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Fatima bint al-Mujallal

فاطمة بنت المجلل

Aksum

Wife of Hatib ibn al-Harith al-Jumahi; she emigrated to Abyssinia and arrived with her two sons in one of the ships.

Depth

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Roles
Companion
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
Review
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In space

Aksum

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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

Wife of Hatib ibn al-Harith al-Jumahi; she emigrated to Abyssinia and returned with her two sons in one of the two ships. 1

In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter

Ibn Ishaq names her wife of Hatib ibn al-Harith, saying she came with her sons Muhammad and al-Harith in one of the two ships after her husband died a Muslim in Abyssinia. 1 In the listing of women he mentions "the daughter of al-Mujallal" among Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy without a name. 2

Tribe

She belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy 1

Source notes and markers of doubt

  • A guess: "the daughter of al-Mujallal" in the women's list (p. 11, under Banu Amir) is Fatima bint al-Mujallal herself (p. 7); the text does not state it — a low-confidence museum inference.

Connections

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Parent of
Al-Harith ibn Hatib· Muhammad ibn Hatib
Member of
Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy
Spouse of
Hatib ibn al-Harith
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· Al-Harith ibn Hatib· Hatib ibn al-Harith· Muhammad ibn Hatib· Aksum· Abu Hatib ibn Amr· Umra bint al-Sa'di· Hattab ibn al-Harith

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/7
  2. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/11
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islam.museum contributors. “Fatima bint al-Mujallal”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/fatima-bint-al-mujallal/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.

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Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib

After Hudaybiyya, the Prophet sent Amr ibn Umayya al-Damri to the Negus, who transported the remaining Muslim emigrants in two ships to the Prophet at Khaybar after the conquest. The Prophet received Ja'far with a kiss between the eyes, saying 'I do not know which gives me greater joy — the opening of Khaybar or the arrival of Ja'far.' Sixteen men came on the two ships; thirty-four others came later or died in Abyssinia; sixteen women emigrated in all, counting those who came back and those who died there, apart from daughters born there.