Umm Kulthūm bint Muḥammad | |
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| أم كلثوم بنت محمد | |
| Born | 603 CE Mecca, Arabia |
| Died | November, 630(aged 27) Medina, Arabia |
| Resting place | |
| Spouse | Utaybah ibn Abi Lahab (div)Uthman |
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| Relatives | Qasim(full-brother) Ruqayya(full-sister) Zainab(full-sister) Abd Allah(full-brother) Fatima(full-sister) Ibrahim(half-brother) Ali(brother-in-law & fathers cousin) Abu al-As(brother-in-law & maternal-cousin) |
| Family | House of Muhammad |
Umm Kulthūm bint Muḥammad (Arabic:أم كلثوم بنت محمد) (c. 603–630) was the third daughter of the Islamic prophetMuhammad by his first wifeKhadija bint Khuwaylid.
She was born inMecca, the fifth of their six children.[1]: 10 She was legally married before August 610 toUtaybah ibn Abi Lahab, but the marriage was never consummated.[1]: 26 [2]: 163 She was still living with her parents when Muhammad was declared a prophet by God, and Umm Kulthum became aMuslim soon after her mother did.[1]: 26
After Muhammad warned Abu Lahab of hellfire in 613, Abu Lahab told Utaybah that he would never speak to him again unless he divorced Umm Kulthum, so he did.[1]: 26 Her maternal brother, Hind ibn Abi Hala, asked Muhammad, "Why did you separate Umm Kulthum from Utaybah?" Muhammad replied, "Allah did not allow me to marry her to a person who is not going to Paradise."[3]
Muhammadleft Mecca in September 622. Before longZayd ibn Haritha brought instructions to Umm Kulthum and her sisterFatima to join their father inMedina.[2]: 171–172 Their uncleAl-Abbas put them on a camel; but as they were setting off, Huwayrith ibn Nuqaydh goaded the animal so that it threw them to the ground.[4]: 773 However, Umm Kulthum and Fatima arrived safely in Medina.[1]: 26 [2]: 163 When Muhammadconquered Mecca in 630, he sentenced Huwayrith to death for his involvement in the conspiracy to assassinate him.[5]: 551
After the death of her sisterRuqayya leftUthman a widower, he married Umm Kulthum. The marriage was legally contracted in August/September 624,[6]: 128 [2]: 163 but they did not live together until December. The marriage was childless.[1]: 26 [2]: 163
Umm Kulthum died in November/December 630.[1]: 26 [2]: 11, 163 Her father tearfully conducted her funeral prayers; thenAli,Usama ibn Zayd andAbu Talha laid her into the grave .[1]: 27 [2]: 11–12, 163 [7]: 369