Question Summary:
Meaning of the name ‘Rumaisa’

Question Detail:

I wanted to ask the meaning and Arabic pronunciation of name Rumaisa. It was the name of Hadhrat Anas bin Malik RA's mother. 

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.          

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Rumaysaa is an Arabic name for girls. It is the name of a Sahabiyyah, whose full name is Umme Sulaym Rumaysaa bint Milhan. She is the wife of Abu Talha al-Ansaari Radiallahu Anhu and the mother of Anas bin Malik Radiallahu Anhu. The pronunciation of the name is رميصاء  . Rumaysaa is a star known as Sirius in English.[1]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Muhammad Yusuf bin Moulana Abdur Rahim Khan

Student Darul Iftaa
Chatsworth, Durban, KZN, South Africa 

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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[1] تاج العروس (17/ 605)

والرُّمَيْصاءُ بِنْتُ مِلْحَانَ أُمُّ سُلَيْم، زَوْجَةُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، وأُمّ أَنَسٍ: صَحَابِيَّةٌ كَبِيرَةُ القَدْرِ ويُقَاُل فِيها أَيْضاً: الغُمَيْصَاءُ. وممّا يُسْتَدْرَك عَلَيْهِ: الشِّعْرَي الرُّمَيْصَاءُ: أَحَدُ كَوْكَبَيِ الذِّرَاعِ،