[1] Fatima was the daughter of Khattab ibn Nufayl and her mother was Hantamah bint Hisham.
[3]: 116 At first they kept their faith secret because Fatima's brother Umar was a prominent persecutor of Muslims.
[3]: 144, 156 Khabbab ibn al-Aratt often visited their house and read the Qur'an to Fatima.
[3]: 156 One day Umar entered their house while Khabbab was reading and demanded to know what the "balderdash" was.
Fatima stood up to defend her husband, and Umar hit her so hard that she bled.