Marriages & Children

With regard to the marriages of Hazrat Uthman (ra) and his children, it is narrated that he married eight times, all of which took place after he accepted Islam. The names of his wives and children are as follows:

Hazrat Ruqayyah (ra), daughter of the Holy Prophet (sa), with whom he had Abdullah bin Uthman.

After the demise of Hazrat Ruqayya (ra), Hazrat Uthman married Hazrat Umm Kulthum (ra), the daughter of the Holy Prophet (sa).

Hazrat Fakhtah bint Ghazwan (ra), the sister of Hazrat Utbah bin Ghazwan (ra), from her Hazrat Uthman (ra) had a son named Abdullah, who was known as Abdullah Al-Asghar.

Hazrat Umm Amr bint Jundub Azdiyya, with whom he had Amr, Khalid, Aban, Umar and Mariam.

Hazrat Fatimah bint Walid Makhzumia (ra) with whom he had Walid, Saeed and Umm Saeed.

Hazrat Umm Al-Baneen bint Uainah bin Hisn Fazariah (ra) with whom he had a son, Abdul Malik.

Hazrat Ramlah bint Shaibah bin Rabi‘ah (ra), with whom he had Aishah, Umm Aban and Umm Amr.

Hazrat Nailah bint Firafithah bint Ahwas (ra); she was previously a Christian but had accepted Islam before she was married and proved to be a faithful Muslim. From her, Hazrat Uthman (ra) had a daughter named Mariam and according to narrations it is said that they also had a son named Ambasah.

According to one narration, when Hazrat Uthman (ra) was martyred, the following four wives were with him: Hazrat Ramlah (ra), Hazrat Nailah (ra), Hazrat Umm Al-Banin and Hazrat Fakhtah (ra). According to one narration during the days of the siege, Hazrat Uthman (ra) divorced Hazrat Umm Al-Banin.

(Muhammad Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Tabari, Vol. 5, Thumma Dakhalat Sanah Khams wa Thalathin … [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Fikr, 1998], p. 200) (Sirat Amir al-Momineen Uthman (ra) bin Affan, p. 17, Vol. 1, Dar al-Ma‘rifah, Beirut, Lebanon, 2006)