Juwayriyya bt. al-Harith
| Wife of the Prophet (s) | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Barra bt. al-Harith |
| Epithet | Umm al-Mu'minin |
| Well-known As | Juwayriyya |
| Birth | 2 years before Bi'that/607-8 |
| Place of Residence | Medina |
| Death/Martyrdom | 56/675-6 |
| Burial Place | Al-Baqi' cemetery, Medina |
| Era | Early Islam |
| |
|---|---|
| Name | Date of Marriage |
| Khadija | (28 BH/595) |
| Sawda | (before Hijra/before 622) |
| Aisha | (1,2, or 4/622, 623, or 625) |
| Hafsa | (3/624) |
| Zaynab (bt. Khuzayma) | (3/624) |
| Umm Salama | (4/625) |
| Zaynab (bt. Jahsh) | (5/627) |
| Juwayriyya | (5 or 6/626 or 627) |
| Umm Habiba | (6 or 7/627 or 628) |
| Mariya | (7/628) |
| Safiyya | (7/628) |
| Maymuna | (7/628) |
Juwayrīyya bt. al-Hārith (Arabic: جُوَیریه بنت حارث) (b. 2 years before Bi'that/607-8 - d. 56/675-6) was one of the wives of the Prophet (s). After her husband was killed in the Battle of Banu l-Mustaliq by Muslims, she was captured and became a slave woman. She asked the Prophet (s) to help her gain her freedom; so the Prophet (s) bought her and freed her. Then, the Prophet (s) proposed to her and she got married to him in 5/626-7 or 6/627-8. Juwayriyya has narrated few hadiths form the Prophet (s).
Name and Lineage
Her original name was Barra (which means a beautiful woman who entraps her husband), but after her marriage to the Prophet (s), he changed her name to Juwayriyya.[1] She, like other wives of the Prophet (s), was titled as Umm al-Mu'minin (Mother of the faithful). His father was al-Harith b. Abi Dirar, the head of Banu l-Mustaliq tribe.[2] As she was from Banu l-Mustaliq, which was a sub-clan of Khuza'a tribe, she was called al-Mustaliqiyya and al-Khuza'iyya.[3]
Marriage to the Prophet (s)
After that her husband was killed in the Battle of Banu l-Mustaliq, she was captured by Muslims and became a slave woman. She asked the Prophet (s) to help her gain her freedom. The Prophet (s) bought her and freed her. Then the Prophet (s) proposed to her and she got married to him in 5/626-7 or 6/627-8. As her mahr (dowry) the Prophet (s) freed forty slaves of Banu l-Mustaliq; Muslims followed the Prophet (s) and freed all the captives from that battle.[4] she was twenty when she married the Prophet (s).[5]
Narration
She narrated few hadiths. 'Abd Allah b. al-'Abbas and Mujahid b. Jabr al-Makki have narrated hadiths from her.[6]
Demise
Juwayriyya passed away in 56/675-6, during the reign of Mu'awiya, in Medina. Marwan b. al-Hakam, the governor of Medina, performed her Funeral prayer and she was buried in al-Baqi' cemetery.[7]
Notes
- ↑ Wāqidī, al-Maghāzī, vol. 1, p. 412; Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 8, p. 118-119.
- ↑ Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 2, p. 63-64; vol. 8, p. 116-117.
- ↑ Samʿānī, al-Ansāb, vol. 5, p. 312; Ibn Ḥajar, al-Iṣāba, vol. 7, p. 565.
- ↑ Sijistānī, Sunan-i Abī Dāwūd, vol. 2, p. 236.
- ↑ Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 8, p. 120.
- ↑ Mizzī, Tahdhīb al-kamāl, vol. 35, p. 146.
- ↑ Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā, vol. 8, p. 120; Ibn ʿAsākir, Tārīkh madīnat Dimashq, vol. 3, p. 219.
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- Ibn Saʿd, Muḥammad. Al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā. Edited by Iḥsān ʿAbbās. 1st edition. Beirut: Dār Ṣādir, 1968.
- Ibn ʿAsākir, ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan. Tārīkh madīnat Dimashq. Edited by ʿAlī Shīrī. Beirut: Dār al-Fikr, 1425 AH.
- Mizzī, Yūsuf b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-. Tahdhīb al-kamāl fī asmāʾ al-rijāl. Edited by Bashār ʿAawād Maʿrūf. Beirut: Muʾassisa al-Risāla, 1400 AH.
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- Wāqidī, Muḥammad b. ʿUmar al-. Al-Maghāzī. Edited by Marsden Jones. London: [n.p], 1996.
