Halima bint Abi Dhu'ayb

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).^[1]

Aminah bint Wahb, the mother of Muhammad, was waiting for the arrival of the Banu Sa'd; the women within the tribe of the Banu Sa'd were foster mothers. They would take the children of Mecca to the desert and teach them classical Arabic and other skills; in return, they would receive a salary from the family of the child in Mecca.^[2] Halimah's husband was al-Harith bin Abdul Uzza and his nickname was Abu Kabsheh. Halima's father was Abu Dhu'ayb Abd Allah bin Harith bin Shejna Saadi, from the tribe of Saad bin Bakr bin Hawazin.^[3] Her son was named Abdullah, while the daughters were named Unaysa and Hudhafa. While traveling to Mecca, she was unable to feed her child because her she-camel stopped lactating. In Mecca, all those looking for foster children rejected taking care of the half-orphan Muhammad because they feared not getting paid since his father was dead. Halimah felt sad that every woman in her tribe had received a child except her. So she told her husband al-Harith: "By God, I do not like the idea of returning with my friends without a child; I will go and take that orphan." Her husband agreed.^[4] Immediately after accepting him, blessing came to her and her family. Her husband's flock during a time of great famine was healthy and producing milk while the rest of the people's flocks were dying.^[4]

A few months later Muhammad's foster brother shouted: that two men in white cut Muhammad's chest. When Halimah and Al-Harith asked Muhammad what happened, he said: "Two men came and opened my chest and took a portion of it". After this she gave up fostering him and told his mother what had happened.^[4] Muhammad spent five years in the Bani Saad bin Bakr tribe. Then Halima brought him back to his mother and grandfather Abdul Mutalib when he was five years old.

بعد سنوات، وبعد زواج محمد من خديجة، ذهبت إليه حليمة في مكة تشكو له من مشاقّ الزمان. فتحدث محمد عنها مع خديجة، فأعطتها خديجة بعض الأغنام والإبل. وبعد ظهور الإسلام، انضمت حليمة إلى محمد وأسلمت مع زوجها ^{[ 3 ].}

ثم اعتنقت حليمة بنت أبي ذييب الإسلام بعد معركة حنين .

توفيت عام 9 هـ، ويقع قبرها في جنة البقيع بالمدينة المنورة. ^{[ 6 ]} ولا تزال آثار المكان الذي كانت تعيش فيه والذي نشأ فيه محمد قائمة حتى اليوم.

• * تشير إلى أن أمر الزواج محل نزاع.
• لاحظ أن النسب المباشر مُحدد بخط غامق .

• الصحابة
• أمينة بنت وهاب ، والدة محمد

• جلعادي، أفنير (2020). "حليمة بنت أبي ذؤيب" . في الأسطول، كيت؛ الأماكن القريبة : ماترينج، دينيس؛ نواس، جون. روسون، إيفريت (محرران). موسوعة الإسلام (  الطبعة الثالثة). بريل اون لاين. ردمك 1873-9830 . 
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