About
A merchant of Banū Asad of Quraysh who employed the Prophet ﷺ in her trade, then proposed marriage to him, about fifteen years before the revelation. She remained his only wife until her death, and bore all his children except Ibrāhīm. When the first revelation came she steadied him and took him to her cousin Waraqa (Bukhārī); she was the first to believe in him. Jibrīl brought her Allah's greeting and the promise of a house in Paradise (Bukhārī). She died in the Year of Sorrow, before the Hijra.
The name
Of uncertain origin; the lexicographers connect it to a root meaning 'born before term'.
Umm al-Muʾminīn — Mother of the Believers, as the Qurʼan names the Prophet's ﷺ wives (33:6)
Source: Sīrah
Relationships
HusbandHer husband, whom she proposed to and first believed in
DaughterHer eldest daughter
DaughterHer daughter, wife of ʿUthmān
DaughterHer daughter, wife of ʿUthmān after Ruqayya
DaughterHer youngest daughter
SonHer firstborn, who died in early childhood
SonHer son, who died in infancy