Umm al-Mu'minin Hazrat Umm Habiba bint Abu Sufyan Radiyallahu Anha - Tahrir No. 3546

She was married to the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and she became a believer

His real name was Ramla. His father, may God be pleased with him, was Abi Sufyan and his mother was Safiyya bint Al-Aas. Some historians have written his name as Ramla and some have also written Hind. You, may Allah be pleased with you, were born seventeen years before the birth of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Her first marriage was with Obaidullah bin Hajjash.

Ubaidullah bin Hajjash was the brother of Hazrat Abdullah bin Hajjash. Ubaidullah bin Hajjish migrated to Abyssinia with Umm Habiba (may Allah be pleased with her). Their daughter Habiba was born there, after whom her surname Umm Habiba will be known. In Abyssinia, Abdullah bin Hajjash became an apostate and converted to Christianity and wasted his life in alcoholism.

After his death, the Holy Prophet (PBUH) sent a message of marriage through Najashi after the Idah of the Prophet (RA) which he accepted and he was married to the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and he (RA) Allah became the believers.


According to another tradition, she married the Holy Prophet (PBUH) not in Abyssinia, but in Medina. She considered her service as her happiness. Before the conquest of Makkah, once Abu Sufyan came to Madinah, he first intended to go to his daughter's house.
Hazrat Umm Habiba (RA) reached there and did not allow her father to sit on the bed of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) because he was a disbeliever and a disbeliever cannot sit on the bed of a Prophet. She (may Allah be pleased with her) followed the hadith very strictly and used to urge others to do the same.
At the time of his death, he called Hazrat Aisha and spoke to her.

You, may Allah be pleased with you, had a good character until Fitr. Many hadiths have been narrated from you (RA). You (RA) passed away in 44 AH. His brother Mu'awiya bin Abi Sufyan was the ruler at that time. It is narrated by Ibn Asaqir that he went to Damascus to meet his brother and died there. His grave is in Damascus, but according to other historians, he died in Medina and his grave is also there.

He was 73 years old at the time of his death. It is narrated from Hazrat Zainul Abidin (may Allah be pleased with him) that I once dug a corner of my house and found a book on it. This is the grave of Ramla bin Saghr, so I placed it there.

He had two children from Ubaidullah bin Hajjash. One Abdullah and one Habiba. Habiba found refuge in the embrace of Prophethood and Urwa bin Masoud Al-Saqfi was associated with Dawood, the son of the chief of the Al-Saqq clan.

The hadiths of Bukhari and Musnad Ahmad have been narrated from you. On the death of Abu Sufyan, he (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated the hadith of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him):

"It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn a dead person for more than three days. However, one should mourn for her husband for four months and ten days.