Umm Sa'd bint Sa'd ibn al-Rabi'
أم سعد بنت سعد بن الربيع
Daughter of Sa'd ibn al-Rabi', who was killed at Uhud while she was in the womb; she grew up an orphan in Abu Bakr's care and married Zayd ibn Thabit, bearing him Kharija, Sa'd, Uthman, Sulayman and Umm Zayd; a report on the inheritance of an unborn child is linked to her.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Umm Sa'd bint Sa'd ibn al-Rabi' al-Ansariyya 1. Ibn Sa'd said: her mother is Khallada bint Anas ibn Sinan of Banu Sa'ida; she bore her months after Sa'd was killed 1.
Her upbringing
Abu Dawud narrates from Dawud ibn al-Husayn, who said: I used to recite to Umm Sa'd bint Sa'd ibn al-Rabi' with her grandson Musa ibn Sa'd — she was an orphan in Abu Bakr al-Siddiq's care 1.
The inheritance
Her marriage and children
Zayd ibn Thabit married her, and she bore him Kharija, Sa'd, Uthman, Sulayman and Umm Zayd 1. Kharija ibn Zayd ibn Thabit related from her something of Sa'd ibn al-Rabi's virtues from Abu Bakr 1.
Disagreement on Kharija's mother's name
Ibn Sa'd said in Kharija's entry: his mother is Umm Sa'd Jamila bint Sa'd ibn al-Rabi' — "so he said" — and Ibn Hajar points out that what is in Umm al-Ala''s entry contradicts this 1.
Connections
- Child of
- Sad ibn al-Rabi al-Ansari
- Spouse of
- Zayd ibn Thabit
People and things also explored
The AnsarThe Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)The Battle of UhudThe brotherhood of the Muhajirun and AnsarThe distribution of Hunayn spoils at al-Ji'ranaBurial of the Uhud martyrsMuhammadMedina
Sources
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, p. 2002
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Umm Sa'd bint Sa'd ibn al-Rabi'”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/umm-sad-bint-sad-ibn-al-rabi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.