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{{Short description|Companion of Muhammad and wife of Abu Bakr}}
{{Infobox religious biography|name= Umm Rūmān
| native_name = أم رومان
| native_name_lang = ar
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| religion = [[Islam]]
| birth_name = Zaynab bint 'Amir ibn Uwaymir ibn 'Abd Shams ibn 'Attab al-Farasiyya al-Kinaniyya<br> زينب بنت عامر ابن عويمر ابن عبد شمس ابن عتاب الفراسية الكنانية
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| birth_place = [[Tihamah]], [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]] {{small|(present-day [[Saudi Arabia]])}}
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| era = [[History of Islam|Early Islamic period]]
| death_date = {{circa|628 or 630 [[common era|CE]]}}, 6 or 8 [[Hijri year|AH]]
| death_place = [[Medina]], [[Hejaz]], [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]] {{small|(present-day Saudi Arabia)}}
| resting_place = Medina
| known_for = {{ubl|Female companion and mother-in-law of [[Muhammad]]|Mother of [[Aisha]]|Wife of [[Abu Bakr]]}}
| children = {{plainlist|
*[[Tufayl ibn al-Harith]]
*[[Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr]]
*[[Aisha|ʿĀʾisha bint Abī Bakr]]}}
| spouse = {{plainlist|
*Al-Harith ibn Sakhbarah {{small|(until his death)}}
*[[Abu Bakr|Abu Bakr al-Siddiq]] {{small|(until her death)}}}}
| relatives = [[Muhammad]] (son-in-law)
| father = 'Amir ibn Uwaymir
| mother =
}}

'''Zaynab bint ʿĀmir ibn ʿUwaymir ibn ʿAbd Shams ibn ʿAttāb al-Farāsīyya al-Kinānīyya''', known by her ''[[Kunya (Arabic)|kunya]]'' "'''Umm Rūmān'''" ({{lang-ar|أمّ رومان زينب بنت عامر ابن عويمر ابن عبد شمس ابن عتاب الفراسية الكنانية }})<ref name=renamed_from_1_on_20140409071435/> was a female [[Companions of the Prophet|companion]] of [[Muhammad]]. She was a wife of [[Abu Bakr]] and the mother of [[Aisha]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Talhami|first=Ghada|title=Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa|year=2012|pages=632–634}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Stone|first=Caroline|title=The Embroideries of North Africa|url=https://archive.org/details/embroideriesofno00ston|url-access=registration|year=1985|page=[https://archive.org/details/embroideriesofno00ston/page/76 76]|quote="...and perhaps it should not be forgotten that Aisha, the favourite wife of Muhammad, whose name means 'The Living One', was (death 627) the daughter of Umm Ruman, 'The Mother of the Pomegranate'."}}</ref>

==Biography==
Zaynab was the daughter of Amir ibn Uwaymir, a member of the Al-Harith ibn Ghanam clan of the [[Kinana]] tribe.<ref name=Tabari39>Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. ''Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk''. Translated by Landau-Tasseron, E. (1998). ''Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors'', pp. 171-172. Albany: State University of New York Press.</ref> She married two times. First, she became the second wife of [[al-Ḥārith ibn Sakhbarah]] of the [[Azd]] tribe, who was already married to [[Qutaylah bint Abd al-Uzza|Qutaylah bint ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā]]. Zaynab and al-Ḥārith had one son together, [[Tufayl ibn al-Harith]].<ref name=Saad8>Muhammad ibn Saad, ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 8. J by Bewley, A. (1995). ''The Women of Madina'', p. 193. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.</ref>

The family migrated to [[Mecca]], where al-Harith became an ally of Abu Bakr. <ref name=renamed_from_1_on_20140409071435>{{cite web|title=Companion's Tree|url=http://quransearchonline.com/HTML/Biography/ilyref/image/aisharaz.gif|publisher=Quran search online|access-date=28 September 2012}}</ref> Soon afterwards, al-Harith died, leaving Tufayl and his widowed mother completely dependent on Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr then married Umm Ruman around 601 CE.<ref name=Saad8/> They had two children together: [[Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr|ʿAbd al-Raḥmān]] and [[Aisha]].<ref name=Saad8/>

Umm Ruman [[Hijrah|emigrated]] to [[Medina]] in 622, accompanied by her daughter [[Aisha]] and also by her stepchildren [[Asma bint Abi Bakr|Asma]] and [[Abd Allah ibn Abi Bakr|Abd Allah]] (children of Abu Bakr by other wives).<ref name=Tabari39/>

[[Ibn Sa'd]] states that Umm Ruman died in [[Medina]] in April/May 628.<ref name=Saad8/><ref>Nāsikh al-tavārīkh : zindagānī-i Payāmbar vol:2, 1162 {{ISBN|9643311120}}</ref> However, [[Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani]] places her death in 630.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} As she was being lowered into her grave, Muhammad said, "Anyone who wants to know what a ''[[houri]]'' looks like should look at Umm Ruman."<ref name=Saad8/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''Great Women of Islam'' (Dar-us-Salam Publications)

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[[Category:Women companions of the Prophet]]
[[Category:Abu Bakr family]]
[[Category:628 deaths]]
[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]

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