Umm al-Mu'minin

E182467

Islamic honorific title religious title

Umm al-Mu'minin is an honorific Islamic title meaning "Mother of the Believers," traditionally used for the wives of the Prophet Muhammad.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Umm al-Mu'minin canonical	5
Umm al-Mu’minin	5
Umm al-Muminin	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic honorific title ⓘ religious title ⓘ
appliesTo	Aisha bint Abi Bakr ⓘ Hafsa bint Umar ⓘ Juwayriya bint al-Harith ⓘ Khadijah bint Khuwaylid ⓘ Maymunah bint al-Harith ⓘ Rayhana bint Zayd ⓘ Safiyya bint Huyayy ⓘ Sawda bint Zamʿa ⓘ surface form: Sawda bint Zam'a Umm Salama ⓘ surface form: Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya Zaynab bint Jahsh ⓘ Zaynab bint Khuzayma ⓘ wives of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
appliesToGroup	Mother of the Believers ⓘ surface form: Mothers of the Believers
associatedWith	Quranic expression "believers" (al-mu'minun) ⓘ
category	Islamic honorifics ⓘ Titles of Muhammad's family ⓘ
culturalContext	early Islamic community in Medina ⓘ
etymologyComponent	"Umm" meaning "mother" in Arabic ⓘ "al-Mu'minin" meaning "the believers" in Arabic ⓘ
genderAssociation	female honorific ⓘ
honorificScope	entire Muslim ummah ⓘ
honorificType	familial metaphor ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
meaning	Mother of the Believers ⓘ
oppositeRoleByAnalogy	Abu al-Mu'minin (Father of the Believers) by conceptual analogy ⓘ
orthographicVariant	Mother of the Believers ⓘ surface form: أم المؤمنين
relatedConcept	Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ Sahaba ⓘ
religiousFunction	signifies spiritual motherhood of the Muslim community ⓘ
religiousLegalStatus	wives of the Prophet forbidden to marry after him in Islamic law ⓘ
religiousRole	model of conduct for Muslims, especially women ⓘ
religiousSignificance	indicates special respect and status ⓘ
religiousStatus	venerated in Shia Islam ⓘ venerated in Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousTextUsage	widely used in hadith literature ⓘ
semanticField	kinship and community ⓘ
sourceLanguageScript	Arabic script ⓘ
timeOfOrigin	7th century CE ⓘ
titleOf	Muhammad's wives ⓘ
transliterationVariant	Umm al-Mu'minin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Umm al-Muminin Umm al-Mu'minin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Umm al-Mu’minin
usedBy	Muslim laypeople ⓘ Muslim scholars ⓘ
usedIn	Islam ⓘ