Other transliterations include Nadia, An-Nahdiyah or Al Nahdiah (Arabic: النهدية).
[1] Her father was Habib ibn Kuwayb, from the Thaqif tribe, who was considered a foreigner in Mecca.
However, Ibn Ishaq makes it clear that Umm Umays and Al-Nahdiah's daughter were two different people.
[3] Al-Nahdiah and her friends Umm Umays and Zunnira were among the earliest converts to Islam.
[3] Al-Nahdiah and her mother Umayma joined the general emigration to Medina.