أم حبيب بنت أسد
أم حبيب بنت أسد
Umm Habib bint Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza ibn Qusayy — a Qurashi ancestress of Amina through Barra 1.
At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Review
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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
Umm Habib bint Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza ibn Qusayy, grandmother of Barra bint Abd al-Uzza, the mother of Amina 2.
Her place in the lineage
al-Baladhuri places her among the Qurashi grandmothers in the lineage of the Prophet ﷺ on his mother's side 2.
People and things also explored
Jāhilī Marriage Forms· The social condition of the Arabs before Islam· Waʾd (Infant Burial)· The marriage of Fatima and Ali· The Prophet's marriage to Khadija· The Prophet's marriage to Sawda bint Zam'a· Marriage to Zaynab bint Jahsh· The Choice Offered to the Prophet's Wives
Sources
- Ansab al-Ashraf of al-Baladhuri, p. 533
- Ansab al-Ashraf of al-Baladhuri, p.533
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “أم حبيب بنت أسد”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/umm-habib-bint-asad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.