Sumra bint Jundab explained

Sumra bint Jundab
Parents:Jundab ibn Hujayr ibn Zabbab
Children:
Relations:Banu 'Amir (paternal tribe)

Sumra bint Jundab (Arabic: سُمرة بنت جندب), also known as Ṣafiyya bint Junaydib (صفية بنت جنيدب), was the first wife of Abd al-Muttalib.

Her father was Jundab (or Junaydib) ibn Hujayr ibn Zabbab (or Riyab) ibn Habib ibn Suwa'a ibn Amir ibn Sa'sa'a ibn Mu'awiyah ibn Bakr ibn Hawazin ibn Mansur ibn Ikrima from the Hawazin tribe.[1] [2]

She married Abd al-Muttalib when he was young. Their son, al-Harith,[1] [2] remained Abd al-Muttalib's only child for many years.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Abdulmalik ibn Hisham. Notes to Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). The Life of Muhammad, p. 708 Note 97. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. Muhammad ibn Saad. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir. Translated by Haq, S. M. (1967). Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir Volume I Parts I & II, p. 99. Delhi: Kitab Bhavan.
  3. Muhammad ibn Ishaq. Sirat Rasul Allah. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). The Life of Muhammad, p. 62. Oxford: Oxford University Press.