RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Umm Salama

602 - 683

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Hind bint Abi Umayya (Arabic: هِنْد ابِنْت أَبِي أُمَيَّة, Hind ʾibnat ʾAbī ʾUmayya, c. 580 or 596 – 680 or 683), better known as Umm Salama (Arabic: أُمّ سَلَمَة) or Hind al-Makhzūmiyya (Arabic: هِنْد ٱلْمَخْزُومِيَّة) was the sixth wife of Muhammad. "Umm Salama" was her kunya meaning, "mother of Salama". She was one of the most influential female companions of Muhammad. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Umm Salama is the 521st most popular religious figure (down from 357th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 50th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Umm Salama was a wife of the Prophet Muhammad, and she is most famous for her narration of the Battle of Uhud.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Umm Salama ranks 521 out of 3,187Before her are Vincent Ferrer, Pope John XIII, Pope Anastasius II, Margaret Mary Alacoque, Kashyapa, and James, son of Alphaeus. After her are Angelo Sodano, Pope Leo VI, 13th Dalai Lama, Simeon Stylites, Rabbi Akiva, and Adalbert of Prague.

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Among people born in 602, Umm Salama ranks 3Before her are Xuanzang, and Hafsa bint Umar. After her are Sigebert II, Ansegisel, Adaloald, and Theodore of Tarsus. Among people deceased in 683, Umm Salama ranks 3Before her are Yazid I, and Pope Leo II. After her are Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal, Uqba ibn Nafi, and Juansher.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Umm Salama ranks 60 out of 354Before her are Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah (582), Muhammad bin Qasim (695), Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad (603), Zaynab bint Ali (626), Hasan al-Basri (642), and Safiyya bint Huyayy (610). After her are Talhah (595), Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (674), Ibn Ishaq (704), Musaylimah (600), Ammar ibn Yasir (570), and Ali al-Ridha (770).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Umm Salama ranks 20Before her are Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (659), Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (624), Abd Allah ibn Abbas (619), Ruqayyah bint Muhammad (598), Muhammad al-Baqir (677), and Zaynab bint Ali (626). After her are Talhah (595), Ammar ibn Yasir (570), Ali al-Ridha (770), Sumayyah bint Khabbat (550), Zaynab bint Khuzayma (595), and Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (630).