Family_tree_of_Uthman
Family tree of Uthman
Family of the third Caliph of the Ummah
ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (Arabic: عثمان بن عفان) (c. 576 – June 17, 656) was the third Caliph of the Ummah, and is regarded by the Muslims as one of the Four Righteously Guided Caliphs. He reigned from 644 until 656. He was the companion of Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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| Abd Manaf ibn Qusai | Atikah bint Murrah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hashim ibn Abd Manaf | Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim | Habib ibn Abd Shams[1] | Umayya ibn Abd Shams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Umm Hakim bint Abd al-Muttalib | Kurayz ibn Rabi'ah | Abu al-As ibn Umayya | Abu ‘Amr ibn Umayya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arwa bint Kurayz | Affan ibn Abi al-As | Abu Mu‘ayṭ ibn Abu ‘Amr | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ruqayya bint Muhammad | Uthman ibn al-Affan
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| Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad | Al-Walid ibn Uqba[2] | 'Ammara ibn Uqba | Umm Kulthum bint Uqba[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Wives | Children | Notes |
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| "Umm ‘Amr" | ‘Amr ibn Uthman | Uthman was known as "Abu ‘Amr" before Islam.[3]: 38 It is therefore inferred that he had a son named ‘Amr who died in infancy. However, nothing is known about this child or his mother. |
| Asma bint Abi Jahl (from the Banu Makhzum) | Mughira ibn Uthman | This wife and child are only mentioned in one source, so the report may be apocryphal. Asma later married her cousin al-Walid ibn Abd Shams.[4]: 109 |
| Ruqayya bint Muhammad | Abd Allah al-Akbar ibn Uthman | Ruqayyah was first married to Utbah ibn Abi Lahab, her cousin, but he divorced her at Abu Lahab's request. |
| Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad | Umm Kulthum was previously married to Utaybah ibn Abi Lahab, but he divorced her. | |
| Zaynab bint Hayyan (from the Hawazin tribe) (milk al-yamin) | Zaynab was captured at the Battle of Hunayn and was briefly Uthman's milk al-yamin (concubine); but he soon released her back to her family.[5]: 462 | |
| Fakhita bint Ghazwan (sister of Utba ibn Ghazwan) (from the Qays-Aylan tribe) | Abd Allah al-Asghar ibn Uthman | |
| Umm al-Banin Mulayka bint Uyayna ibn Hisn (from Fazara clan of the Ghatafan tribe) | Utba ibn Uthman Abd al-Malik ibn Uthman | Both children died young. |
| A daughter of Khalid ibn Asid (from the Banu Umayya) | Uthman married her c.631 and she died childless c.634.[4]: 116 | |
| Fatima bint Al-Walid (from the Banu Makhzum) | Walid ibn Uthman Sa'id ibn Uthman Umm Sa'id (Umm Uthman) bint Uthman | Walid and Sa'id survived their father and had offspring. Umm Sa'id (Umm Uthman) married Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid, and had a son named Uthman. Uthman divorced Fatima, who then married a Makhzum cousin, Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah.[4]: 110–111 |
| Umm ‘Amr Umm Najm bint Jandab al-Azdi | ‘Amr ibn Uthman Khalid ibn Uthman Aban ibn Uthman[6] Umar ibn Uthman Maryam al-Kubra bint Uthman | ‘Amr was the eldest son of Uthman to survive infancy. This 'Amr, who was born c.635, should not be confused with Uthman's previous son, also named 'Amr, who was born before 610.[4]: 116 'Amr, Aban and Umar survived Uthman and had offspring. Khalid was killed in an accident during his father's reign, but also left children. Maryam al-Kubra married Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham. |
| Ramla bint Shayba (daughter of Shayba ibn Rabi'a of the Banu Abd-Shams) | Aisha bint Uthman Umm Aban al-Kubra bint Uthman Umm 'Amr bint Uthman | Aisha was married to al-Harith ibn al-Hakam, and later married to Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. Umm Aban al-Kubra was married to Marwan I ibn al-Hakam who was her first cousin once removed; They had offspring. Umm 'Amr was married to Sa'id ibn al-As, they had offspring. |
| Bunana | This marriage apparently ended in divorce.[3]: 43 | |
| Na'ila bint al-Farafsa | ‘Anbasa ibn Uthman Maryam al-Sughra bint Uthman Umm Aban al-Sughra bint Uthman Umm Khalid bint Uthman Arwa bint Uthman Umm al-Banin bint Uthman | Uthman married Na'ila in 649. Maryam al-Sughra married to Amr ibn al-Walid ibn Uqba and then married to Sa'id ibn al-As after the death of her sister Umm 'Amr, they had a son named Sa'id. Umm Khalid married Abdallah ibn Khalid ibn Asid after the death of her sister Umm Sa'id (Umm Uthman). Arwa married Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn Uqba.[4]: 131 |
| An unnamed concubine | Umm al-Banin bint Uthman | Umm al-Banin married Abd Allah ibn Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan.[3]: 39 |
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