Aunt of the Prophet

Atika bint Abd al-Muttalib was a paternal aunt of Prophet Muhammad, one of the six daughters of Abd al-Muttalib named in the classical genealogies. The approved sources consulted for this article establish little beyond her place in that family record.

Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib, paternal aunt of Prophet Muhammad and mother of Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, killed an armed intruder at the fortress sheltering Medina's women during the Battle of Khandaq, and met the mutilation of her brother Hamza at Uhud with open grief and firm patience.