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Rayta bint Abi Talib

Rayta bint Abi Talib

Companion and cousin of Muhammad

Rayṭa bint Abī Ṭālib (Arabic: رَيْطَة بِنْت أَبِي طَالِب), was a companion and first cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[1][2][3]

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Family

She was the youngest daughter of Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Fatimah bint Asad. She was also known as "Asmā’",[2] and she was probably the same daughter known as "Umm Ṭālib" (Arabic: أُمّ طَالِب), indicating that she had a son named Talib.[3]

History

In 628 CE, Muhammad assigned Umm Talib an income of 40 wasqs from Khaybar.[1][3]

References

  1. [1]
    Ibn Ishaq, Muhammad (1955). Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah – The Life of Muhammad. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-1963-6033-1. Translated by A. Guillaume
  2. [2]
    Muhammad ibn Saad (1967), Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir, vol. 1, Delhi: Kitab Bhavan, p. 135 Translated by Haq, S. M.; Parts I & II
  3. [3]
    Muhammad ibn Saad (1995), "The Women of Madina", Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir, vol. 8, London: Ta-Ha Publishers, p. 35 Translated by Bewley, A.
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