Hazrat Umme Kulsoom — Page 5
5 Her First Marriage It was normal in those days, according to Arab custom, for girls to be married at what would seem a very young age these days. So, the two sisters, Hazrat Ruqayyah ra and ra were married at an early age. Hazrat Ruqayyah ra was married to Utbah the elder son of the pater- nal uncle of the Holy Prophet sas , Abu Lahab, and ra was married to Abu Lahab’s other son, Utaibah. 5 At that time Abu Lahab was not an opponent of the Holy Prophet sas , but when the Holy Prophet sas claimed prophethood, both Abu Lahab and his wife, Umme Jameel, became bitter enemies of the Holy Prophet sas. Umme Jameel used to lay down thorns in the alleyway where the Holy Prophet sas