Um Ruman

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Um Ruman (born as Zainab) is a sahaba of Muhammad. She was raised in an area of Arabia known as Sarat. She married a young man from her tribe named Abdullah ibn Harith bin Sakhbarah Azdi and their son is Tufail ibn Abdullah. They then moved to Mecca, where he became the partner and companion of Abu Bakr who was already married to Qutaylah bint Abd al-Uzza, and had a daughter, Asma, and a son, Abdullah.

However, soon after this, her husband, Abdullah ibn Harith, died, and she became a widow. She and her son were left with no support and seeing her precarious condition Abu Bakr married her. They later had a daughter; Aisha bint Abu Bakr.

It is written in Tabaqat by Ibn Sa'd that Umm Ruman accepted Islam in the very early days in Mecca. She swore allegiance at the hand of Muhammad himself and then migrated with the group of immigrants.

One hadith narator named Masruq took narrations from Umm Ruman and wrote that she died in 6 Hijri.

Masruq narrates the Ifk episode with regards to the Sahaba's slander of Ayesha in Sahih al Bukhari Volume 4, Book 55, Number 602, Volume 5, Book 59, Number 464. Umm Ruman died before the ifk episode [1].