# Umm al-Khayr

Salma Umm al-Khayr bint Sakhar (Arabic: سَلْمَىٰ أُمّ ٱلْخَيْر بِنْت صَخَر, Salmā ʾUmm al-Khayr bint Ṣakhar) was a companion of Islamic prophet Muhammad and the mother of Abu Bakr, the first Rashidun Caliph.

## Biography

Salma was the daughter of Sakhar ibn ʿĀmir ibn Kaʿb ibn Saʿd ibn Taym (Arabic: صخر بن عامر بن كعب بن سعد بن تيم), a man from the Banu Taym clan of the Quraysh, which was the same clan to which her husband Uthman ibn Amir (later known as Abu Quhafa) also belonged. Her kunya was Umm Al-Khayr ("Mother of Goodness").
Salma married Abu Quhafa and had several sons who did not survive infancy. When Abu Bakr was born in 573, Salma took him to the Kaaba and prayed to the gods: “If this one is granted immunity from death, then bestow him upon me!” Abu Bakr was therefore known as Atiq (" the exempted"), while his subsequent surviving brothers were given the related names Mu'taq and Utayq.
Salma was an early convert to Islam. She was among those who were "brought to the house of Arqam" to meet Muhammad, i.e., after 614 but before the Hijra.
She died during the Caliphate of her son Abu Bakr between 632 and 634.

## Legacy

Sunnis honour her as Umm al-Khayr (Arabic: أُمّ ٱلْخَيْر), meaning "Mother of Goodness", referring to Abu Bakr, whom Sunni Muslims honour as one of The Ten Promised Paradise among Muhammad's early companions, the Sahaba.

## Family tree

| Asma bint Adiy al-Bariqiyyah | Asma bint Adiy al-Bariqiyyah | Asma bint Adiy al-Bariqiyyah | Asma bint Adiy al-Bariqiyyah | Asma bint Adiy al-Bariqiyyah | Asma bint Adiy al-Bariqiyyah | Murrah ibn Ka'b | Murrah ibn Ka'b | Murrah ibn Ka'b | Murrah ibn Ka'b | Murrah ibn Ka'b | Murrah ibn Ka'b | Hind bint Surayr ibn Tha'labah | Hind bint Surayr ibn Tha'labah | Hind bint Surayr ibn Tha'labah | Hind bint Surayr ibn Tha'labah | Hind bint Surayr ibn Tha'labah | Hind bint Surayr ibn Tha'labah |
| Yaqazah ibn Murrah | Yaqazah ibn Murrah | Yaqazah ibn Murrah | Yaqazah ibn Murrah | Yaqazah ibn Murrah | Yaqazah ibn Murrah | Taym ibn Murrah | Taym ibn Murrah | Taym ibn Murrah | Taym ibn Murrah | Taym ibn Murrah | Taym ibn Murrah | Kilab ibn Murrah | Kilab ibn Murrah | Kilab ibn Murrah | Kilab ibn Murrah | Kilab ibn Murrah | Kilab ibn Murrah | | |
| | | | | | | Sa'd ibn Taym | Sa'd ibn Taym | Sa'd ibn Taym | Sa'd ibn Taym | Sa'd ibn Taym | Sa'd ibn Taym | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ka'b ibn Sa'd | Ka'b ibn Sa'd | Ka'b ibn Sa'd | Ka'b ibn Sa'd | Ka'b ibn Sa'd | Ka'b ibn Sa'd | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 'Amr ibn Ka'b | 'Amr ibn Ka'b | 'Amr ibn Ka'b | 'Amr ibn Ka'b | 'Amr ibn Ka'b | 'Amr ibn Ka'b | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 'Amir ibn 'Amr | 'Amir ibn 'Amr | 'Amir ibn 'Amr | 'Amir ibn 'Amr | 'Amir ibn 'Amr | 'Amir ibn 'Amr | Sakhar ibn 'Amir ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd | Sakhar ibn 'Amir ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd | Sakhar ibn 'Amir ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd | Sakhar ibn 'Amir ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd | Sakhar ibn 'Amir ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd | Sakhar ibn 'Amir ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd | | |
| Hind bint Nuqayd | Hind bint Nuqayd | Hind bint Nuqayd | Hind bint Nuqayd | Hind bint Nuqayd | Hind bint Nuqayd | 'Uthman Abu Quhafa ibn 'Amir | 'Uthman Abu Quhafa ibn 'Amir | 'Uthman Abu Quhafa ibn 'Amir | 'Uthman Abu Quhafa ibn 'Amir | 'Uthman Abu Quhafa ibn 'Amir | 'Uthman Abu Quhafa ibn 'Amir | Salma Umm al-Khayr bint Sakhar | Salma Umm al-Khayr bint Sakhar | Salma Umm al-Khayr bint Sakhar | Salma Umm al-Khayr bint Sakhar | Salma Umm al-Khayr bint Sakhar | Salma Umm al-Khayr bint Sakhar | | | | | | |
| Umm Farwa | Umm Farwa | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Qurayba | Qurayba | Qurayba | Qurayba | Qurayba | Qurayba | Abu Bakr | Abu Bakr | Abu Bakr | Abu Bakr | Abu Bakr | Abu Bakr | Muataq | Muataq | Muataq | Muataq | Muataq | Muataq | Mu'aytaq | Mu'aytaq | Mu'aytaq | Mu'aytaq | Mu'aytaq | Mu'aytaq | Quhafa | Quhafa | Quhafa | Quhafa | Quhafa | Quhafa |
| | | | | | | Umm Amir | Umm Amir | Umm Amir | Umm Amir | Umm Amir | Umm Amir |