Habiba bint Ubaydullah
حبيبة بنت عبيد الله
Daughter of Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh and Umm Habiba; her mother was called Umm Habiba after her. Her mother took her out of Mecca and brought her back.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
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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
Daughter of Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh and Umm Habiba; by her her mother was given the kunya Umm Habiba. Her mother carried her out of Mecca and brought her back with her. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Tribe
She belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Umayya ibn Abd Shams 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- She is not counted among "their children in Abyssinia" (p. 11); the text says her mother "carried her out of Mecca", so she is understood to have been born before the departure.
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Umayya ibn Abd Shams
- Child of
- Ubaydullah ibn JahshUmm Habiba Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
People and things also explored
Ubaydullah ibn JahshUmm Habiba Ramlah bint Abi SufyanReturn of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibAksumBanu Umayya ibn Abd ShamsUbaydullah ibn Jahsh becomes a Christian in AbyssiniaAbu Sufyan ibn HarbMuhammad
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), 4/10
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islam.museum contributors. “Habiba bint Ubaydullah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/habiba-bint-ubaydullah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.