The companions رضي الله عنهم
Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays رضي الله عنها
أسماء بنت عميس
A migrant to Abyssinia whom the Prophet ﷺ assured of the reward of two migrations.
The people of the ship had two migrations
Her challenges and choices
- She migrated to Abyssinia and later came with the people of the ship. ʿUmar رضي الله عنه asserted that the earlier migrants had a greater claim to the Prophet ﷺ.
Her standing in the sources
- The Prophet ﷺ told her that the earlier migrants did not have a greater claim to him, and that the people of the ship had two migrations.
Connected lives
- ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه
She migrated to Abyssinia and later came with the people of the ship. ʿUmar رضي الله عنه asserted that the earlier migrants had a greater claim to the Prophet ﷺ.
- Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī رضي الله عنه
Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays رضي الله عنها said he repeatedly asked her to recount the Prophet's ﷺ assurance that the people of the ship had the reward of two migrations.
Sources and accounts
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Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays رضي الله عنها
The people of the ship had two migrations
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4231She migrated to Abyssinia and later came with the people of the ship. ʿUmar رضي الله عنه asserted that the earlier migrants had a greater claim to the Prophet ﷺ.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4230The Prophet ﷺ told her that the earlier migrants did not have a greater claim to him, and that the people of the ship had two migrations.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4231Biographical account and appearances
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4231; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4230; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4231
Connected accounts
ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه — She migrated to Abyssinia and later came with the people of the ship. ʿUmar رضي الله عنه asserted that the earlier migrants had a greater claim to the Prophet ﷺ.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4230Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī رضي الله عنه — Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays رضي الله عنها said he repeatedly asked her to recount the Prophet's ﷺ assurance that the people of the ship had the reward of two migrations.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4231