Amina bint Khalf
أمينة بنت خلف
Wife of Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-As; she emigrated with him to Abyssinia and bore him Sa'id and Ama there.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Wife of Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-As; she emigrated with him to Abyssinia and bore him there Sa'id and Ama. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Source notes and markers of doubt
- Ibn Hisham said: "and it is said: Humayna bint Khalf" (pp. 3-4) — the name stands between Amina and Humayna.
Connections
- Parent of
- Ama bint Khalid ibn Sa'idSa'id ibn Khalid ibn Sa'id
- Spouse of
- Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-As
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibAma bint Khalid ibn Sa'idKhalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-AsSa'id ibn Khalid ibn Sa'idBanu Abd ShamsThe second migration to AbyssiniaAbdullah ibn al-Harith the PoetAbdullah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/3
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/4
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Amina bint Khalf”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/amina-bint-khalf/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.