أم كلثوم بنت محمد

Hazrat Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad

رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا
Born
c. 604 CE
Died
630 CE · 9 AH
Tribe
Banu Hashim (Quraysh)
Category
Ahl al-Bayt

Daughter of the Prophet ﷺ

Umm Kulthum was a daughter of the Prophet ﷺ and Khadija رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Khadija bint Khuwaylidرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاFirst wife of the Prophet ﷺ and the first of all people to believeMothers of the Believers · Ahl al-Bayt · Early Converts. She was first married to Utayba ibn Abi Lahab, who divorced her — before they lived together — when his father ordered it after the revelation of Surah al-Lahab; Utayba then spoke insolently to the Prophet ﷺ, who prayed against him, and he later met a terrible end. 1 Stories of the Sahabah · pp. 261 — Zakariyya Kandhlawi — Umm Kulthum divorced by Utayba ibn Abi Lahab after Surah al-Lahab; Utayba's insolence and the Prophet's curse.

Marriage to Uthman — the Two Lights

After her sister Ruqayyah رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Ruqayyah bint Muhammadرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاDaughter of the Prophet ﷺ; wife of Uthman and emigrant to AbyssiniaAhl al-Bayt · Muhajirun died, the Prophet ﷺ gave Umm Kulthum in marriage to Uthman ibn Affan رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Uthman ibn Affanرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُThird Caliph; Dhun-Nurayn; compiled the Qur'an into one codexKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun in Rabi al-Awwal 3 AH — and because Uthman رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Uthman ibn Affanرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُThird Caliph; Dhun-Nurayn; compiled the Qur'an into one codexKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun was thus the husband of two daughters of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in turn, he was honoured as Dhun-Nurayn, “the possessor of two lights.” She died in Sha’ban 9 AH without children, and the Prophet ﷺ remarked that had he a hundred daughters he would have given them to Uthman رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Uthman ibn Affanرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُThird Caliph; Dhun-Nurayn; compiled the Qur'an into one codexKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun one after another. 2 Stories of the Sahabah · pp. 261–262 — Zakariyya Kandhlawi — Umm Kulthum married to Uthman after Ruqayyah's death (Rabi al-Awwal 3 AH); her death in Sha'ban 9 AH; the Prophet's words about Uthman.

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Life Timeline

c. 604 CE

Born in Makkah

Daughter of the Prophet ﷺ and Khadija.

Early Islam

Divorced by Utayba ibn Abi Lahab

At his father's order after Surah al-Lahab was revealed.

Rabi al-Awwal 3 AH

Marries Uthman ibn Affan

After the death of her sister Ruqayyah — making Uthman 'Dhun-Nurayn'.

Sha'ban 9 AH / 630 CE

Dies in Madinah

Without children.

References

  • Stories of the Sahabah — Zakariyya Kandhlawi — life sketch of Umm Kulthum: her first marriage, her marriage to Uthman, and her death pp. 261–262