Salma Umm al-Khair

Salma Umm al-Khair bint Sakhar (Arabic: سَلْمَىٰ أُمّ ٱلْخَيْر بِنْت صَخَر‎, Salmā ʾUmm al-Khayr ibnat Ṣakhar) was the mother of Abu Bakr, the first Caliph.

Salma Umm al-Khair bint Sakhar
سَلْمَىٰ أُمّ ٱلْخَيْر بِنْت صَخَر
Born
Salma
Spouse(s)Uthman Abu Quhafa
Children4 including Abu Bakr
Parent(s)
  • Sakhar ibn Amir ibn Amr ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd
    (صَخَر ٱبْن عَامِر ٱبْن عَمْروْ ٱبْن كَعْب ٱبْن سَعْد) (father)
Full name
Salma Umm al-Khair bint Sakhar ibn Amir ibn Amr ibn Ka'b
(Arabic: سَلْمَىٰ أُمّ ٱلْخَيْر بِنْت صَخَر ٱبْن عَامِر ٱبْن عَمْروْ ٱبْن كَعْب‎)

Biography

Salma was the daughter of Sakhar ibn Amir ibn Amr (Arabic: صَخَر ٱبْن عَامِر ٱبْن عَمْروْ‎), from the Taym clan of the Quraysh, and the brother of her uncle Uthman ibn Amir, later known as 'Abu Qahafa'. Her kenning was Umm Al-Khayr ("Mother of Goodness").[1]

Salma and Abu Quhafa had several sons who did not survive infancy. When Abu Bakr was born in 573,[1] Salma took him to the Kaaba and prayed to the gods: “If this one is granted immunity from death, then bestow him upon me!” Abu Bakr was therefore known as Atiq (" the exempted"), while his subsequent surviving brothers were given the related names Mu'taq and Utaiq.[2]

Salma was an early convert to Islam. She was among those who were "brought to the house of Arqam"[3] to meet Muhammad, i.e., after 614 but before the Hijra.[4]

She died during the Caliphate of her son Abu Bakr between 632 and 634.[5]

Legacy

Sunnis honour her as Umm al-Khair (Arabic: أُمّ ٱلْخَيْر‎), meaning "Mother of Goodness", referring to Abu Bakr, whom Sunni Muslims honour as one of The Ten Promised Paradise among Muhammad's early companions, the Sahaba.

Family tree
Asma bint Adiy al-BariqiyyahMurrah ibn Ka'bHind bint Surayr ibn Tha'labah
Yaqazah ibn MurrahTaym ibn MurrahKilab ibn Murrah
Sa'd ibn Taym
Ka'b ibn Sa'd
'Amr ibn Ka'b
'Amir ibn 'AmrSakhar ibn 'Amr
Hind bint Nuqayd'Uthman Abu Quhafa ibn 'AmirSalma Umm al-Khair bint Sakhar
Umm Farwa
QuraybaAbu BakrMuataqMu'aytaq[6]Quhafa
Umm Amir

See also

References
  1. Jalal ad-Din al-Suyuti (1881). Tarikh al-Khulafa(The History of the Caliphs). Calcutta: The Asiatic Society. p. 29.
  2. Jalal ad-Din al-Suyuti (1881). Tarikh al-Khulafa(The History of the Caliphs). Calcutta: The Asiatic Society. p. 27.
  3. Ibn Hajar. Al-Isaba, vol. 8.
  4. Muhammad ibn Ishaq (1955). Sirat Rasul Allah (The Life of Muhammad). Oxford University Press. p. 117.
  5. Ibn Hajar. Al-Isaba, vol. 4.
  6. Tarikh ar-Rusul wa al-Muluk 3/ 425
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