Arwa bint Kurayz

General

Arwa bint Kurayz (Arabic: أروى بنت كريز‎) was the mother of Uthman ibn Affan.

Family And Lineage

Arwa bint Kurayz ibn Rabee’ah ibn Habeeb ibn ‘Abd Shams ibn ‘Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy.[1]At-Tamheed wal-Bayan fi Maqtal al-Shaheed ‘Uthman, by Muhammad Yahya al-Andalusi, p.19[2]The Biography of ‘Uthman Ibn’ Affan, Dhun-Noorayn, by Dr. Ali Muhammad As-Sallabi, Translated by Nasir Khattab, pg.11

Her mother, the aunt of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), was Al-Bayda bint Abdul-Muttalib, the twin sister of Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib[3]As-Sallabi, op. cit., pg.12

Embracing Islam

She embraced Islam during the Caliphate of her son, Uthman.[4]As-Sallabi, op. cit., pg.12

Death

She died during Uthman’s Caliphate. He was among those who carried her to her grave in Al-Baqi.[5]al-Khilafah al-Rashidah wa’l-Dawlah al-Umawiyyah, br Dr. Yahya al-Yaha, p. 388.[6]As-Sallabi, op. cit., pg.12

References

References
1 At-Tamheed wal-Bayan fi Maqtal al-Shaheed ‘Uthman, by Muhammad Yahya al-Andalusi, p.19
2 The Biography of ‘Uthman Ibn’ Affan, Dhun-Noorayn, by Dr. Ali Muhammad As-Sallabi, Translated by Nasir Khattab, pg.11
3, 4, 6 As-Sallabi, op. cit., pg.12
5 al-Khilafah al-Rashidah wa’l-Dawlah al-Umawiyyah, br Dr. Yahya al-Yaha, p. 388.