Al-Shifa' bint Abdullah

Al-Shifāʾ bint ʿAbd Allāh , whose given name was Laylā, was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Biography She was the daughter of Abdullah ibn Abdshams and Fatima bint Wahb and a member of the Adi clan of the Quraysh in Mecca. She married Abu Hathma ibn Hudhayfa, and they had two sons, Sulayman and Masruq. At a time when barely twenty people in Mecca could read and write, Al-Shifaa was the first woman to acquire this skill. including, her relative, Hafsa bint Umar, and the two women remained friends.

Al-Shifaa became a Muslim in Mecca and was among the first to join the emigration to Medina. There she had a house between the mosque and the market. Muhammad visited her there and sometimes consulted her about best practices in business matters. He also used to visit her in her home.

Her son Masruq became an emir. By her son Sulayman she had two grandsons, Abu Bakr and Uthman, who were also narrators of hadith.