Barrah bint Abdul Uzza

Barrah bint Abd al-Uzza (Arabic: برة بنت عبد العزى‎) ibn Uthman ibn Abd-al-Dar ibn Qusai ibn Kilab (of the Banu Abd ad-Dar) was the maternal grandmother of Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Family

The mother of Barrah was Um Habib bint Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza ibn Qusai ibn Kilab and her father was Abdul Uzza ibn Othman ibn Abd-al-Dar ibn Qusai. Therefore, Barrah's mother and father were second cousins. Moreover, Barra was a cousin of Khadija (first wife of the Prophet Muhammad) since her mother, Um Habib, was a sister of Khadija's father, Khuwaylid ibn Asad. Furthermore, the mother of Um Habib was Barrah bint Awf ibn Abid ibn Awij ibn Adiy ibn Ka'ab ibn Lu'ay ibn Ghalib; this was the maternal grandmother of Barrah bint Abdul Uzza.

Sources

• al-Tabari, Muhammad ibn Jarir (2015). History of al-Tabari: Muhammad at Mecca. 6. SUNY Press.
• Ibn Ishaq, Muhammad. The Life of Muhammad. Oxford University Press.
• Ibn Hisham's Prophet Muhammad's biography (Arabic)