Zaynab bint Abi Salama
زينب بنت أبي سلمة
Born in the land of Abyssinia to her father Abu Salama and her mother Umm Salama; she arrived with her mother.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
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Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Born in the land of Abyssinia to her father Abu Salama and her mother Umm Salama; she came back with her mother. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Tribe
She belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Makhzum 1
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Makhzum
- Child of
- Abu Salama (Abdullah ibn Abd al-Asad)· Umm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
People and things also explored
Umm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)· Quraysh· Abdullah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi· Habbar ibn Sufyan· Hisham ibn Abi Hudhayfa· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Muhammad· Aksum
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/10
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/11
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Zaynab bint Abi Salama”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/zaynab-bint-abi-salama/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.