Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya

Umm Salama was the daughter of Abu Umayyah ibn Mughirah ibn Abdullah. Her real name was Hind. She had been the wife of Abd ibn Abdul Asad. This couple, who had converted to Islam in the early days of the prophethood, migrated to Abyssinia due to the oppression and persecution of the polytheists. After living in Abyssinia for many years, they returned to Mecca when they learned that the polytheists of Mecca had converted to Islam.

Again they were exposed to the persecution of polytheists in Mecca. Finally, they departed to Medina during the emigration. However, some polytheists stopped them, not allowing Umm Salama to leave. Later she had a chance to migrate to Medina, but her husband had passed away from the wounds he had received while fighting in the Battle of Uhud.

After the death of her husband, she politely turned down marriage proposals. She did not want to accept the proposal of Prophet Muhammad either, because of her old age and jealous character, but finally she agreed.

Umm Salama was known as an intelligent, patient, dominant, influential, confident and humble woman. Many people turned to her for advice about their problems.

Umm Salama, the reporter of 378 hadiths of the Prophet (pbuh), died at the age of 84, in 61 A.H. Her funeral prayer was led by Abu Hurairah at the Jannat al-Baqi Cemetery, where she was buried.