Umm_Kulthum_bint_Jarwal
Umm Kulthum bint Jarwal
Ex-wife of Umar ibn al-Khattab
Umm Kulthūm bint Jarwal (Arabic: أم كلثوم بنت جرول), also known as Mulayka (Arabic: مليكة), was a wife of Umar and a companion of Muhammad.
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Umm Kulthum bint Jarwal أم كلثوم بنت جرول | |
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| Died | Hejaz, Arabia |
| Other names | Mulayka |
| Spouse | Umar |
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She was born in Mecca as a member of the Khuza'a tribe. Her father was either Jarwal ibn Malik[1]: 204 or his son 'Amr ibn Jarwal.[2]: 92
She married Umar ibn al-Khattab before 616,[2]: 92 and they had two sons, Zayd and Ubayd Allah. Umar was concurrently married to Zaynab bint Maz'un, who bore him three children,[1]: 204 and to Qurayba bint Abi Umayya,[3]: 510 who was childless. Umar converted to Islam in 616.[1]: 207 The whole family emigrated to Medina in 622,[3]: 218 although Umm Kulthum and Qurayba were still polytheists.[3]: 510 [4]
Soon after the Treaty of Hudaybiya in 628, Muhammad announced a revelation that Muslims were ordered to "hold not to the cords of disbelieving women." Accordingly, Umar divorced Umm Kulthum and Qurayba, and they both returned to Mecca.[1]: 204 [3]: 510 [4]
The sources do not indicate the order of Umm Kulthum’s subsequent marriages. She married Abu Jahm ibn Hudhayfa in Mecca "while they were both polytheists," i.e., before January 630.[2]: 92 Abu Jahm was, like Umar, a member of the Adi clan of the Quraysh.[3]: 510 He was known in the community as "a great beater of women."[5][6]: 192 [7][8]
Whether before or after this, Umm Kulthum was also one of the wives of Safwan ibn Umayya, a member of the Juma clan[2]: 92 who was a leader in the Quraysh opposition to Muhammad.[3]: 318–319, 370 [9][10] He became a Muslim after the Conquest of Mecca[2]: 185 but continued to live in Mecca.[11]
- Muhammad ibn Saad. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). The Companions of Badr. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
- Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk. Translated by Fishbein, M. (1998). Volume 8: The Victory of Islam. Albany: State University of New York Press.
- Muhammad ibn Ishaq. Sirat Rasul Allah. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). The Life of Muhammad. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Bukhari 3:50:891.
- Muslim 9:3526.
- Muhammad ibn Saad. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). The Women of Madina. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
- Muslim 9:3512.
- Nasa'i 4:26:3247.
- Muhammad ibn Umar al-Waqidi. Kitab al-Maghazi. Translated by Faizer, R., Ismail, A., & Tayob, A. K. (2011). The Life of Muhammad, pp. 217, 284-286, 295. London & New York: Routledge.
- Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk. Translated by McDonald, M. V., & annotated by Watt, W. M. (1987). Volume 7: The Foundation of the Community, pp. 78-80, 106. Albany: State University of New York Press.
- Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. Tarik al-Rusual wa'l-Muluk. Translated by Landau-Tasseron, E. (1998). Volume 39: Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors, p. 81. Albany: State University of New York Press.