Fāṭima bint ʿAmr al-Makhzūmiyya

فاطمة بنت عمرو المخزومية

The Prophet’s paternal grandmother, of Banū Makhzūm — mother of ʿAbdullāh.

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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.

Overview

Fatima bint Amr ibn A'idh ibn Imran ibn Makhzum: mother of Abdullah, the Prophet's father — his paternal grandmother.

Life

Abdullah's mother was Fatima bint Amr ibn A'idh ibn Imran ibn Makhzum ibn Yaqaza ibn Murra, of the Makhzum clan, one of Quraysh's divisions 1.

For young visitors

Fatima bint Amr is the Prophet's grandmother on his father's side, of Banu Makhzum, one of Quraysh's clans.

Connections

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Spouse of
Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim
Parent of
ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Member of
Banu Makhzum

People and things also explored

Quraysh· Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim· ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib· Medina· Amina bint Wahb· Salmā bint ʿAmr· The Recovery of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib’s Rights· Banu Hashim

Sources

  1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
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islam.museum contributors. “Fāṭima bint ʿAmr al-Makhzūmiyya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/fatima-bint-amr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.

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Quraysh

The tribe that held Mecca and the custodianship of the Kaaba — the Prophet's own people, its elite his fiercest opponents for a decade, then, after 630, the core of the new community's leadership.