# Atikah bint Murrah

ʿĀtikah bint Murrah ibn Hilāl ibn Fālij ibn Dhakwān (Arabic: عاتكة بنت مرة) (fl. 5th century CE) was a Hawazin heiress, and the mother of Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf, thus the great-great-grandmother of Islamic prophet Muhammad.

## Family

She was daughter of Murrah ibn Hilal and Safiya bint Awf, cousin of Murrah. Atikah was a woman from Banu Hawazin. She married a leader of Banu Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy, Abd Manaf ibn Qusay. By him, she had many sons. The sons are: al-Muttalib (المطلب), Amr/Hashim (عمرو/هاشم) and Abd Shams (عبد الشمس). The daughters are: Barrah (برة), Halah (هالة), Tumāḍir (تماضر), Qilabah (قلابة), Hayyah (حياة), Rayta (ريطة), Kathamah (خثامة) and Sufyanah (سفيانة).

## Biography

Atikah was wife of Abd Manaf ibn Qusai. The birth of her conjoined twin sons 'Amr (more commonly known as Hashim) and 'Abd Shams was remembered for 'Amr being born with one of his toes pressed into 'Abd Shams's forehead. It was said that they had struggled in the womb seeking to be firstborn. Legend says that their father Abd Manaf ibn Qusai separated the conjoined brothers with a sword and that some priests believed that the blood that had flown between them signified wars between their progeny (confrontations did occur between Banu al'Abbas and Banu Ummaya ibn 'Abd Shams in the year 750 AH).
Atikah also bore Abd Manaf ibn Qusai three other sons; Muttalib, and six daughters; Barrah, Halah, Tumadir/Tamadur, Qilaba, Hayya, Raytah/Rita, Khathamah, Sufyanah

## Notable descendants

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Quraysh tribe | Quraysh tribe | Quraysh tribe | Quraysh tribe | Quraysh tribe | Quraysh tribe |
| | | | | | | 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 |