Umm Salamah
Hind bint Abi Umayya ( Arabic : ) or Hind or al-Umm Salama Makhzumiyah ( 580 - 680 ) was one of the wives of Islam's prophet Muhammad. She is the daughter of Abu Umayya. She was married to Abdullah ibn `Abd al-Assad (fr) and all had both converted to Islam very early, so they had to emigrate to Abyssinia to escape persecution of the Quraish. When they heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab and Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib had also converted and that Islam was gaining power in Mecca , they decided to return. But shortly after they had yet to migrate to Madinah , which was one more event to Umm Salamah: his son was held against his will to Mecca and Medina was her husband.
Her husband participated in the battle of Badr and Uhud , following which he died shortly after due to its sequelae. Muslims were sorry for her situation because she had only her son as a consolation, thus it was called "Ayyin al-Arab," one who had lost her husband. After his iddah period (three months and ten days) over, Abu Bakr and 'Umar asked him her hand, she declined but accepted that of the prophet's prayer to find a better man than her late husband was granted.
She died in the year 680 (62 AH) - is the last prophet's wife to leave this world, she brought a large number of hadiths - and was buried in the cemetery of al-Baqi ` Medina.
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