Umm Sulaym bint Milhan (May Allah be pleased with her)

Ansari companion, mother of Anas and participant in caring for the wounded.

She was an Ansari woman of Banu al-Najjar in Madinah, with differing personal-name reports including Rumaysa and Ghumaysa.

Umm Sulaym is her established kunyah, distinct from her sister Umm Haram.

Anas ibn Malik was her son; she later married Abu Talhah.

Abu Talhah was therefore Anas’s stepfather, not biological father; her sister Umm Haram was also a companion.

In Muslim 1810 Anas recounts her and other Ansari women providing water and treating the wounded.

This documents organized assistance without equating every participation with armed combat.

Providing her son access to the Prophet and participating in community service were important parts of her life.

Hadith also preserves her religious questions, reflecting agency in both family and community.