She was from the Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca. Her father, Abu Umayya ibn al-Mughira,[2]: 184 was the chief of Mecca in the early seventh century.[3] Her mother was Atika bint Utba, a member of the Abdshams clan of the Quraysh. Hence Hind bint Utba was her maternal aunt[2]: 165, 184 while Umm Salama was her paternal sister.[4]