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'''ḤalIma al-Saʿdīyya''' (حليمه سعديه) is the Prophet's (s) [[foster mother]]. She fed the [[Prophet (s)]] after [[Thuwayba]]. Soon after she started nursing the Prophet (s), many blessing showed up in her life. The Prophet (s) stayed in [[Banu Sa'd]] tribe until he was 4 or 5. Historians related the fabricated event of [[Shaqq al-Sadr]] to this period. The Prophet (s) respected Halima, and in several occasions helped her generously.

Her husband was [[Harith b. 'Abd al-'Uzza]] who was nicknamed as Abu Kabsha.  Apparently this is one of the reasons [[Quraysh]] called the Prophet (s) as "Ibn Abi Kabsha".

Halima [[wet-nursed]] the Prophet (s) after [[Thuwayba]] ([[Abu Lahab]]'s handmaiden) fed him for a few days.

When [[Muhammad (s)]] was 2, she weaned him and took him to [[Mecca]] to his mother, [[Amina Bt. Wahb]]. Since the child Muhammad caused Halima's herd of sheep to be more productive than any other's in Banu Sa'd, she preferred to keep the child with her. Eventually, at her insistence and also because of the outbreak of cholera in Mecca; Amina was convinced to let Halima take care of her baby again for a few more years.

It is said that when [[Muhammad (s)]] was living with Halima, a strange incident happened to the child Muhammad (s), which is known as "Shaqq al-sadr" (split of the chest). Man-like angels dressed in white appeared, split his chest, took a dark clot out of his heart, washed it in a gold tub, put it back in his chest and then healed his chest. His [[foster brother]], who witnessed this in a valley near their house, informed Halima frantically.

A few years after [[Muhammad (s)]] married [[Khadija (a)]], Halima went to him in [[Mecca]] complaining about the difficulties of life. The Prophet (s) talked with Khadija about her and Khadija gave her some sheep and camels. After emergence of [[Islam]], Halima and her husband came to the Prophet (s), converted to Islam and swore allegiance to him. Sometimes, when Halima visited the Prophet (s), he laid his cloak on the ground –as a sign of respect-, so that she would sit on it.

After [[tribe Hawazin|Hawazin]] were defeated in the [[Battle of Hunayn]], the Prophet (s) renounced all Banu Hashim and his shares of booties and slaves, due to his respect for Halima, his relation with that tribe and the request of her [[foster sister]], Shayma'. Consequently, all the [[Companions]] did the same to have followed the Prophet (s).

According to one narration, Halima passed away before the [[conquest of Mecca]] by Muslims in [[Ramadan]] of [[8 A.H.]] (January of [[630]]). After the conquest of Mecca when Prophet (s) visited Shayma' –his foster sister- asked her about Halima and she told him that she has passed away. Prophet's (s) eyes filled with tears as he heard the news and then asked about her next of kin. Afterward, Shayma' asked him a favor and the Prophet (s) fulfilled her request.

But another narration reports that after the Battle of Hunayn in [[Shawwal]] 8 A.H. (February of 630), Halima came to the Prophet (s) in [[Ji'rana]] and he respected her.

There is also a narration which says that Halima experienced the caliphate period of [[Abu Bakr]] and [['Umar]] and they treated her with respect.