أُمُّ كُلْثُومٍ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّد
رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا
Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad ﷺ
Daughter of the Prophet ﷺ · Married Uthman after her sister Ruqayyah died
may Allah be pleased with her
Quraysh — Banu Hashim · Makkah and Madinah, up to about 9 AH
A daughter of the Prophet ﷺ and Khadijah, and the sister who married Uthman ibn Affan after Ruqayyah, her elder sister and his first wife among the two, died. The sources record comparatively little about her beyond her two marriages.
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Daughter of the Prophet ﷺ and Khadijah
Like her sister Ruqayyah, she was engaged before the mission to one of Abu Lahab's two sons; the engagement was broken off after Abu Lahab turned against the Prophet's ﷺ message
She married Uthman ibn Affan, after her sister Ruqayyah died
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Life & legacy
Her life
Umm Kulthum was a daughter of the Prophet ﷺ and Khadijah. Before the prophetic mission began, she was engaged, as was her sister Ruqayyah, to one of the two sons of Abu Lahab; both engagements were ended once Abu Lahab turned against the message.
She emigrated to Madinah with the rest of the family. After Ruqayyah died around the time of Badr, she married Uthman ibn Affan, who had been married to her sister.
Beyond these two marriages, the sources report little about her directly. She died in Madinah some years later, in the Prophet's ﷺ lifetime.
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Family
- The Prophet Muhammad ﷺParent
Her father.
Her husband, whom she married after her sister Ruqayyah, his first wife among the two, died.
Her sister, and the first of the two to be married to Uthman.
Full timeline
- The early years of the prophetic mission
Her engagement to a son of Abu Lahab is broken off
- After 2 AH
Marries Uthman ibn Affan, after Ruqayyah's death
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Sahih al-Bukhariصحيح البخاري
Hadith collection · Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari
As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyahالسيرة النبوية
Classical biography · Ibn Hisham, from the recension of Ibn Ishaq
Kitab at-Tabaqat al-Kabirالطبقات الكبرى
Classical biography · Ibn Sa'd
Al-Isabah fi Tamyiz as-Sahabahالإصابة في تمييز الصحابة
Classical biography · Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani
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