Baraka bint Yasar
بركة بنت يسار
Freedwoman of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, wife of Qays ibn Abdullah al-Asadi; she was a foster-nurse to Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh and Umm Habiba and emigrated with them to Abyssinia.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Freedwoman of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, wife of Qays ibn Abdullah al-Asadi; she was wet-nurse to Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh and Umm Habiba, and emigrated with them to Abyssinia. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Source notes and markers of doubt
- The edition's editors say al-Isti'ab's report stands alone on "she was wet-nurse"; her nursing is not asserted (note p. 6).
Connections
- Spouse of
- Qays ibn Abdullah al-Asadi
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Qays ibn Abdullah al-Asadi· Aksum· The second migration to Abyssinia· Abdullah ibn al-Harith the Poet· Abdullah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi· Abdullah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi· Abu al-Rum ibn Umayr
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/6
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/11
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islam.museum contributors. “Baraka bint Yasar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/baraka-bint-yasar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.