# Khawla al-Hanafiyya

Khawla bint Jaʿfar al-Ḥanafiyya (Arabic: خولة بنت جعفر الحنفية), also known as Umm Muḥammad (Arabic: أُمّ مُحَمَّد), was one of the wives of the Muslim caliph and Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib.

## Biography

Khawla was known as al-Hanafiyya after her tribe Banu Hanifa. After Abu Bakr became caliph, the people of Yamama refused to pay Zakat (religious tax), forming a strong army and following a self-proclaimed prophet from their tribe called Musaylima. They fought against the Muslims until they were defeated by the Muslim general Khalid ibn al-Walid. Consequently, some of those who fought (or helped) against Muslims from Banu Hanifa were enslaved. Then Ali ransomed Khawla and set her free and, after the death of his wife Fatima, married her, after which she became pregnant and gave birth to Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya.

## Her important descendants

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| | | | | | | Waqida bint Amr | Waqida bint Amr | Waqida bint Amr | Waqida bint Amr | Waqida bint Amr | Waqida bint Amr | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Abd Manaf ibn Qusai | Abd Manaf ibn Qusai | Abd Manaf ibn Qusai | Abd Manaf ibn Qusai | Abd Manaf ibn Qusai | Abd Manaf ibn Qusai | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ātikah bint Murrah | Ātikah bint Murrah | Ātikah bint Murrah | Ātikah bint Murrah | Ātikah bint Murrah | Ātikah bint Murrah |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Nawfal ibn Abd Manaf | Nawfal ibn Abd Manaf | Nawfal ibn Abd Manaf | Nawfal ibn Abd Manaf | Nawfal ibn Abd Manaf | Nawfal ibn Abd Manaf | | | ‘Abd Shams | ‘Abd Shams | ‘Abd Shams | ‘Abd Shams | ‘Abd Shams | ‘Abd Shams | | | Barra | Barra | Barra | Barra | Barra | Barra | | | Hala | Hala | Hala | Hala | Hala | Hala | | | Muṭṭalib ibn Abd Manaf | Muṭṭalib ibn Abd Manaf | Muṭṭalib ibn Abd Manaf | Muṭṭalib ibn Abd Manaf | Muṭṭalib ibn Abd Manaf | Muṭṭalib ibn Abd Manaf | | | Hashim | Hashim | Hashim | Hashim | Hashim | Hashim | | | Salma bint Amr | Salma bint Amr | Salma bint Amr | Salma bint Amr | Salma bint Amr | Salma bint Amr |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Umayya ibn Abd Shams | Umayya ibn Abd Shams | Umayya ibn Abd Shams | Umayya ibn Abd Shams | Umayya ibn Abd Shams | Umayya ibn Abd Shams | | | | | | | ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib | ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib | ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib | ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib | ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib | ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib |
| Harb | Harb | Harb | Harb | Harb | Harb | | | | | | | | | | | Abū al-ʿĀs | Abū al-ʿĀs | Abū al-ʿĀs | Abū al-ʿĀs | Abū al-ʿĀs | Abū al-ʿĀs | | | ʿĀminah | ʿĀminah | ʿĀminah | ʿĀminah | ʿĀminah | ʿĀminah | | | ʿAbdallāh | ʿAbdallāh | ʿAbdallāh | ʿAbdallāh | ʿAbdallāh | ʿAbdallāh | | | Hamza | Hamza | Hamza | Hamza | Hamza | Hamza | | | Abī Ṭālib | Abī Ṭālib | Abī Ṭālib | Abī Ṭālib | Abī Ṭālib | Abī Ṭālib | | | Az-Zubayr | Az-Zubayr | Az-Zubayr | Az-Zubayr | Az-Zubayr | Az-Zubayr | | | al-ʿAbbās | al-ʿAbbās | al-ʿAbbās | al-ʿAbbās | al-ʿAbbās | al-ʿAbbās | Abū Lahab | Abū Lahab | Abū Lahab | Abū Lahab | Abū Lahab | Abū Lahab |
