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Umm Habiba

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Ramla bint Abi sufyan(umme Habiba)

Ramla bint Abi Sufyan ibn Harb, also known as Umm Habiba, was one of the wives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad .

- She was born in 589 or 594 CE, the daughter of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and Safiyyah bint Abi al-'As.

- She was a member of the Quraysh tribe and the sister of Muawiyah I, the first Umayyad caliph.

- She married Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh and was one of the earliest converts to Islam.

- She migrated to Abyssinia (Ethiopia) with her husband and daughter, Habibah.

- After her husband's death, she married the Prophet Muhammad through a marriage contract conducted by the Negus of Abyssinia.

- She lived in Medina and was known for her piety, narrating around 65 hadiths of Muhammad.

- She passed away in 664 or 665 CE and was buried in Jannat al-Baqi cemetery next to other wives of Muhammad.