Umm Jamil

Arwā bint Ḥarb, better known as Umm Jamīl, was an aunt of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who is mentioned in the Quran. She was Abu Lahab's wife and Abu Sufyan's sister. Arwa is usually remembered for opposing Islam and the prophet, and also for a poem. Family She was the daughter of Harb ibn Umayya, a chief of Mecca. She was a sister of Abu Sufyan and one of the leading women of the Quraysh. She married Abū Lahab, a paternal uncle of Muhammad. They had at least six children: Utbah, Utaybah, Muattab, Durrah (Fakhita), 'Uzzā and Khālida. It is not clear whether she was also the mother of Abu Lahab's son Durrah. Opposition to Muhammad