Umm Hakim bint al-Harith ibn Hisham should not be confused with Umm Hakim bint Abd al-Muttalib.
| Umm Hakim bint al-Harith | |||||||
| Native Name: | أم حكيم بنت الحارث | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia | ||||||
| Death Place: | Medina, Hejaz, Rashidun Caliphate | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | Arabic | ||||||
| Other Names: | Bint Al-Harith | ||||||
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| Children: | Fatima bint Umar | ||||||
| Father: | Al-Harith ibn Hisham | ||||||
| Mother: | Fatima bint al-Walid ibn al-Mughira | ||||||
| Family: | Banu Makhzum (Quraish)
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Umm Ḥakīm bint al-Ḥārith ibn Hishām (Arabic: أم حكيم بنت الحارث إبن هشام) was a female companion of Islamic prophet Muhammad and later a wife of Umar, the second caliph of Islam.
Umm Hakim was the daughter of al-Harith al-Makhzumi (ibn Hisham ibn al-Mughira ibn Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn Makhzum).[1] [2] [3] [4] Her mother's name was Fatima bint al-Walid ibn al-Mughira ibn Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn Makhzum.[5]
She was wife of Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl,[2] [6] who was killed in the Battle of the Yarmuk.
According to another source, she was married to Abu Sa'id Khalid ibn Sa'id on the evening preceding Battle of Marj al-Saffar, Abu Sa'id was killed in the battle.
Later she was married to Umar ibn al-Khattab,[7] from whom she had a daughter named Fatima.
In the battle of Uhud she accompanied Ikrima and other Quraysh of Mecca who fought against the Muslims. She, along with other women, beat drums as they led the group of Quraysh women onto the battlefield.[2] [6]
In 630 CE, when the Muslims conquered Mecca, Umm Hakim converted to Islam along with the other Quraysh.[2] [6] [8] Subsequently, Umm Hakim convinced her husband Ikrima to accept Islam.[9]
After Abu Sa'id was killed, Umm Hakim single-handedly killed seven Byzantine soldiers with a tent pole near a bridge which is now known as the Bridge of Umm Hakim near Damascus,[10] during the battle of Marj al-Saffar in 634.[11]