Atiqa bint Zayd

Atika bint Zayd
عاتکة بنت زيد
TitleThe wife of the martyrs
Personal
Born
ʿĀtīḳah bint Zayd ibn ‘Amr ibn Nufayl ibn ‘Abd al-‘Uzzā ibn Rāz ibn ‘Adiyy ibn Ka‘ab ibn Lu’ayy ibn Ghālib ibn Fihr ibn Mālik

c. 600
Hejaz, Arabia (present-day KSA)
Diedc. 672
Medina, Hejaz, Umayyad Caliphate (present-day KSA)
Resting placeMedina
ReligionIslam
Spouse
ChildrenʿIyāḍ ibn ʿUmar
Parents
  • Zayd ibn Amr (father)
  • Umm Kurz Safiya bint al-Hadrami (mother)
EraEarly Islamic period
Known forSahabiyah of Muhammad
OccupationPoet, scholar
Relatives

Atika bint Zayd al-Adawiyya (Arabic: عاتكة بنت زيد, romanizedʿĀtika bint Zayd) was an Islamic scholar and poet. She was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She was a wife of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Caliph. She was a poet who is notable for having married Muslim men who died as shaheed.


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