Prophet Muhammad ﷺ & his householdSīrah
Ḥalīma al-Saʿdiyyaرضي الله عنهاحَلِيمَة
Also known as Halimah, Halima bint Abi Dhuayb
About
The wet nurse who suckled the Prophet ﷺ in infancy. Makkan families sent their infants to the desert to be nursed, and Ḥalīma, of Banū Saʿd ibn Bakr, took him to her people. Tradition remembers blessing on her household in the years he stayed with them: her milk and her flocks gave more than before, and her weary mount outpaced the others. In later years she is reported to have come to him and been received with honor.
The name
From ḥilm, forbearance and gentleness: 'the gentle, patient one'.
al-Saʿdiyya — of the tribe of Banū Saʿd ibn Bakr
Source: Sīrah
Relationships
Of the same era · Prophet Muhammad ﷺ & his household
Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīqأَبُو بَكْرAbū Lahabأَبُو لَهَبAbū Ṭālibأَبُو طَالِبal-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlīالحَسَنal-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlīالحُسَيْنal-Qāsim ibn Muḥammadالقَاسِمal-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-MuṭṭalibالعَبَّاسĀmina bint WahbآمِنَةFāṭimaفَاطِمَةḤafṣa bint ʿUmarحَفْصَةḤamza ibn ʿAbd al-MuṭṭalibحَمْزَةIbrāhīm ibn MuḥammadإِبْرَاهِيمJaʿfar ibn Abī ṬālibجَعْفَرJuwayriya bint al-ḤārithجُوَيْرِيَةKhadīja bint KhuwaylidخَدِيجَةMaymūna bint al-ḤārithمَيْمُونَةRuqayya bint MuḥammadرُقَيَّةṢafiyya bint ḤuyayyصَفِيَّةSawda bint ZamʿaسَوْدَةUmm Ḥabībaأُمّ حَبِيبَةUmm Kulthūm bint Muḥammadأُمّ كُلْثُومUmm Salamaأُمّ سَلَمَةZayd ibn ḤārithaزَيْدZaynab bint JaḥshزَيْنَبZaynab bint MuḥammadزَيْنَبʿAbdullāh ibn Muḥammadعَبْد اللهʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalibعَبْد اللهʿAlī ibn Abī ṬālibعَلِيّʿĀʾisha bint Abī BakrعَائِشَةʿUmar ibn al-KhaṭṭābعُمَرʿUthmān ibn ʿAffānعُثْمَان
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