Sahla bint Suhayl
سهلة بنت سهيل
Of Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy; Ibn Ishaq names her among the women emigrants to Abyssinia.
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 Amir ibn Lu'ayy; Ibn Ishaq names her among the Abyssinian emigrant women. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names her among the emigrant women to Abyssinia of Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy, tracing her to Suhayl ibn Amr. 1 He does not state her husband at this point.
Tribe
She belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- The text states neither her husband's name nor her fate; nothing was added from outside p. 11.
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy
- Child of
- Suhayl ibn Amr
- Sibling of
- Umm Kulthum bint Suhayl
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Umm Kulthum bint SuhaylAbu Hatib ibn AmrUmra bint al-Sa'diFatima bint al-MujallalMalik ibn Rabi'aSalit ibn AmrReturn of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibAksum
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/11
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Sahla bint Suhayl”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sahla-bint-suhayl/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.