| Umm Rūmān | |
| Native Name: | أم رومان |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Background: | skyblue |
| Religion: | Islam |
| Birth Name: | Zaynab bint 'Amir ibn Uwaymir ibn 'Abd Shams ibn 'Attab al-Farasiyya al-Kinaniyya زينب بنت عامر ابن عويمر ابن عبد شمس ابن عتاب الفراسية الكنانية |
| Era: | Early Islamic period |
| Death Date: | , 6 or 8 AH |
| Resting Place: | Medina |
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| Relatives: | Muhammad (son-in-law) |
| Father: | 'Amir ibn Uwaymir |
Zaynab bint ʿĀmir ibn ʿUwaymir ibn ʿAbd Shams ibn ʿAttāb al-Farāsīyya al-Kinānīyya, known by her kunya "Umm Rūmān" (Arabic: أمّ رومان زينب بنت عامر ابن عويمر ابن عبد شمس ابن عتاب الفراسية الكنانية ) was a female companion of Muhammad. She was a wife of Abu Bakr and the mother of Aisha.[1] [2]
Zaynab was the daughter of Amir ibn Uwaymir, a member of the Al-Harith ibn Ghanam clan of the Kinana tribe.[3] She married two times. First, she became the second wife of al-Ḥārith ibn Sakhbarah of the Azd tribe. Zaynab and al-Ḥārith had one son together, Tufayl ibn al-Harith.[4]
The family migrated to Mecca, where al-Harith became an ally of Abu Bakr. [5] Soon afterwards, al-Harith died, leaving Tufayl and his widowed mother completely dependent on Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr then married Umm Ruman around 601 CE.[4] They had two children together: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān and Aisha.[4]
Umm Ruman emigrated to Medina in 622, accompanied by her daughter Aisha and also by her stepchildren Asma and Abd Allah (children of Abu Bakr by other wives).[3]
Ibn Sa'd states that Umm Ruman died in Medina in April/May 628.[4] [6] However, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani places her death in 630. As she was being lowered into her grave, Muhammad said, "Anyone who wants to know what a houri looks like should look at Umm Ruman."[4]
