Asma bint Abi Bakr

E152647

Companion of Muhammad Muslim woman Sahabiyyah

Asma bint Abi Bakr was an early and steadfast companion of the Prophet Muhammad, renowned for her courage, generosity, and support during the Hijra (migration) to Medina.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Asma bint Abi Bakr canonical	5
Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr	2
Asma bint Abi Bakr al-Siddiq	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1289186 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Asma bint Abi Bakr
Context triple: [Abu Bakr, child, Asma bint Abi Bakr]

A. Aisha bint Abi Bakr
Aisha bint Abi Bakr was a prominent early Islamic figure renowned as a wife of the Prophet Muhammad and a major transmitter of hadith and religious knowledge.
B. Asma bint Umais
Asma bint Umais was a notable early Muslim woman and Companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known for her piety, multiple marriages to prominent companions, and participation in the early migrations of Islam.
C. Zaynab bint Muhammad
Zaynab bint Muhammad was the eldest daughter of the Prophet Muhammad and Khadijah, known as one of the early Muslim women of Mecca.
D. Hafsa bint Umar
Hafsa bint Umar was a prominent early Muslim woman, daughter of the second caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab and one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad, known for her piety and for safeguarding an early written copy of the Qur’an.
E. Fatimah bint Muhammad
Fatimah bint Muhammad was the youngest daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, revered in Islam for her piety and as a central figure in both Sunni and Shia traditions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Asma bint Abi Bakr
Target entity description: Asma bint Abi Bakr was an early and steadfast companion of the Prophet Muhammad, renowned for her courage, generosity, and support during the Hijra (migration) to Medina.

A. Aisha bint Abi Bakr
Aisha bint Abi Bakr was a prominent early Islamic figure renowned as a wife of the Prophet Muhammad and a major transmitter of hadith and religious knowledge.
B. Asma bint Umais
Asma bint Umais was a notable early Muslim woman and Companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known for her piety, multiple marriages to prominent companions, and participation in the early migrations of Islam.
C. Zaynab bint Muhammad
Zaynab bint Muhammad was the eldest daughter of the Prophet Muhammad and Khadijah, known as one of the early Muslim women of Mecca.
D. Hafsa bint Umar
Hafsa bint Umar was a prominent early Muslim woman, daughter of the second caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab and one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad, known for her piety and for safeguarding an early written copy of the Qur’an.
E. Fatimah bint Muhammad
Fatimah bint Muhammad was the youngest daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, revered in Islam for her piety and as a central figure in both Sunni and Shia traditions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Companion of Muhammad ⓘ Muslim woman ⓘ Sahabiyyah ⓘ
approximateAgeAtDeath	about 100 lunar years ⓘ
birthPlace	Mecca ⓘ
child	Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ surface form: Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr al-Mundhir ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ surface form: Al-Mundhir ibn al-Zubayr Asim ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ Khadijah bint al-Zubayr ⓘ Umm al-Hasan bint al-Zubayr ⓘ Urwah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ
companionshipWith	Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Prophet Muhammad
deathPlace	Mecca ⓘ
ethnicity	Arab ⓘ
father	Abu Bakr al-Siddiq ⓘ surface form: Abu Bakr
fullName	Asma bint Abi Bakr self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Asma bint Abi Bakr al-Siddiq
gender	female ⓘ
knownFor	courage ⓘ generosity ⓘ steadfast faith ⓘ supporting Muhammad during the Hijra ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
livedDuring	Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ lifetime of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
mother	Qutaylah bint Abd al-Uzza ⓘ
narratedHadithFrom	Abu Bakr al-Siddiq ⓘ surface form: Abu Bakr Aisha bint Abi Bakr ⓘ Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Prophet Muhammad
narratedHadithTo	Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ surface form: Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr Abd Allah ibn Abbas ⓘ surface form: Ibn Abbas Ibn Umar ⓘ Urwah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ
nickname	Dhat an-Nitaqayn ⓘ
nicknameMeaning	the One with the Two Waistbands ⓘ
nicknameReason	she tore her waistband into two to tie food for Muhammad and Abu Bakr during the Hijra ⓘ
notableEvent	carrying food to Muhammad and Abu Bakr in the Cave of Thawr ⓘ encouraging her son Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr before his final stand in Mecca ⓘ
participatedIn	Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Hijra from Mecca to Medina
religion	Islam ⓘ
sibling	Aisha bint Abi Bakr ⓘ
spouse	Zubayr ibn al-Awwam ⓘ
supported	Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ surface form: Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr
taught	Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ surface form: Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr Urwah ibn al-Zubayr ⓘ
tribe	Banu Taym ⓘ
virtue	asceticism ⓘ patience in hardship ⓘ truthfulness ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caliph Abu Bakr → child → Asma bint Abi Bakr ⓘ

subject surface form: Abu Bakr

Abdullah ibn Abi Quhafa → child → Asma bint Abi Bakr ⓘ

Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr → relative → Asma bint Abi Bakr ⓘ

Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr → sibling → Asma bint Abi Bakr ⓘ

Asma bint Abi Bakr → fullName → Asma bint Abi Bakr self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asma bint Abi Bakr al-Siddiq

Sahabiyyah → hasNotableExamples → Asma bint Abi Bakr ⓘ

Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr → mother → Asma bint Abi Bakr ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr

Urwah ibn al-Zubayr → mother → Asma bint Abi Bakr ⓘ