Atiqa bint Zayd

Atika bint Zayd
Atika bint Zayd
عاتکة بنت زيد
Title	The wife of the martyrs
Personal
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
Religion	Islam
Spouse	Zayd ibn al-Khattab (widowed); 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);

Atika bint Zayd al-Adawiyya (Arabic: عاتكة بنت زيد, romanized: ʿĀtika bint Zayd) was an Islamic scholar and poet. She was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She was a wife of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Caliph. She was a poet who is notable for having married Muslim men who died as shaheed.

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