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Umm Sulaym

أم سليم

Umm Sulaym

Umm Sulaym was an early Ansari Companion from Banu Najjar, mother of Anas ibn Malik and wife of Abu Talha al-Ansari. She accepted Islam before the Hijra, taught the faith to Anas and later entrusted him to serve Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Classical biography reports that Abu Talha accepted Islam as the condition for marrying her. Canonical hadith preserves her direct question on female wet dreams and ghusl, her service carrying water and tending the wounded on campaigns, her presence at Uhud and Hunayn, repeated Prophetic visits to her household, prayers for Anas, and many vivid domestic episodes. Her exact death year is unknown; specialist biography places it during the caliphate of ʿUthman, approximately 644–656 CE.

? — 644

Names and variants

Umm Sulaym· canonicalUmm Sulaym· canonicalأم سليم· canonicalGhumaysa bint Milhan· variantالغميصاء بنت ملحان· variantRumaysa bint Milhan· variantالرميصاء بنت ملحان· variantRumayla bint Milhan· variantSahla bint Milhan· variantUnayfa bint Milhan· variantal-Ansariyya al-Khazrajiyya· nisbaالأنصارية الخزرجية· nisbaÜmmü Süleym Gumeysâ bint Milhân· transliterationUmm Sulaim· variant

Umm Sulaym

Umm Sulaym, mother of Anas ibn Malik and wife of Abu Talha al-Ansari, was an early Ansari Companion whose household became closely connected with Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in Medina. Her surviving record combines early conversion, family formation, service in campaigns, household hospitality and a substantial body of hadith.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Names and identity

Her best-known designation is Umm Sulaym. Classical sources transmit several personal names, including Ghumaysa, Rumaysa, Rumayla, Sahla and Unayfa, so the variants are preserved without forcing a single original form.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Banu Najjar lineage

Umm Sulaym belonged to the Khazraj, specifically Banu Najjar, one of the principal Ansari lineages of Medina.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Her mother Mulayka

Specialist biography identifies her mother as Mulayka bint Malik ibn Adi of Banu Najjar.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Umm Haram, Haram and Sulaym

Her siblings included Umm Haram and the brothers Haram and Sulaym, linking her household to several prominent early Medinan reports.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Marriage to Malik ibn al-Nadr

Before Islam, Umm Sulaym was married to Malik ibn al-Nadr, with whom she had Anas ibn Malik.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Early acceptance of Islam

Specialist biography places Umm Sulaym among the early Ansari Muslims who accepted Islam while Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was still in Mecca.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Teaching Anas the testimony of faith

The same tradition reports that she taught her young son Anas the testimony of divine unity despite her first husband’s opposition.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

The departure and death of Malik

Biographical sources report that Malik left Medina in anger over her Islam and later died in Syria or on the road, leaving Umm Sulaym widowed.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Anas entrusted to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

When Prophet Muhammad ﷺ arrived in Medina, Umm Sulaym brought Anas to him and asked that the boy serve him.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Ten years of service

Anas served Prophet Muhammad ﷺ for roughly ten years, creating one of the most important channels of household hadith transmission.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Abu Talha’s proposal

After she became widowed, Abu Talha proposed marriage to Umm Sulaym while he was still outside Islam.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Islam as the condition for marriage

Specialist biography reports that Umm Sulaym told Abu Talha she would marry him without a material dowry if he abandoned idol worship and accepted Islam.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Abu Talha accepts Islam

Abu Talha accepted Islam and married Umm Sulaym. Classical memory often cites this marriage as an example of faith taking precedence over material dowry.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Abu Umayr and Abdullah

Their children included Abu Umayr and Abdullah.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Regular Prophetic visits

Canonical reports show Prophet Muhammad ﷺ visiting Umm Sulaym’s household frequently, eating there, praying there and interacting closely with Anas and Abu Talha.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Why her house was visited

Sahih al-Bukhari preserves Prophet Muhammad ﷺ explaining that he felt compassion for Umm Sulaym because her brother had been killed while serving with him.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [19] Reason for entering her home

Prayer in her home

Canonical reports preserve Prophet Muhammad ﷺ praying in Umm Sulaym’s home on a mat she had prepared and washed with water.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [27] Prayer on mat in Umm Sulaym house, [29] Prayer place in her house, [30] Umm Sulaym behind Anas and orphan

Her request for a prayer for Anas

Umm Sulaym asked Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to supplicate for her son Anas. Canonical reports preserve a prayer for increased wealth, children and blessing.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [4] Prayer for Anas wealth/children/blessing, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [26] Parallel prayer report

