Umme habiba biography of williams

Muhammad's ninth wife (c. / – )

Ramla bint Abi Sufyan ibn Harb (Arabic: رَمْلَة بِنْت أَبِي سُفْيَان ٱبْن حَرْب, romanized:&#;Ramla bint Abī Sufyān ibn Ḥarb; c.&#; or –), commonly known by her kunyaUmm Habiba (Arabic: أُمُّ حَبِيبَة, romanized:&#;Umm Ḥabība), was a wife of Muhammad.

Early life

She was born in circa or ^[1] She was the daughter of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and Safiyyah bint Abi al-'As.^[1] Abu Sufyan was the chief of the Umayya clan, and she was the daughter of the leader of the whole Quraysh tribe and the most powerful opponent of Muhammad in the period – However, he later accepted Islam and became a Muslim warrior.

The first Umayyadcaliph, Muawiyah I, was Ramla's half-brother, and Uthman ibn Affan was her maternal first cousin^[2] and paternal second cousin.

Marriage to Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh

Her first husband was Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh,^[3] a brother of Zaynab bint Jahsh, whom Muhammad also married