Salmā bint ʿAmr
سلمى بنت عمرو
A woman of Banū ʿAdī ibn al-Najjār of Yathrib; Hāshim’s wife and ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib’s mother, who raised the boy at Yathrib.
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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
Salma bint Amr of Banu Adi ibn al-Najjar: Hashim's wife and Abd al-Muttalib's mother; she raised her son at Yathrib until his uncle brought him to Mecca.
Life
When Hashim went out to Syria as a merchant he came to Medina and married Salma bint Amr of Banu Adi ibn al-Najjar and stayed with her; then he went to Syria while she was with her people, pregnant with Abd al-Muttalib 1.
Hashim died at Gaza in the land of Palestine, and his wife Salma bore Abd al-Muttalib in the year 497 CE, naming him Shayba for a white lock in his head, and she kept raising him in her father's house at Yathrib 1.
For young visitors
Salma is the Prophet's grandfather's mother; she stayed at Yathrib after her husband's death and raised her son Shayba in her father's house.
Connections
- Parent of
- Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim
- Spouse of
- Hashim ibn Abd Manaf
- Member of
- Banu al-Najjar
- Lived in
- Medina
People and things also explored
Abd al-Muttalib ibn HashimBanu Hashimal-Abbas ibn Abd al-MuttalibʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbd al-MuṭṭalibQurayshHashim ibn Abd ManafThe marriage of Fatima and AliMarriage to Zaynab bint Jahsh
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Salmā bint ʿAmr”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/salma-bint-amr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.