Salma Umm al-Khayr bint Sakhar (Arabic: سَلْمَىٰ أُمّ ٱلْخَيْر بِنْت صَخَر, Salmā ʾUmm al-Khayr bint Ṣakhar) was a companion of Islamic prophet Muhammad and the mother of Abu Bakr, the first Rashidun Caliph.
[2] Salma married Abu Quhafa and had several sons who did not survive infancy.
When Abu Bakr was born in 573,[2] Salma took him to the Kaaba and prayed to the gods: “If this one is granted immunity from death, then bestow him upon me!” Abu Bakr was therefore known as Atiq (" the exempted"), while his subsequent surviving brothers were given the related names Mu'taq and Utayq.
She was among those who were "brought to the house of Arqam"[4] to meet Muhammad, i.e., after 614 but before the Hijra.
[6] Sunnis honour her as Umm al-Khayr (Arabic: أُمّ ٱلْخَيْر), meaning "Mother of Goodness", referring to Abu Bakr, whom Sunni Muslims honour as one of The Ten Promised Paradise among Muhammad's early companions, the Sahaba.