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She was the wife of Ubaydah ibn al-Harith, [45] a faithful Muslim and from the tribe of Al-Muttalib, for which Muhammad had special responsibility. [46] When her husband died, Muhammad aiming to provide for her, married her in 4 A.H.
Khadija bint Khuwaylid [a] (c. 554 – November 619) was the first wife of Muhammad.Born into an aristocratic clan of the Quraysh, she was an affluent merchant in her own right and was known to have a noble personality within her tribe.
Umm Salama's birth name was Hind. [7] [8] Her father was Abu Umayya ibn Al-Mughira ibn Abdullah ibn Umar ibn Makhzum ibn Yaqazah also known as Suhayl or Zad ar-Rakib. [9] He was an elite member of the Quraysh tribe, known for his great generosity, especially to travelers. [10]
Safiyya bint Huyayy (Arabic: صفية بنت حيي Ṣafiyya bint Ḥuyayy) was a Jewish convert to Islam [1] from the Banu Nadir tribe. After the Battle of Khaybar in 628, she was widowed and taken captive by the early Muslims and subsequently became Muhammad's tenth wife. [2]
Aisha remained Muhammad's favorite wife throughout his life. When he became ill and suspected that he was probably going to die, he began to ask his wives whose apartment he was to stay in next. They eventually figured out that he was trying to determine when he was due with Aisha, and they then allowed him to retire there.
Sawdah was born and raised in Mecca in Pre-Islamic Arabia.There is a disagreement as to when she was born. [1] According to one source, when she was married to Muhammad, her age was around 50, other sources claim her age during the marriage to be around 40 to 55 years old, which would only narrow her birthday to around 566-580 CE.
Hafsa bint Umar (Arabic: حفصة بنت عمر, romanized: Ḥafṣa bint ʿUmar; c. 605–665) was the fourth wife of Muhammad and a daughter of the second caliph Umar (r. 634–644). In Islamic writings, her name is thus often prefixed by the title "Mother of the Believers" (Arabic: أمّ المؤمنين, romanized: ʾumm al-muʾminīn).
Zaynab bint Khuzayma (Arabic: زينب بنت خزيمة) (c. 596 – 625), also known as Umm al-Masākīn (Arabic: أم المساكين, "Mother of the Poor"), [1] was the fifth wife of Muhammad. As a result of her early death, less is known about her than about his other wives.