Asma bint Umais

She is known for having married three famous companions of Muhammad, namely, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib,[1] Abu Bakr, and Ali.

[3] Asma and her sister Salma both converted to Islam "after the Messenger of Allah had entered the house of al-Arqam",[4]: 196, 199  i.e., between late 614 and early 616 CE.

Asma's first marriage was probably to Rabia ibn Riyab al-Hilali from Banu Hilal tribe in Hejaz, who either died before Islam or divorced her.

Shortly afterwards, she was married to Ja'far ibn Abi Talib from the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe.

[4]: 196  Asma disliked living in Abyssinia and she later referred to "fear" and "harm" that she had suffered there[5] while "far away and banished,"[4]: 196  though she did not elaborate on the nature of these difficulties.

Then Muhammad told his daughter Fatimah, "Prepare food for the family of Ja'far, for they are preoccupied today.

Abu Bakr planned to send Asma and their child back to Medina, but Muhammad told him to let her make the major ablution and then rededicate herself in offering the pilgrimage.

[12] The following historians state that Asma was present at Fatima's wedding ceremony in 1 AH: They depend on the narrations of: Abu Abbas Khawarazmi from Husayn ibn Ali, Sayid Jalal al-Din Abu al-Hamid Ibn Fakhr al-Musawi, and Dulabi from Imam Baqir and his father.

One theory states that Asma Bint Umais had actually immigrated with her husband to Abyssinia, but repeatedly returned to Mecca and Medina.