The wet-dream question

Umm Sulaym directly asked whether a woman who experiences a sexual dream must perform ghusl. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ answered that she must do so if she finds discharge.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [13] Parallel report, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [17] Woman wet dream and ghusl, [21] Parallel report, [23] Parallel report

A foundational ruling on female ritual purity

Her question became one of the canonical foundations for discussions of female sexual discharge and ritual bathing.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [17] Canonical purity ruling

Words to say in prayer

Jamiʿ al-Tirmidhi preserves Umm Sulaym asking for words to say in prayer and receiving a formula of repeated takbir, tasbih and tahmid before supplication.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [24] Dhikr formula in prayer

Service at Uhud

Sahih al-Bukhari records Umm Sulaym and ʿAʾisha carrying water to the wounded during Uhud, repeatedly refilling their water skins.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [8] Parallel Uhud report, [9] Parallel Uhud report, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [20] Carrying water at Uhud

Water and treatment on campaigns

Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi preserve that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ took Umm Sulaym and other Ansari women on campaigns where they supplied water and tended the wounded.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [28] Women supplied water and tended wounded, [32] Parallel campaign service

The dagger at Hunayn

At Hunayn, Abu Dawud preserves Umm Sulaym carrying a dagger and stating that she intended to defend herself if an enemy approached.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [11] Dagger at Hunayn, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Pregnant at Hunayn

Specialist biography reports that Umm Sulaym was pregnant with Abdullah during Hunayn.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

The death of Abu Umayr

Canonical reports preserve the death of a young son of Abu Talha and Umm Sulaym and her remarkable composure before informing her husband.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

A prayer after loss

After Abu Talha informed Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, he prayed for blessing in the couple’s night.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Birth of Abdullah

Umm Sulaym later gave birth to Abdullah, whom Anas carried to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ for tahnik and naming.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

The barley-bread meal

Bukhari and Tirmidhi preserve a famous episode in which a small amount of food prepared by Umm Sulaym and Abu Talha fed a much larger group visiting with Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [7] Small meal feeds group, [10] Parallel food report, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [25] Parallel food report

A gift at the Prophet’s wedding

Bukhari preserves Umm Sulaym preparing a dish and sending Anas with it as a gift during the wedding of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to Zaynab.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [22] Gift at Prophet wedding

Preparing Safiyya

Abu Dawud reports that Umm Sulaym helped prepare Safiyya bint Huyayy for her marriage to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ after Khaybar.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [14] Prepared Safiyya, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Collecting Prophetic sweat

Canonical reports preserve Umm Sulaym collecting the sweat of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and mixing it into perfume; when he asked what she was doing, she explained its use and he accepted it.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

A preserved drinking vessel

Al-Nasaʾi preserves Umm Sulaym describing a wooden cup from which Prophet Muhammad ﷺ had drunk water, honey, milk and nabidh.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [18] Wooden cup used by Prophet

Seen in Paradise

Sahih al-Bukhari preserves Prophet Muhammad ﷺ reporting that he heard or saw Umm Sulaym in Paradise in a dream or vision.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

The pledge not to wail

Sahih al-Bukhari names Umm Sulaym among the women who fulfilled the pledge not to engage in prohibited wailing for the dead.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [31] Fulfilled pledge against wailing

Fourteen hadiths in specialist biography

The TDV specialist biography reports fourteen hadiths from Umm Sulaym, with material preserved across the major canonical collections.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Her transmitters

Those who transmitted from her included her son Anas, Ibn ʿAbbas, Zayd ibn Thabit and later members of the next generation.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Sister of Umm Haram

Umm Sulaym was the sister of Umm Haram bint Milhan, another well-known female Companion from the same Medinan family.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Caution around Rumaysa

Some reports use Rumaysa or al-Rumaysa, while at least one Abu Dawud note treats al-Rumaysa as a foster sister. The name evidence is therefore preserved as variant rather than treated as universally unambiguous.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Death during ʿUthman’s caliphate

The TDV specialist biography states that the exact death year is unknown but that Umm Sulaym appears to have died during the caliphate of ʿUthman, between 644 and 656 CE.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

No exact death year

Because no reliable exact year is preserved, the core death-year field remains unset and the chronology is stored as a range.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Canonical and biographical layers

Umm Sulaym is unusually well documented by canonical hadith for worship, household life and campaign service, while parts of her early family biography depend on later classical biographical sources.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

A household of transmission

Through Umm Sulaym, Abu Talha and Anas, her home became one of the most richly documented Ansari households in the canonical tradition.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Women’s service in campaigns

Her canonical campaign reports provide direct evidence for Ansari women supplying water and treating wounded people during military expeditions.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Companion status

