Features

Umm Salama (Hind bint Abī Umayya)

Major Companions · ?–680 CE

At a glance

CategoryMajor Companions
Lifespan?–680 CE
RegionHijaz
RoleWife of the Prophet; jurist and narrator among the Companions
WidowedHusband Abū Salama died of wounds after Uḥud (4 AH)
CounselHer advice resolved the crisis at Ḥudaybiyya (628)

Widowed after Uḥud and then married to the Prophet, she became one of the community's most learned voices; among the longest-lived of his wives, transmitting into the Umayyad era.