Umm Sinan al-Aslamiyya

أم سنان الأسلمية

628~

Khaybar

A Companion of Aslam who went out with the Prophet ﷺ to Khaybar to stitch water-skins and tend the sick and wounded; she stayed with Umm Salama and witnessed the conquest of Khaybar, and her daughter Thubayta bint Hanzala transmitted from her. Kahhala lists her in A'lam al-Nisa'.

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At a glance

Roles
Companion
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia

Life in time

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Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abbad ibn Hunayf · al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abd al-Masih ibn Amr ibn Buqayla · Abd al-Masih ibn Buqayla · Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham

In space

Khaybar

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Place in the story

    Sunni (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Summary

    Umm Sinan al-Aslamiyya (may God be pleased with her) was a Companion whom Kahhala in A'lam al-Nisa' calls "a noble striver"; he takes her report from Ibn Sa'd's Tabaqat, al-Isaba, al-Isti'ab and the supplement to al-Tabari's history. 1 2

    At Khaybar

    She came to the Prophet when he meant to set out for Khaybar and said: "Let me go out with you on this journey to stitch the water-skins, tend the sick and the wounded if there are wounds, and watch over the baggage." He gave her leave, saying other women of her people and of others had asked him and he had allowed them, and let her choose to be with her people or with his household; she chose his, and he said, "Be with Umm Salama, my wife." She stayed with her and witnessed the conquest of Khaybar. 1 2

    Friday, the Eids, and her report

    She used to go out with the Prophet to the Friday prayer and the two Eids, and her daughter Thubayta bint Hanzala al-Aslamiyya transmitted from her. 2

    For young visitors

    Umm Sinan was a woman Companion who went with the army to Khaybar to treat the wounded and mend the water-skins, and stayed with the Prophet's wife Umm Salama.

    Connections

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    Participated in
    The Conquest of Khaybar
    Related to
    Umm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)
    Member of
    The Companions
    Lived in
    Khaybar

    People and things also explored

    Battle of Khaybar — the women who accompanied the army· Mahmud ibn Maslama· The Jewish communities of Khaybar· Bishr ibn al-Bara'· Ku'ayba bint Sa'd· Marhab of Khaybar· Safiyya bint Huyayy· Salama ibn al-Akwa'

    Sources

    1. A'lam al-Nisa' fi Alamay al-Arab wa-al-Islam — Umar Rida Kahhala, vol. 2 (Mu'assasat al-Risala, Beirut, 5th ed. 1984) , p.266
    2. A'lam al-Nisa' fi Alamay al-Arab wa-al-Islam — Umar Rida Kahhala, vol. 2 (Mu'assasat al-Risala, Beirut, 5th ed. 1984) , p.267
    • al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
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    Related

    Battle of Khaybar — the women who accompanied the army

    At Khaybar Waqidi lists twenty women who went out with the army, led by Umm Salama, Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib (the Prophet's aunt) and Umm Ayman his freedwoman, among them Asma' bint Umays the wife of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib and Umm 'Umara Nusayba bint Ka'b. The same chapter reports Asma' bint Umays's martyrdom and Safiyya's and Ali's role in taking Khaybar.