Asma' bint Umays
أسماء بنت عميس
Companion, wife of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib. When Ja'far was killed at Mu'tah the Prophet visited her home, asked for Ja'far's children, smelled them and wept, then told her of his martyrdom.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
- WitnessTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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Connections
- Parent of
- Abdullah ibn Ja'far· Awn ibn Ali
- Member of
- Khath'am
- Spouse of
- Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Abu Bakr al-Siddiq· Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Sibling of
- Umm al-Fadl Lubaba bint al-Harith
- Participated in
- The Prophet's grief over Ja'far and his instruction to feed his family· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
People and things also explored
Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Mecca· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Abdullah ibn Ja'far· Abu Sufyan's mission to Medina· The three years of the secret call· The Battle of Badr· The Battle of Mu'tah
Sources
- Sirat Ibn Hisham (al-Saqqa, al-Abyari and Shalabi edition)
- Nisa' Hawl al-Rasul: Tarajim wa Qisas — al-Maktaba al-Asriyya
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islam.museum contributors. “Asma' bint Umays”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/asma-bint-umays/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.