Qurayba al-Sugra bint Abi Umayya

Qurayba "the Younger" bint Abi Umayya was a disciple and follower (Sahabiya) of Muhammad and a wife of the second Rashidun caliph, Umar, and then of the first Umayyad caliph, Mu'awiya.

Biography

Family She was from the Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca. Her father, Abu Umayya ibn al-Mughira, was the chief of Mecca in the early seventh century. Her mother was Atika bint Utba, a member of the Abdshams clan of the Quraysh. Hence Hind bint Utba was her maternal aunt

First marriage She married Umar before 616. Umar was concurrently married to Zaynab bint Maz'un and to Umm Kulthum bint Jarwal, who had between them five children, while Qurayba was childless.

Umar converted to Islam in 616. Qurayba is briefly mentioned in Medina in an incident when she helped to care for her sister Umm Salama's baby. Abd al-Rahman and Qurayba had five children: Abd Allah, Umm Hakim, Asma, Muhammad Abu Atiq, and Hafsa.

Abd al-Rahman had a reputation for being "harsh" with women, and the Makhzum family protested his treatment of Qurayba. They claimed that they had only given consent because of Aisha, who now conveyed their concerns to her brother. One day Qurayba exclaimed, "I was warned about you!" and Abd al-Rahman replied, "I will divorce you if you like." She then changed her mind and said, "I will not prefer anyone over Abu Bakr's son." They remained together.