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Maria al-Qibtiyya (alternatively, especially in non-Arabic traditions, "Maria Qupthiya"), or "Maria the Copt", was a Coptic slave girl sent to the Prophet Muhammad by the king of Egypt. She was the mother of his son, Ibrahim, who died when he was still an infant. She is said to have been freed and married Muhammad as a free woman. At least everyone treated her as his wife. She was with Muhammad for only three years until his death. She died five years later.
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