Fukayha bint Yasar
فكيهة بنت يسار
Wife of Hattab ibn al-Harith al-Jumahi; she emigrated to Abyssinia and arrived in one of the ships after her husband died there.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
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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
Wife of Hattab ibn al-Harith al-Jumahi; she emigrated to Abyssinia and returned in one of the two ships after her husband perished there. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Tribe
She belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Jumah 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- The women's list on p. 11 gives "Fukayha bint Yasar" and "Baraka bint Yasar" side by side; the text does not say they were sisters, and Baraka is on p. 6 "freedwoman of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb" — so we assert no kinship between them.
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Jumah
- Spouse of
- Hattab ibn al-Harith
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Hatib ibn al-HarithHattab ibn al-HarithAl-Harith ibn HatibJabir ibn SufyanJunada ibn SufyanMuhammad ibn HatibSufyan ibn Ma'marUthman ibn Rabi'a
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/8
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/7
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/11
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