
- Banu Abd al-Dar
- Died in
- Aksum
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
People and things also explored
Amr ibn Jahm· Khuzayma ibn Jahm· Jahm ibn Qays· Abu al-Rum ibn Umayr· Firas ibn al-Nadr· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Aksum· The second migration to Abyssinia
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/5
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p.1990
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Umm Harmala bint Abd al-Aswad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/umm-harmala-bint-abd-al-aswad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.