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| name = Halima al-Sa'diyya | | name = Halima al-Sa'diyya | ||
| known for = Wet- | | known for = Wet-nurse of [[the Prophet (s)]] | ||
| image =قبر حلیمه.jpg | | image =قبر حلیمه.jpg | ||
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'''Ḥalīma al-Saʿdīyya''' (Arabic: حَلیمة السَعدیّة ) is the [[Prophet (s)|Prophet's (s)]] [[foster mother | '''Ḥalīma al-Saʿdīyya''' (Arabic: حَلیمة السَعدیّة ) is the [[Prophet (s)|Prophet's (s)]] [[wet nurse]] and foster mother. She fed the Prophet (s) after Thuwayba. Soon after she started nursing the Prophet (s), many blessings 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. | ||
==Family and Lineage== | ==Family and Lineage== | ||
Her father was Abu Dhu'ayb b. Harith b. Shijna al-Sa'di from | Her father was Abu Dhu'ayb b. Harith b. Shijna al-Sa'di from Sa'd b. Bakr b. Hawazin tribe. | ||
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". | 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". | ||
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The events of this period, in all sources, are narrated by Halima. | The events of this period, in all sources, are narrated by Halima. | ||
Because the [[Prophet (s)]] had spent his infancy and childhood in | Because the [[Prophet (s)]] had spent his infancy and childhood in Banu Sa'd b. Bakr b. Hawazin tribe; he considered himself as the most eloquent Arab. | ||
==Wet-nursing Muhammad (s)== | ==Wet-nursing Muhammad (s)== | ||
Apparently people of [[Mecca]] would send their children to | Apparently people of [[Mecca]] would send their children to Bedouin tribes so that they will be more eloquent. | ||
Banu Sa'd suffered from a severe famine, so Halima and nine other women of the tribe headed to [[Mecca]] to make a living by wet-nursing children of wealthy tribes of Mecca. Due to poverty and famine her camel was very weak and skinny so she was left behind and consequently arrived late to Mecca. When she arrived, the grandson of [['Abd al-Muttalib]] was the only child left, because he was an orphan and they were afraid not to receive an appropriate fee. | Banu Sa'd suffered from a severe famine, so Halima and nine other women of the tribe headed to [[Mecca]] to make a living by wet-nursing children of wealthy tribes of Mecca. Due to poverty and famine her camel was very weak and skinny so she was left behind and consequently arrived late to Mecca. When she arrived, the grandson of [['Abd al-Muttalib]] was the only child left, because he was an orphan and they were afraid not to receive an appropriate fee. | ||