Atika bint Zayd

Atika bint Zayd
Atika bint Zayd
عاتکة بنت زيد
Title	The wife of the martyrs
Personal life
Born	ʿĀtīḳah 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)
Died	c. 672; Medina, Hejaz, Umayyad Caliphate (present-day KSA)
Resting place	Medina
Spouse	Zayd ibn al-Khattab (divorced); Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr (divorced, rekindled & widowed); Umar ibn al-Khattab (widowed); Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (widowed); Husayn ibn Ali (till her death);
Children	ʿIyāḍ ibn ʿUmar
Parents	Zayd ibn Amr (father); Umm Kurz Safiya bint al-Hadrami (mother);
Era	Early Islamic period
Known for	Sahabiyah of Muhammad
Occupation	Poet, scholar
Relatives	Sa'id ibn Zayd (brother); Zayd ibn al-Khattab (cousin); Umar ibn al-Khattab (cousin);
Religious life
Religion	Islam

Atika bint Zayd al-Adawiyya (Arabic: عاتكة بنت زيد, romanized: ʿĀtika bint Zayd) was a woman in 7th century Arabia who was an Islamic scholar and poet. She was a disciple (Sahaba) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She was one of the wives of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Caliph. She was a poet who is notable for having married three Muslim men who died martyrs (shaheed).