'Amina
Amina bint Wahb ibn Abd Manaf al-Zuhriyya (, ) was the mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She belonged to the Banu Zuhra tribe. Early life and marriage Amina was born to Wahb ibn Abd Manaf and Barrah bint 'Abd al-'Uzzā ibn 'Uthmān ibn 'Abd al-Dār in Mecca. Her tribe, Quraysh, descent from Ibrahim (Abraham), through his son Isma'il (Ishmael). Her ancestor Zuhrah was the elder brother of Qusayy ibn Kilab, who was an ancestor of Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib, and was the first Qurayshi custodian of the Kaaba. Abd al-Muttalib proposed the marriage of Abd Allah, his youngest son, to Amina. Some sources state that Amina's father accepted the match, while others say that it was Amina's uncle Wuhaib, who was serving as her guardian. The two were married soon after. Abd Allah spent much of Amina's pregnancy away from home as part of a merchant caravan, and died of disease before the birth of his son in Madinah. Birth of Muhammad Three months after Abd Allah's death, in 570–571 CE, Muhammad was born. As was tradition among all the great families at the time, Amina sent Muhammad to live with a milk mother in the desert as a baby.