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Al-Nabigha bint Harmala

Mother of Amr ibn al-As

Field	Value
name	Salma bint Harmalah
birth_place	Northern Arabia
death_place	Mecca, Arabia
other_names	Al-Nābiġah
children	Amr ibn al-As, Uqba ibn Nafi
see more below
parents	Harmalah
family	Anazzah tribe

see more below Salma bint Harmalah also known as sem (; ) was the mother of the prominent Sahaba Amr ibn al-A'as. AMR IBN AL-`AS She lived during the 6th century and was a contemporary of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Her son Amr become Muslim in 630s and came to be one of the greatest Muslim military leaders.

Biography

Salma bint Harmalah was born in the Anazzah tribe, it was an Arabian tribe in the Northern Arabian Peninsula (now part of Northern Saudi Arabia)

She was the mother of Amr ibn al-As, who was born in . His father, al-As ibn Wa'il, was a wealthy landowner from the Banu Sahm clan of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca. Following the death of al-As in , Amr inherited from him the lucrative estate and vineyards near Ta'if. Amr's mother was bint Harmalah from the Banu Jallan clan of the Anaza tribe.

Salma bint Harmalah had been taken captive and sold, in succession, to several members of the Quraysh, one of whom was Amr's father. As such, Amr had two maternal half-brothers, Amr ibn Atatha of the Banu Adi and Uqba ibn Nafi of the Banu Fihr, and a half-sister from the Banu Abd Shams. Her famous son, Amr is physically described in the traditional sources as being short with broad shoulders, having a large head with a wide forehead and wide mouth, long arms and a long beard.

Salma bint Harmalah died before or shortly after the start of Advent of Islam.

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