Qutaylah bint Abd al-Uzza
قتيلة بنت عبد العزىQutaylah bint ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā
First wife of Abu Bakr · Mother of Asma and Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr
Biography
Qutaylah bint ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā was Abū Bakr’s first wife and the mother of his two children Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr and ʿAbdullāh ibn Abī Bakr. She did not accept Islam, and Abū Bakr divorced her after his conversion. Years later, she visited Asmāʾ in Madinah, and the Prophet ﷺ permitted Asmāʾ to maintain kindness and family ties with her non-Muslim mother.