Halima bint Abi Dhu'ayb

Halima bint Abi Dhu'ayb
حليمة بنت أبي ذؤيب
Died
Medina
Known forFoster-mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
Children
  • Hothafa bint Al-Harith (also known as Shaima bint Al-Harith)
  • Abd-Al·lah ibn al-Hàrith as-Sadí
  • Anissa bint Al-Harith
  • Abdullah ibn Al-Harith
Died630 CE
HouseBanu Sa'ad

Halima bint Abi Dhu'ayb al-Sa'diyya (Arabic: حليمة بنت أبي ذؤيب السعدية) was the foster-mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Halimah and her husband were from the tribe of Sa'd b. Bakr, a subdivision of Hawazin (a large North Arabian tribe or group of tribes).

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