Ramla bint Abi Awf
رملة بنت أبي عوف
Of Banu Sahm, wife of al-Muttalib ibn Azhar al-Zuhri; she emigrated to Abyssinia and bore her son Abdullah there.
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
Of Banu Sahm, wife of al-Muttalib ibn Azhar al-Zuhri; she emigrated to Abyssinia and bore there her son Abdullah. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Tribe
Source notes and markers of doubt
- Her lineage is Sahmi and her husband Zuhri; she appears in the women's list under Banu Sahm (p. 11).
Connections
- Parent of
- Abdullah ibn al-Muttalib ibn Azhar
- Spouse of
- Al-Muttalib ibn Azhar
- Member of
- Banu Sahm
- 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-Muttalib ibn Azhar· Abdullah ibn al-Harith the Poet· Abdullah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi· Al-Harith ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi· Bishr ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi· Mahmiyya ibn al-Jazu'· Ma'mar ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi
Sources
- 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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