Sirin bint Shamun
Sīrīn bint Shamʿūn | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | |
| Died | |
| Spouse | Hassan ibn Thabit |
| Children | Abdurahman ibn Hassan |
| Parent |
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| Era | Early Islamic era |
| Relatives | Maria al-Qibtiyya (sister) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
Sīrīn bint Shamʿūn (Arabic: سيرين بنت شمعون) was an Egyptian Coptic Christian concubine, sent with her sister Maria al-Qibtiyya as gifts to the Islamic prophet Muhammad by the Egyptian official Muqawqis in 628.
According to the historian Ibn Saad, both sisters converted to Islam while on their way to Arabia with the encouragement of Hatib ibn Abi Balta'ah, who had been sent as a messenger to a governor of Egypt.
Sirin was married to the poet Hassan ibn Thabit, and bore him a son, Abdurahman ibn Hassan.