Wife of Abdul-Muttalib, grandfather of Muhammad
Lubnā bint Hājar (Arabic: لُبنى بنت هاجَر) was a wife of Abd al-Muttalib and the mother of Abū Lahab.
Her father, Hajar ibn Abd Manaf ibn Datir[1] ibn Hubashiya ibn Salul ibn Ka'b ibn 'Amr, was from the Khuza'a tribe.[2] Her mother, Hind bint 'Amr ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd ibn Taym ibn Murra, was from the Taym clan of the Quraysh, hence Lubna was a first cousin of Abu Bakr. Hind's mother was Sawda bint Zuhra ibn Kilab,[2] making Hind a first cousin of Amina bint Wahb and Lubna a second cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
By her marriage to Abd al-Muttalib, Lubna had one son, Abd al-Uzza, known as Abu Lahab ("father of the flame") "because of his beauty and charm".[3][2]
According to later Muslim historians, Lubna was known as al-Samajij, which could mean "ill-favoured" (ugly) or even "without any good quality".[4]
References
- ^ Abdulmalik ibn Hisham. Notes to Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). The Life of Muhammad, p. 708 note 97. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ a b c Muhammad ibn Saad. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir. Translated by Haq, S. M. (1967). Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir Volume I Parts I & II, p. 100. Delhi: Kitab Bhavan.
- ^ "Qurans side-by-side - Oxford Islamic Studies Online". Archived from the original on January 22, 2022.
- ^ Guillaume, A. (1960). New Light on the Life of Muhammad, p. 33. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
