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Asma' bint Marwan

عصماء بنت مروان

c. 625 CE · c. 3 AH

A woman of Banu Umayya ibn Zayd married to Yazid ibn Zayd of Banu Khatma, with five grown sons; Ibn Ishaq says she showed hypocrisy after Abu Afak's killing and composed verses reviling Islam and its people and inciting against the Prophet ﷺ, which Hassan answered; Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi (may God be pleased with him) killed her at night in her house after the Prophet said 'is there no one to deal with the daughter of Marwan for me?'

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Roles: Poet
Era: The Prophetic Era
Region: Arabia
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Life in time

Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abdullah ibn Abbas · Abdullah ibn Mas'ud · Abdullah ibn Salam · Abdullah ibn Ubayy

Dissent, heresy and freethought Literature Women

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موجز

امرأة من بني أمية بن زيد من الأوس، كانت تحت يزيد بن زيد من بني خطمة، ولها يوم قُتلت خمسة بنين رجال. ¹ ² يقول ابن إسحاق إنها لما قُتل أبو عفك «نافقت» وقالت شعراً تعيب فيه الأنصار بطاعة غريب ليس من مراد ولا مذحج، وتتمنى من يغتاله، فأجابها حسان بن ثابت. ² فقتلها عمير بن عدي في بيتها ليلاً؛ انظر الخبر ومناظيره. ²

علامات الرواية

اسمها «عصماء» في طبعة السقا، و«أسماء» في مصادر أخرى (needs_source).
وصف النفاق من كلام ابن إسحاق، والإسناد عن عبد الله بن الحارث بن الفضيل عن أبيه. ¹

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Member of: Banu Umayya ibn Zayd
Authored: Asma' bint Marwan's verses reviling the Ansar for obeying 'the stranger'
Participated in: Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan
Mentioned in: Hassan ibn Thabit's reply to Asma' bint Marwan

People and things also explored

Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan· Asma' bint Marwan's verses reviling the Ansar for obeying 'the stranger'· Hassan ibn Thabit's reply to Asma' bint Marwan· Hassan ibn Thabit· Banu Khatma· Muhammad· Salim ibn Umayr's mission to kill Abu Afak· Banu Umayya ibn Zayd

Sources

al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/285
al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/286

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islam.museum contributors. “Asma' bint Marwan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/asma-bint-marwan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.

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Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan

Ibn Ishaq relates from Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn al-Fudayl from his father that Asma' bint Marwan, of Banu Umayya ibn Zayd and married to Yazid ibn Zayd of Banu Khatma, showed hypocrisy after Abu Afak's killing and composed verses reviling Islam and its people and inciting against the Prophet, which Hassan ibn Thabit answered; when it reached the Prophet he said 'is there no one to deal with the daughter of Marwan for me?' Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi heard him, went to her house that night and killed her, and the Prophet told him 'you have helped God and His Messenger, Umayr', and that no two goats would butt heads over her. Ibn Ishaq says that day was the first on which Islam became strong among Banu Khatma.