Amina bint Wahb
آمنة بنت وهب
c. 577 CE
The Prophet's mother, of the Zuhra clan; she took her six-year-old son to Yathrib to visit his father's grave, fell ill on the road home, and died at al-Abwa between Mecca and Medina.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Family of the Prophet
- Tradition
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
Family, marriage and kinshipWomen
Place in the story
- Family of the ProphetTradition
Arabian polytheism (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
- Spouse of
- ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
- Died in
- al-Abwa
- Member of
- QurayshBanu Zuhra
- Child of
- Wahb ibn ʿAbd Manāf ibn Zuhra
- Participated in
- The death of Amina at al-Abwa
- Parent of
- Muhammad
People and things also explored
Abd al-Muttalib ibn HashimQurayshKhadija bint KhuwaylidMuhammadSawda bint Zam'aBanu HashimUmm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)The Battle of Badr
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
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islam.museum contributors. “Amina bint Wahb”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/amina-bint-wahb/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.