Her father, Abu Umayya ibn al-Mughira,[2]: 184 was the chief of Mecca in the early seventh century.
[5]: 510 [8] Quarayba is briefly mentioned in Medina in an incident when she helped to care for her sister Umm Salama's baby.
[2]: 66 Soon after the Treaty of Hudaybiya in 628, Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم) announced a revelation that Muslims were ordered to "hold not to the cords of disbelieving women."
[5] Qurayba then married her cousin, Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, "while they were both still polytheists", i.e., before January 630.
[2]: 184, 302 Abd al-Rahman had a reputation for being "harsh" with women, and the Makhzum family protested his treatment of Qurayba.