Halimah al-Sa'diyah
حَلِيمَة بِنْت أَبِي ذُؤَيْب السَّعْدِيَّةFoster Mother
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The Bedouin wet nurse who fostered the Prophet ﷺ in the desert during his early childhood.
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In the Desert of Banu Sa'd
After his birth the Prophet ﷺ was given, as was the custom of the noble Quraysh, to be nursed and raised among the Bedouin. The tribe most sought for…
Read the full story →The Spoils of Hunayn and Shayma the Foster Sister
historicalShaykh Yasir Qadhi explains: Because the tribes had brought their families and herds, the young Mālik's folly against Durayd's counsel, Ḥunayn yielde…
Read the full story →Dimam ibn Tha'labah: the Blunt Bedouin
historicalShaykh Yasir Qadhi explains: The second delegation is that of Banū Saʿd ibn Bakr, a tribe you ought to know, because Ḥalīmah al-Saʿdiyyah is from it.…
Read the full story →The Splitting of the Chest
It was during his years among the Banū Saʿd, when the Prophet ﷺ was about four years old, that his chest was opened. Anas ibn Mālik narrates the accou…
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