HALIMAH bint Abi Dhuayb Abdullah
Best known as Halimah al-Sa‘diyah was the foster-mother and wet-nurse of the prophet Muhammad. Halimah and her husband were from the tribe of Sa'd b. Bakr, a subdivision of large North Arabian tribe Hawazin
Best known as Halimah al-Sa‘diyah was the foster-mother and wet-nurse of the prophet Muhammad. Halimah and her husband were from the tribe of Sa'd b. Bakr, a subdivision of large North Arabian tribe Hawazin
Wet nurses came to the Mecca of the desert to feed
children. They preferred that the fathers of the children they fed were still
alive. Although Muhammad's father was dead, Halimah took him just 8 days after
he was born. He grew up in Hudaybiyah then in Madinah before returning him to
his mother, Aminah, just after he was two. Amina then asked Halimah to keep
Muhammad for some more time for him to be tougher.
Years after Prophet Muhammad's mother died and he
got married to Khadijah, Halimah came to him complaining of her poverty. He
asked Khadijah to give her 40 sheep. After Prophet Muhammad got his first
revelation, Halimah and her husband came to the Prophet and embraced Islam.
When she came to Prophet Muhammad on the day of Hunayn (Battle of Hunain), he
took off his robe and put it on the ground for her to sit.
She died in 8 A.H. and her grave lies in Jannatul
Baqi, Madinah, Saudi Arabia. The remains of the place she used to live in and
where Prophet Muhammad grew up still stand today.
HASBALA
The Arabic expression, 'Hasbunallah wa nimalwakil' meaning 'Allah is enough for us and an excellent guardian'. Usually known as 'Hasbi Allah'
The Arabic expression, 'Hasbunallah wa nimalwakil' meaning 'Allah is enough for us and an excellent guardian'. Usually known as 'Hasbi Allah'
HAZRAT
Literally 'Presence'; a term of address roughly equivalent to 'Your Honour'
Literally 'Presence'; a term of address roughly equivalent to 'Your Honour'
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