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Encyclopedia > Sawda bint Zama
Part of a series on Islam:
The Wives of Muhammad

Khadijah bint Khuwaylid Muslims performing salah (prayer) Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion originating with the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th-century Arab religious and political figure. ... Muhammad (A.D. 570-632) is regarded by Muslims as the last prophet of God. ... Khadijah bint Khuwaylid or Khadijah al-Kubra (565 AD – 623 AD) was the first wife of Muhammad. ...


Sawda bint Zama*


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Hafsa bint Umar Hafsa bint Umar was the daughter of Umar ibn al-Khattab and wife of Muhammad. ...


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Zaynab bint Jahsh This does not cite its references or sources. ...


Juwayriya bint al-Harith Juwayriyya bint al-Harith (Arabic: جويرية بنت الحارث juwayriyya bint al-ḥārith) was married to prophet Muhammad when he was 58 years old and she was 20. ...


Ramlah bint Abi-Sufyan Ramlah binte Abi-Sufyan, رملة بنت أبي سفيان, aka Umm Habiba, أم حبيبة, was the daughter of Abu Sufyan. ...


Safiyya bint Huyayy Safiyya bint Huyayy (Arabic: صفية بنت حيي, c. ...


Maymuna bint al-Harith Maymuna bint al-Harith (Arabic: ميمونه بنت الحارث ) (died 50 A.H./670 CE) // Early life Her original name was Burrah, but Muhammad changed it to Maimunah. ...


Maria al-Qibtiyya** Maria al-Qibtiyya (Arabic: مارية القبطية) (alternatively, especially in non-Arabic traditions, Maria Qupthiya), or Maria the Copt, was a Coptic Christian slave who was sent as a gift from Muqawqis, a Byzantine official, to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 628 CE. According to most Islamic accounts, she was Muhammads wife. ...


*succession disputed **disputed

Sawda bint Zama ibn Qayyis ibn Abd Shams (Arabic: سودة بنت زمعة) was a wife of Muhammad, and therefore a Mother of the Believers and one of the early converts to Islam. This person is among the Sahabas ancestors Abd Shams ibn al-Manaf (Arabic: عبد شمس بن عبد مناف) gave name to the Banu Abd Shams and was the son of Abd al-Manaf ibn Qusai, a member of the Quraish tribe of Mecca. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Muhammad in a new genre of Islamic calligraphy started in the 17th century by Hafiz Osman. ... Mother of the Believers (Arabic: Umm-al-Momineen) is an Islamic term that is given as a honorific to Muhammads wives. ... Among Muslim, the timing of Sahaba becoming Muslims is of importance. ...


Biography

She was of the Quraish tribe on her father's side. According to the traditions,she migrated to Abyssinia with her first husband, after being persecuted by the Polytheists of Mecca. Her husband died when the couple returned to Mecca. [1] Quraish (Arabic: ‎ translit: ) is the Meccan tribe that the Islamic prophet Muhammad belonged to before he received the revelations of Islam. ...


Muhammad married her in Shawwal, in the tenth year of His Prophethood, a few days after the death of Khadijah. Prior to that, she was married to a paternal cousin of hers called As-Sakran bin ‘Amr [2]


At some point, Sawda succeeded in persuading Muhammad not to divorce her. Muhammad favored young Aisha over old Sawda, but the latter stopped him in the street and implored him to take her back. As an argument, she offered to give her turn of Muhammad's conjugal visit to Aisha. The incident is referenced in verse 4:127 of the Qur'an. Aisha bint Abu Bakr (RA) (Arabic `āisha, she who lives, also transcribed as Aishah, Ayesha, Aisha, or Aisha, Turkish Ayşe etc. ...


After Muhammad's death, Sawda received a gift of money, which she spent on charity. Muawiyah I, the first caliph of the Umayyad dynasty bought her house in Medina for 180,000 dirhams. She died in Medina in October 674. Muhammad in a new genre of Islamic calligraphy started in the 17th century by Hafiz Osman. ... Mu‘āwīyah ibn Abī Sufyān (Arabic: )‎ (602-680) was the founder of the Umayyad dynasty of caliphs. ... The Courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, one of the grandest architectural legacies of the Umayyads. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


The name of her previous husband was Sakran, and she had a son from him named Sakran ibn Amr ibn Abd Shams who fell a martyr fighting in the Battle of Jalula[3]


References

  1. ^ http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania 2007
  2. ^ http://www.answers.com/topic/muhammad-s-marriages
  3. ^ http://www.answers.com/topic/sawda-bint-zama

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