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Umm Ayman
Summary
Baraka bint Thaʿlaba (بَـرَكَـة بنت ثَعلَبَة), commonly known by her kunya Umm Ayman (أمّ أيمن), was an early Muslim and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
She was an Abyssinian slave of Muhammad's parents, Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib and Aminah bint Wahb. Following the death of Aminah, Baraka helped to raise Muhammad in the household of his grandfather, Abdul-Muttalib ibn Hashim. He saw her as a mother figure. Muhammad later freed her from slavery, but she continued to serve Muhammad and his family. She was an early convert to Islam, and was present at the important battles of Uhud and Khaybar.
Following her freedom Muhammad also arranged her marriages, first to Ubayd ibn Zayd of the Banu Khazraj, with whom she had a son, Ayman ibn Ubayd, giving her the kunya Umm Ayman (meaning mother of Ayman). She was later married to the adopted son of Muhammad, Zayd ibn Harithah. Her son with Zayd, Usama ibn Zayd, served as a commander in the early Muslim army and led the Expedition of Usama bin Zayd into the Byzantine Empire.
Baraka was the daughter of Tha'laba bin Amr, an Abyssinian. She served as a slave in the household of Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib and Aminah bint Wahb. She cared for Muhammad, after the death of Aminah.
Following Aminah's death in Al-Abwa, Baraka looked after Muhammad, and moved with him to the household of his grandfather Abdul-Muttalib ibn Hashim in Mecca, where she served him during his childhood and afterwards, in his adulthood.
According to Ibn Kathir, Abdul-Muttalib ibn Hashim, Muhammad's paternal grandfather, had told Baraka not to neglect his grandson, especially as many of the Ahl al-Kiṫâb (أَهـل الـكِـتـاب, People of the Book) predicted that he would be a prophet of the nation.
When Muhammad married Khadija, he arranged for Baraka's freedom and marriage to a Khazrajite companion named Ubayd ibn Zayd. Through this marriage, Baraka bore a son named Ayman, and thus she was known as "Umm Ayman" ("Mother of Ayman"). Ayman ibn Ubayd was later killed fighting in the Battle of Hunayn.
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