Umm Sulaym is firmly counted among the Ansari Companions and was personally known to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ through repeated household and communal interactions.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Faith, family and transmission

Umm Sulaym’s legacy combines early conversion, a family shaped by Islam, practical service to the community, direct legal questions and one of the most vivid household records of the Medinan period.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Source-sensitive points

reported

Specialist biography places Umm Sulaym among the early Ansari Muslims who accepted Islam before the Hijra.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

established

Umm Sulaym was the mother of Anas ibn Malik.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

established

Umm Sulaym brought Anas to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in Medina and Anas served him for roughly ten years.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

established

Umm Sulaym married Abu Talha al-Ansari after her first husband’s death.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

reported

Classical biography reports that Umm Sulaym made Abu Talha’s acceptance of Islam the condition for marrying him and took no material dowry.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

established

Canonical reports establish repeated visits by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to Umm Sulaym’s household.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [19] Prophet entered Umm Sulaym home

established

Canonical reports preserve Umm Sulaym asking whether a woman must perform ghusl after a wet dream, with the answer that she must if she finds discharge.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [13] Parallel report, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [17] Wet dream and ghusl, [21] Parallel report, [23] Parallel report

established

Canonical reports preserve Umm Sulaym asking Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to pray for Anas, followed by a supplication for wealth, children and blessing.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [4] Prayer for Anas, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [26] Parallel prayer report

established

Sahih al-Bukhari records Umm Sulaym carrying water to the wounded at Uhud.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [8] Parallel Uhud report, [9] Parallel Uhud report, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [20] Water at Uhud

established

Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi preserve that Umm Sulaym and other Ansari women supplied water and tended the wounded on campaigns.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [28] Water and wounded on campaigns, [32] Parallel campaign report

established

Sunan Abi Dawud preserves Umm Sulaym carrying a dagger at Hunayn for self-defense.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [11] Dagger at Hunayn, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

established

Canonical reports preserve Umm Sulaym’s composed response to the death of a young son and the later Prophetic supplication for blessing.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

established

Canonical reports preserve a small meal prepared in Umm Sulaym and Abu Talha’s household feeding a much larger group with Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [7] Food multiplication, [10] Parallel report, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [25] Parallel report

established

Canonical reports preserve Prophet Muhammad ﷺ praying in Umm Sulaym’s home on a mat prepared for prayer.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [27] Prayer on mat, [29] Prayer place in house

established

Sunan Abi Dawud reports Umm Sulaym preparing Safiyya bint Huyayy for marriage after Khaybar.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [14] Preparation of Safiyya, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

established

Sahih al-Bukhari names Umm Sulaym among the women who fulfilled the pledge not to engage in prohibited wailing.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment, [31] Pledge against wailing

reported

The TDV specialist biography reports fourteen hadiths from Umm Sulaym.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

established

Classical sources preserve multiple personal-name variants for Umm Sulaym, including Ghumaysa, Rumaysa, Rumayla, Sahla and Unayfa.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

reported

The exact death year is unknown; specialist biography places Umm Sulaym’s death during the caliphate of ʿUthman, approximately 644–656 CE.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

established

No reliable exact birth year is preserved for Umm Sulaym.

Sources: [1] Biographical treatment, [2] Biographical treatment, [3] Biographical treatment, [5] Biographical treatment, [6] Biographical treatment, [12] Biographical treatment, [15] Biographical treatment, [16] Biographical treatment

Relationships

Muhammad ﷺ

companion · established

Anas ibn Mālik

child · established

Abū Ṭalḥa al-Anṣārī

spouse · established

Contributions

A foundational ruling on female ritual purity

Umm Sulaym’s direct question about wet dreams produced a canonical ruling that women perform ghusl when discharge is present, making her report foundational in ritual-purity law.

religious · established

Documented service on military expeditions

Canonical reports show Umm Sulaym and other Ansari women supplying water and tending the wounded, providing direct evidence of women’s practical service during campaigns.

social · established

A household shaped by conversion and transmission

Classical biography remembers her teaching Islam to Anas and making Abu Talha’s conversion the condition for marriage, while canonical reports show the household becoming a major center of Prophetic interaction.

social · reported

A substantial female hadith legacy

Specialist biography counts fourteen hadiths from Umm Sulaym, spanning purity, prayer, family life and practical religious questions.

scholarly · established

The household that formed Anas ibn Malik

By entrusting Anas to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and repeatedly hosting the Prophet in her home, Umm Sulaym helped create the setting in which one of the most prolific Companion transmitters learned and preserved Prophetic practice.

other · established

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