Sirin bint Shamun
Sīrīn bint Shamʿūn | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | |
| Died | |
| Spouse | Hassan ibn Thabit |
| Children | Abdurahman ibn Hassan |
| Parent |
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| Era | Early Islamic era |
| Relatives | Maria al-Qibtiyya (sister) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
Sīrīn bint Shamʿūn (Arabic: سيرين بنت شمعون) was an Egyptian Coptic Christian concubine, sent with her sister Maria al-Qibtiyya as gifts to the Islamic prophet Muhammad from the Egyptian official Muqawqis in 628.[1]
According to the historian Ibn Saad, both sisters converted to Islam while on their way to Arabia with the encouragement of Hatib ibn Abi Balta'ah, who had been sent as a messenger to a governor of Egypt.[2]
Sirin was married to the poet Hassan ibn Thabit, and bore a son, Abdurahman ibn Hassan.[3]
See also
Notes
- ^ Ibn Ishaq
- ^ Hidayatullah, Aysha (2010). "Māriyya the Copt: gender, sex and heritage in the legacy of Muhammad's umm walad". Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations. 21 (3): 221–243. doi:10.1080/09596410.2010.500475. ISSN 0959-6410.
- ^ Tabari, p. 131.
References
- Tabari (1997). Vol. 8 of the Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk. State University of New York Press.
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