Umm Qays bint Mihsan

Umm Qays bint Mihsan al-Asadiyya, sister of Ukkasha ibn Mihsan; she was of those who became Muslim early at Mecca, pledged and emigrated ¹. It is said her name is Umayya — Abu al-Qasim al-Jawhari transmitted it in the Musnad of the Muwatta ².

She related from the Prophet; from her related Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utba, Wabisa ibn Ma'bad, her client Adi ibn Dinar, her client Abu al-Hasan, and Abu Ubayda ibn Abdullah ibn Zam'a ². Among her hadiths in the two Sahihs: she brought a small son who had not yet eaten food ², and she brought a son of hers she had perfumed — the Prophet said: "why do you women dress your children so?" ².

Al-Nasa'i narrates from Abu al-Hasan, Umm Qays's client, from her: a son of mine died and I grieved; I said to the one washing him: do not wash my son with cold water and kill him. Ukkasha mentioned it to the Prophet, who said: "what ails her — long is her life" — and they know of no woman who lived as long as she lived ².