Aminah bint Wahb

Mother of Prophet Muhammad and wife of Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, from the noble Banu Zuhra clan of Quraysh in Mecca. Her marriage united two distinguished Meccan families, but she was widowed while pregnant when Abdullah died on a trade journey. During pregnancy she experienced prophetic visions foretelling her son’s destiny. She gave birth to Muhammad around 570 CE (Year of the Elephant), sent him to wet nurse Halimah al-Sa’diyah following Arabian custom, and was reunited with him around age five. She died at Abwa in 577 CE while returning from a journey to Yathrib, leaving six-year-old Muhammad doubly orphaned—a loss that profoundly shaped his prophetic mission and the Quran’s emphasis on protecting orphans and widows (93:6).