Fatimah bint Amr

Who was Fatimah bint Amr?

Fatimah bint Amr was the grandmother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and one of the wives of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim. She was from the Banu Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tribe, unlike her co-wives, who were all from outlying tribes and had relatively little influence in Mecca.

Her full name was Fatimah bint `Amr ibn `A'idh ibn `Imran ibn Makhzum. Her mother was Sahre bint Abd, also from the Makhzum clan; while Sahre's mother was Tahmur bint `Abd ibn Qusai.