Atika bint Zayd

Atika bint Zayd
عاتکة بنت زيد
TitleThe wife of the martyrs
Personal life
BornʿĀtīḳah bint Zayd ibn ‘Amr ibn Nufayl ibn ‘Abd al-‘Uzzā ibn Rāz ibn ‘Adiyy ibn Ka‘ab ibn Lu’ayy ibn Ghālib ibn Fihr ibn Mālik
c. 600
Hejaz, Arabia (present-day KSA)
Diedc. 672
Medina, Hejaz, Umayyad Caliphate (present-day KSA)
Resting placeMedina
Spouse
ChildrenʿIyāḍ ibn ʿUmar
Parents
  • Zayd ibn Amr (father)
  • Umm Kurz Safiya bint al-Hadrami (mother)
EraEarly Islamic period
Known forSahabiyah of Muhammad
OccupationPoet, scholar
Relatives
Religious life
ReligionIslam

Atika bint Zayd al-Adawiyya (Arabic: عاتكة بنت زيد, romanizedʿĀtika bint Zayd) was a 7th-century Islamic scholar and poet. She was a disciple (ṣaḥābiyyah) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She was also one of the wives of Umar, the second Caliph. Famously, all five of her husbands became shaheed (martyrs).