Atika bint Abd al-Muttalib
عاتكة بنت عبد المطلب
An aunt of the Prophet and wife of Abu Umayya ibn al-Mughira, the father of Umm Salama, to whom she bore Abdullah and Quraiba; known for the dream she had three nights before Badr. Whether she embraced Islam is disputed.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Place in the story
- Family of the ProphetTradition
Unknown (debated)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Atika bint Abd al-Muttalib, aunt of the Prophet; she was the wife of Abu Umayya ibn al-Mughira, father of Umm Salama the Prophet's wife, and bore him Abdullah and Qurayba among others 1.
The dream before Badr
Ibn Ishaq relates in the Sira that Atika saw, three nights before Damdam ibn Amr arrived with news of Abu Sufyan, a man on a camel who stood at al-Abtah crying: "come forth, house of treachery, to your battle-deaths in three!" And in her dream he took a rock, hurled it from the mountaintop and it shattered — no house nor dwelling of Quraysh remained but some of it entered 1. In the story is Abu Jahl's rebuke of al-Abbas; then Damdam came rousing Quraysh, and they marched out to Badr 1.
Did she become Muslim?
Opinions on the question
The question: Did Atika bint Abd al-Muttalib embrace Islam?
First opinion · Sunni tradition (the museum's frame)Main reference
More opinions (3)
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Connections
- Child of
- Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim
- Sibling of
- Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalibal-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
People and things also explored
Safiyya bint Abd al-MuttalibBanu HashimHamza ibn Abd al-MuttalibMeccaal-Abbas ibn Abd al-MuttalibAbd al-Muttalib ibn HashimAbu Talib ibn Abd al-MuttalibUmayma bint Abd al-Muttalib
Sources
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, p. 1921
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islam.museum contributors. “Atika bint Abd al-Muttalib”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/atika-bint-abd-al-muttalib/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.