Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
أم سلمة زوج النبي
هند بنت أبي أمية : حذيفة ، ويقال: سهيل بن المغيرة بن عبد الله بن عمر بن مخزوم
Appears in 328 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
Immediate teacher layer
Received from
أم سلمة زوج النبي
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
54
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
50
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
57
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
42
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
70
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
55
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
أم المؤمنين
Al-Dhahabi
أم المؤمنين
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أم سلمة
- Known as
- أم سلمة
- Lineage / nisba
- المخزومية ، القرشية
- Generation
- أم المؤمنين
- Died
- 59هـ ، أو : 61هـ ، أو : 62هـ
- Relatives
- زوج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بعد أبي سلمة بن عبد الأسد ، ولداها : عمر ، وزينب ، وأخوها : عامر بن أبي أمية ، وابن أخيها : مصعب بن عبد الله بن أبي أمية المخزومي ، ومكاتبها نبهان ، ومواليها : سفينة ، وعبد الله بن رافع ، وناعم ، ونافع ، وأبو كثير
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 115سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ، مَاذَا أُنْزِلَ اللَّيْلَةَ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ ، وَمَاذَا فُتِحَ مِنَ الْخَزَائِنِ ، أَيْقِظُوا صَوَاحِبَاتِ الْحُجَرِ ، فَرُبَّ كَاسِيَةٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا عَارِيَةٍ فِي الْآخِرَةِOne night Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got up and said, "Subhan Allah! How many afflictions have been descended tonight and how many treasures have been disclosed! Go and wake the sleeping lady occupants of these dwellings (his11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 130إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ ، فَهَلْ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ مِنْ غُسْلٍ إِذَا احْتَلَمَتْ ؟ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : إِذَا رَأَتِ الْمَاءَ ، فَغَطَّتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ تَعْنِي وَجْهَهUm-Sulaim came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "Verily, Allah is not shy of (telling you) the truth. Is it necessary for a woman to take a bath after she has a wet dream (nocturnal sexual discharge?) The Prophet repli6 narratorsBukhari · 282نَعَمْ ، إِذَا رَأَتِ الْمَاءَ(the mother of the believers) Um Sulaim, the wife of Abu Talha, came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Verily Allah is not shy of (telling you) the truth. Is it necessary for a woman to take a 6 narratorsBukhari · 298بَيْنَا أَنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُضْطَجِعَةٌ فِي خَمِيصَةٍ ، إِذْ حِضْتُ فَانْسَلَلْتُ فَأَخَذْتُ ثِيَابَ حِيضَتِي ، قَالَ : أَنُفِسْتِ ؟ قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، فَدَعَانِي فَاضْطَجَعْتُ مَعَهُ While I was laying with the Prophet (ﷺ) under a single woolen sheet, I got the menses. I slipped away and put on the clothes for menses. He said, "Have you got "Nifas" (menses)?" I replied, "Yes." He then called me and m6 narratorsBukhari · 322حِضْتُ وَأَنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْخَمِيلَةِ ، فَانْسَلَلْتُ فَخَرَجْتُ مِنْهَا فَأَخَذْتُ ثِيَابَ حِيضَتِي فَلَبِسْتُهَا ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّUm-Salama said, "I got my menses while I was lying with the Prophet (ﷺ) under a woolen sheet. So I slipped away, took the clothes for menses and put them on. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Have you got your menses?' I repl6 narratorsBukhari · 323بَيْنَا أَنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُضْطَجِعَةً فِي خَمِيلَةٍ حِضْتُ ، فَانْسَلَلْتُ فَأَخَذْتُ ثِيَابَ حِيضَتِي ، فَقَالَ : أَنُفِسْتِ ؟ فَقُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، فَدَعَانِي فَاضْطَجَعْتُ مَعَهُ فWhile I was lying with the Prophet (ﷺ) under a woolen sheet, I got my menses. I slipped away and put on the clothes for menses. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Have you got your menses?" I replied, "Yes." He called me and I slept6 narratorsBukhari · 464طُوفِي مِنْ وَرَاءِ النَّاسِ وَأَنْتِ رَاكِبَةٌ ، فَطُفْتُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يُصَلِّي إِلَى جَنْبِ الْبَيْتِ يَقْرَأُ بِ وَالطُّورِ { 1 } وَكِتَابٍ مَسْطُورٍ { 2 } سورة الطور آية 1-2I complained to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that I was sick. He told me to perform the Tawaf behind the people while riding. So I did so and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was praying beside the Ka`ba and reciting the Sura starting wit6 narratorsBukhari · 837كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا سَلَّمَ قَامَ النِّسَاءُ حِينَ يَقْضِي تَسْلِيمَهُ ، وَمَكَثَ يَسِيرًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُومَWhenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) finished his prayers with Taslim, the women would get up and he would stay on for a while in his place before getting up. Ibn Shihab said, "I think (and Allah knows better), that the purpos5 narratorsBukhari · 849أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَإِذَا سَلَّمَ يَمْكُثُ فِي مَكَانِهِ يَسِيرًا"The Prophet (ﷺ) after finishing the prayer with Taslim used to stay at his place for a while." Ibn Shihab said, "I think (and Allah knows better), that he used to wait for the departure of the women who had prayed." Ibn6 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 850وَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ : أَخْبَرَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ يَزِيد ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ ، أَنَّ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ : حَدَّثَتْنِي هِنْدُ بِنْتُ الْحَارِثِ الْفِرَاسِيَّةُ ،"The Prophet (ﷺ) after finishing the prayer with Taslim used to stay at his place for a while." Ibn Shihab said, "I think (and Allah knows better), that he used to wait for the departure of the women who had prayed." Ibn6 narratorsBukhari · 866أَنَّ النِّسَاءَ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كُنَّ إِذَا سَلَّمْنَ مِنَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ قُمْنَ ، وَثَبَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَنْ صَلَّى مِنَ الرِّجَالِ مَ(the wife of the Prophet) In the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) the women used to get up when they finished their compulsory prayers with Taslim. The Prophet (ﷺ) and the men would stay on at their places as long as Al6 narratorsBukhari · 870كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا سَلَّمَ ، قَامَ النِّسَاءُ حِينَ يَقْضِي تَسْلِيمَهُ ، وَيَمْكُثُ هُوَ فِي مَقَامِهِ يَسِيرًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُومَ ، قَالَ : نَرَى وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ذَلWhenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) completed the prayer with Taslim, the women used to get up immediately and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) would remain at his place for someone before getting up. (The sub-narrator (Az- Zuhri) said,5 narrators