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By: Habeeba Husain

The Remarkable Life of Umm Ayman

She was one of the first people to accept Islam. She was the first person to hold the Prophet Muhammad (may the blessings and peace of God be upon him) in her hands.

She was a Companion who remained by his side from cradle to grave.

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She was a solace for his mother. She was a devoted adherent to the faith. She was Barakah, later known as Umm Ayman.

Umm Ayman

The Prophet (may the blessings and peace of God be upon him) called Barakah ummah, or mother. She was the mother after his mother. He respected her to the utmost degree and treated her with love, care, and affection.

On many occasions, he would excitedly greet her, “Ya Umm Ayman, ya Ummi! [Oh Mother of Ayman, oh my mother!] Indeed for you is a place in Paradise!” He encouraged the Companions to marry her, even though at the time she was a fifty-year-old widow, “Should one of you desire to marry a woman from th umme aiman biography template1 DOS