At a glance
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Arabia
Life in time
In space
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WomenFamily, marriage and kinshipPolitics, governance and authority
Summary
Umm Aban bint Utba ibn Rabi'a ibn Abd Shams, a Qurashi noblewoman who came to Syria and witnessed the conquest, and was widowed when her husband Aban ibn Sa'id ibn al-As was killed at Ajnadayn 1.
Proposals and refusals
She was proposed to by Umar ibn al-Khattab, and answered that if he entered he would enter with al-Abbas and if he left he would leave with him — meaning he brought her no good 2. Then al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam sought her, and she refused, saying his wife had nothing from him but the fulfilment of his need 3. Then Ali was proposed, and she said women had no share of him except that he sit among their quarters without touching them 3.
When she later married, Ali congratulated her husband, addressing him as "Abu Muhammad" 3.
Elegy
Verses are transmitted mourning her son Mus'ab and his brother Janah, killed by Banu Taym without weapons, including "do not hope for peace while she lives" 1.
Connections
- Child of
- Utba ibn Rabi'a
- Spouse of
- Aban ibn Sa'id ibn al-As
- Related to
- Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan
- Lived in
- Ajnadayn
People and things also explored
Banu Abd Shams· Hind bint Utba· Amr ibn Sa'id ibn al-As· Mecca· Amina bint al-Sharid· Arwa bint al-Harith· Umm Awf, wife of Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali· Diwan al-Barid (the postal diwan)
Sources
- A'lam al-Nisa' fi Alamay al-Arab wa-al-Islam — Umar Rida Kahhala, vol. 1 (Mu'assasat al-Risala, Beirut, 5th ed. 1984) , p. 24
- A'lam al-Nisa' fi Alamay al-Arab wa-al-Islam — Umar Rida Kahhala, vol. 1 (Mu'assasat al-Risala, Beirut, 5th ed. 1984) , p. 24-25
- A'lam al-Nisa' fi Alamay al-Arab wa-al-Islam — Umar Rida Kahhala, vol. 1 (Mu'assasat al-Risala, Beirut, 5th ed. 1984) , p. 25
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islam.museum contributors. “Umm Aban bint Utba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/umm-aban-bint-utba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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