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[ 0 => ''''Hind bint Suhayl''' ({{Lang-ar|هند بنت سهيل}}) was a wife of Hasan ibn Ali. She belonged to the Banu Amir clan of the Quraysh and was a daughter of the prominent Suhayl ibn Amr.', 1 => '', 2 => '== Biography ==', 3 => 'Hind was born in Mecca and belonged to the Banu Amir clan of the Quraysh. His father Suhayl ibn Amr was a prominent orator of the Quraysh, who converted to Islam in 630. Hind's mother was Fatima bint Abd al-Uzza, one of the three wives of Suhayl.', 4 => '', 5 => 'Hind was first married to Abd al-Rahman ibn Attab of the Banu Umayya clan.{{sfn|Madelung|1997|pp=383}} Abd al-Rahman fought against the Rashidun army of the fourth caliph Ali in the Battle of the Camel in December 656. The latter was slain by Ali's general Malik ibn al-Harith in the battle.{{sfn|Madelung|1997|pp=159, 172, 176}} Later on, Hind married Abd Allah ibn Amir of the Banu Abd Shams. He was a cousin of the third caliph Uthman and served as the governor of Basra during the latter's caliphate.{{sfn|Madelung|1997|pp=383}} After Ibn Amir divorced Hind, the Umayyad caliph Mu'awiya I sent his envoy Abu Hurayra to contract her marriage with Mu'awiya's son and appointed successor Yazid I.{{sfn|Madelung|1997|pp=383}} While Abu Hurayra was one his way to convey the proposal to Hind, he met Hasan ibn Ali and both the latter requested Abu Hurayra to mention him to Hind as well. When Abu Hurayra arrived at Hind's house, he asked Hind to choose Hasan or Yazid. She asked Abu Hurayra to make the choice who eventually chose Hasan. Finally, both Hind and Hasan were married in Medina.{{sfn|Madelung|1997|pp=383}}', 6 => '', 7 => 'According to some historians, including Haytham ibn Adi (d. 822), Hind poisoned Hasan in April 670 at the instigation of Mu'awiya.{{sfn|Madelung|2003}} However, other sources name Ja'da bint al-Ash'ath as the poisoner whereas some reports claim that Hasan died from a long-term illness rather than poisoning.{{sfn|Vaglieri|1971}} Hind had no children with Hasan.{{sfn|Madelung|1997|pp=383}} Hind reportedly said about her three husbands: "The lord (''sayyid'') of them was Hasan, the most generous of them was Ibn Amir, and the one dearest to me was Abd al-Rahman ibn Attab."{{sfn|Madelung|1997|pp=384}}', 8 => '', 9 => '== References ==', 10 => '{{Reflist}}', 11 => '', 12 => '== Bibliography ==', 13 => '', 14 => '* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2QKBUwBUWWkC|title=The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate|last=Madelung|first=Wilferd|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1997|isbn=0-521-64696-0|author-link=Wilferd Madelung}}', 15 => '* {{cite encyclopedia|first=Wilferd|last=Madelung|author-link=Wilferd Madelung|title=ḤASAN B. ʿALI B. ABI ṬĀLEB|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]]|year=2003|publisher=[[Encyclopedia Iranica Foundation]]|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hasan-b-ali|date=}}', 16 => '* {{EI2|last=Vaglieri|first=L. Veccia|title=(Al)-Ḥasan b. ʿAlï b. Abï Ṭālib|volume=3|pages=240–243}}', 17 => '', 18 => '[[Category:Mazandaran]]', 19 => '[[Category:History of Islam]]', 20 => '[[Category:Caliphates]]', 21 => '[[Category:8th-century births]]', 22 => '[[Category:884 deaths]]' ]