| ʾAbī Sufyān ibn Harb | ʾAbī Sufyān ibn Harb | ʾAbī Sufyān ibn Harb | ʾAbī Sufyān ibn Harb | ʾAbī Sufyān ibn Harb | ʾAbī Sufyān ibn Harb | al-Ḥakam | al-Ḥakam | al-Ḥakam | al-Ḥakam | al-Ḥakam | al-Ḥakam | ʿUthmān | ʿUthmān | ʿUthmān | ʿUthmān | ʿUthmān | ʿUthmān | | | ʿAffān | ʿAffān | ʿAffān | ʿAffān | ʿAffān | ʿAffān | | | MUHAMMAD (Family tree) | MUHAMMAD (Family tree) | MUHAMMAD (Family tree) | MUHAMMAD (Family tree) | MUHAMMAD (Family tree) | MUHAMMAD (Family tree) | | | Khadija bint Khuwaylid | Khadija bint Khuwaylid | Khadija bint Khuwaylid | Khadija bint Khuwaylid | Khadija bint Khuwaylid | Khadija bint Khuwaylid | | | | | | | ʿAlī (Family tree) | ʿAlī (Family tree) | ʿAlī (Family tree) | ʿAlī (Family tree) | ʿAlī (Family tree) | ʿAlī (Family tree) | | | Khawlah bint Ja'far | Khawlah bint Ja'far | Khawlah bint Ja'far | Khawlah bint Ja'far | Khawlah bint Ja'far | Khawlah bint Ja'far | | | Ibn Abbas | Ibn Abbas | Ibn Abbas | Ibn Abbas | Ibn Abbas | Ibn Abbas |
| Muʿāwiyah I | Muʿāwiyah I | Muʿāwiyah I | Muʿāwiyah I | Muʿāwiyah I | Muʿāwiyah I | Marwān I | Marwān I | Marwān I | Marwān I | Marwān I | Marwān I | | | | | | | | | ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān | ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān | ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān | ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān | ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān | ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān | | | Ruqayya | Ruqayya | Ruqayya | Ruqayya | Ruqayya | Ruqayya | | | Fatimah | Fatimah | Fatimah | Fatimah | Fatimah | Fatimah | | | | | | | | | | | Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah | Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah | Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah | Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah | Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah | Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah | | | | | | | ʿAli ibn ʿAbdallāh | ʿAli ibn ʿAbdallāh | ʿAli ibn ʿAbdallāh | ʿAli ibn ʿAbdallāh | ʿAli ibn ʿAbdallāh | ʿAli ibn ʿAbdallāh | | |
| Sufyanids | Sufyanids | Sufyanids | Sufyanids | Sufyanids | Sufyanids | Marwanids | Marwanids | Marwanids | Marwanids | Marwanids | Marwanids | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | al-Ḥasan | al-Ḥasan | al-Ḥasan | al-Ḥasan | al-Ḥasan | al-Ḥasan | | | al-Ḥusayn (Family tree) | al-Ḥusayn (Family tree) | al-Ḥusayn (Family tree) | al-Ḥusayn (Family tree) | al-Ḥusayn (Family tree) | al-Ḥusayn (Family tree) | | | Abu Hasim (Imām of al-Mukhtār and Hashimiyya) | Abu Hasim (Imām of al-Mukhtār and Hashimiyya) | Abu Hasim (Imām of al-Mukhtār and Hashimiyya) | Abu Hasim (Imām of al-Mukhtār and Hashimiyya) | Abu Hasim (Imām of al-Mukhtār and Hashimiyya) | Abu Hasim (Imām of al-Mukhtār and Hashimiyya) | | | | | | | Muhammad "al-Imām" (Abbasids) | Muhammad "al-Imām" (Abbasids) | Muhammad "al-Imām" (Abbasids) | Muhammad "al-Imām" (Abbasids) | Muhammad "al-Imām" (Abbasids) | Muhammad "al-Imām" (Abbasids) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ibrāhim "al-Imām" | Ibrāhim "al-Imām" | Ibrāhim "al-Imām" | Ibrāhim "al-Imām" | Ibrāhim "al-Imām" | Ibrāhim "al-Imām" | | | al-Saffāḥ | al-Saffāḥ | al-Saffāḥ | al-Saffāḥ | al-Saffāḥ | al-Saffāḥ | al-Mansur | al-Mansur | al-Mansur | al-Mansur | al-Mansur | al-Mansur |