The companions رضي الله عنهم
Umm Kulthūm bint ʿUqbah رضي الله عنها
أم كلثوم بنت عقبة
A believing woman who migrated during the truce and was not returned to her relatives in Makkah.
She was not returned under the treaty
Her challenges and choices
- She came to the Prophet ﷺ as a young believing migrant during the truce. Her relatives asked him to return her.
Her standing in the sources
- The report says that the Prophet ﷺ did not return her because Allah had revealed the instruction concerning believing women who came as migrants.
In the Qur'an
- Al-Mumtaḥanah 60:10 — The report cites the revealed instruction concerning believing women migrants as the reason she was not returned.Cited or recited in the report — not a revelation occasion
Connected lives
- Khadījah bint Khuwaylid رضي الله عنها
Also in the companions collection.
- ʿĀʾishah bint Abī Bakr رضي الله عنها
Also in the companions collection.
- Fāṭimah رضي الله عنها bint Muḥammad ﷺ
Also in the companions collection.
- Zaynab bint Muḥammad ﷺ رضي الله عنها
Also in the companions collection.
Sources and accounts
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Umm Kulthūm bint ʿUqbah رضي الله عنها
She was not returned under the treaty
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2711She came to the Prophet ﷺ as a young believing migrant during the truce. Her relatives asked him to return her.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2711The report says that the Prophet ﷺ did not return her because Allah had revealed the instruction concerning believing women who came as migrants.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 271160:10 — The report cites the revealed instruction concerning believing women migrants as the reason she was not returned.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2711Biographical account and appearances
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2711; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2711; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2711