Umamah bint Abi al-As, Carried in prayer
Family of the Prophet ﷺCarried in prayer
Umamah bint Abi al-Asأمامة بنت أبي العاص
Approximate dateMadinah
The granddaughter the Prophet ﷺ carried on his shoulder while he led the prayer.
Umamah, daughter of Zaynab, was carried by the Prophet ﷺ as he prayed: he set her down when he bowed and picked her up when he stood. After Fatimah's death, Ali married her, as Fatimah had wished.
What does the hadith say?
The lesson
Prayer and tenderness to children are not opposites.
Who else is linked?
MadinahMuhammad ﷺZaynab bint MuhammadAli ibn Abi TalibFatimah al-ZahraAli ibn Abi al-As
Source: hadith · Wikipedia
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People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
Family of the Prophet ﷺ
- Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
- Sawdah bint Zam'ah
- Aishah bint Abi Bakr
- Hafsah bint Umar
- Zaynab bint Khuzaymah
- Umm Salamah
- Zaynab bint Jahsh
- Juwayriyah bint al-Harith
- Umm Habibah
- Safiyyah bint Huyayy
- Maymunah bint al-Harith
- Maria al-Qibtiyyah
- Rayhanah bint Zayd
- al-Qasim ibn Muhammad
- Zaynab bint Muhammad
- Ruqayyah bint Muhammad
- Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad
- Fatimah al-Zahra
- Abdullah ibn Muhammad
- Ibrahim ibn Muhammad
- Hasan ibn Ali
- Husayn ibn Ali
- Umamah bint Abi al-As
- Ali ibn Abi al-As
- Abdullah ibn Uthman
- Zaynab bint Ali
- Umm Kulthum bint Ali
- Ali Zayn al-Abidin
- Fatimah bint Asad
- Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
- Sukaynah bint al-Husayn
- Fatimah bint al-Husayn
- Zayd ibn Ali