عاتكة بنت يخلد القرشية

عاتكة بنت يخلد القرشية

Atika bint Yakhluḍ ibn al-Nadr ibn Kinana — the senior Qurashi 'Atika in the chain of the Prophet ﷺ's ancestresses 1.

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Era
Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Family, marriage and kinshipWomen

Place in the story

  • Family of the Prophet

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

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موجز

عاتكة بنت يخلد بن النضر بن كنانة، من جدات النبي في سلسلة «العواتك». يذكر البلاذري أنها أرفعهن قدراً، وأنها من ثلاث عواتك من ولد النضر بن كنانة. 2

People and things also explored

Jāhilī Marriage Forms· The social condition of the Arabs before Islam· Waʾd (Infant Burial)· The marriage of Fatima and Ali· The Prophet's marriage to Khadija· The Prophet's marriage to Sawda bint Zam'a· Marriage to Zaynab bint Jahsh· The Choice Offered to the Prophet's Wives

Sources

  1. Ansab al-Ashraf of al-Baladhuri, p. 534
  2. Ansab al-Ashraf of al-Baladhuri, p.534
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islam.museum contributors. “عاتكة بنت يخلد القرشية”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/atika-bint-yakhlud/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story.
Related

Jāhilī Marriage Forms

Four pagan marriage forms — common, istibda‘ (lending a wife for a better lineage), communal paternity assignment, and wife-swapping (al-badal) — Islam abolished all but the first.