Umm Anmar (Arabic: أم أنمار الخزاعية) was a seventh-century woman of the Banu Khuza'a who met the companions of Muhammad. She is known to have been female circumciser in Mecca.
Umm Anmar bought the slave Khabbab ibn al-Aratt, whose family was from Lower Mesopotamia, and she and her brother Siba'a ibn Abd al-Uzza tortured him. Later, she freed Khabbab after he became a renowned swordsmith, and he went on to become a famous qāriʾ (Quranic reciter) and transmitter of ahadith.
Umm Anmar married Zuhayr ibn Abd al-As'ad, by who she had a son, Anmar.
References
- Sa'd 2013, pp. 124–125.
- Kandemir, M.Yaşar (1996). "HABBÂB b. ERET". TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol. 14 (Geli̇bolu – Haddesenâ) (in Turkish). Istanbul: Turkiye Diyanet Foundation, Centre for Islamic Studies. p. 340. ISBN 978-975-389-441-8.
Sources
- Sa'd, Ibn (2013). Kitab At-Tabaqat al-Kabir. Vol. III: The Companions of Badr. Translated by Aisha Bewley. London: Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd. p. 124-125. ISBN 978-184200-133-2.
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