Al-Hunfa bint Amr

Al-Hanfāʾ bint Amr
الحنفا ءبنت عَمْرو
Born
Died
Unknown
Spouses
ChildrenHind bint Suhayl
Parents
Relatives
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  • Ikrima (paternal half-brother)
  • Abu Hajib (paternal half-brother)
  • Tamim (paternal half-brother)
  • Alqamah (paternal half-brother)
  • Sakhrah (full-sister)
  • Asmaʾ (full-sister)
  • Juwayriyya (full-sister)
  • Uthman (second cousin)
  • Marwan (second cousin)
  • Umm Habiba (second cousin)

Al-Hanfāʾ bint Amr ibn Hishām (Arabic: الحنفا ءبنت عَمْرو بْنِ هِشَام) was the daughter of Abū Jahl, whose full name was ʿAmr ibn Hishām, a prominent opponent of the Prophet Muhammad. Her mother was Arwa bint Abi al-As. According to Ibn Sa'd’s al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā, al-Hanfaʾ accepted Islam, pledged allegiance to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and married Suhayl ibn ʿAmr. She gave birth to a daughter named Hind, who later married Muhammad's grandson Hasan ibn Ali. Ibn Saʿd also reports that al-Hanfaʾ later married Usama ibn Zayd ibn Ḥarithah, after her marriage to Suhayl ibn ʿAmr.

References

  1. 1 2 Ibn Sa'd, Muhammad (1995). Kitab at-Tabaqat al-Kabir, Volume VIII: The Women of Madina. Translated by Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-897940-24-2.
  2. 1 2 Ibn Sa'd, Muhammad ibn Sa'd ibn Mani' al-Hashimi. Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra. Ed. Muhammad Abd al-Qadir Ata. Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, 1990, vol. 8, p. 262, entry 4206, "al-Hanfa bint Abi Jahl." (in Arabic).