THE MOTHERS ﺭﺿﻲ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻨﻬﻦ of the BELIEVERS Khadija Bint Khuwalid Zainab Bint Khuzamah the first Woman to Accept Islam
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THE MOTHERS ﺭﺿﻲ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻨﻬﻦ OF THE BELIEVERS Khadija bint Khuwalid Zainab bint Khuzamah The first woman to accept Islam. The first wife outside of the Quraish. She supported the Prophet (S) She was called "The Mother of Saffiya bint Huyyay financially, emotionally, and the Poor." After her husband Was of Jewish heritage. spiritually during the harshest was martyred at Badr, the Prophet (S) offered to care for When people teased her for ﺯﻳﻨﺐ (years of prophethood. He (S ﺧﺪﳚﺔ said, "She believed in me when her as one of his wives. this, the Prophet (S) told her to no one else did." say that her father was Aaron ,(A), her uncle was Moses (A) ﺻﻔﻴﺔ and husband was Muhammad Hind bint Abi Umayya (S). She dreamt that the moon Sawda bint Zam'ah descended from the sky into The first woman to emigrate. Among the first emigrants and converts. her lap, and she later married She left her family and her At her husband's death, she the Prophet (S). wealth for the sake of Allah recited a du'a: "O Allah, (SWT). After Khadija's death compensate me good blessings out of it." She was Ramla bint Abu Sufyan ﻫﻨﺪ and her marriage to the ﺳﻮﺩﺓ Prophet (S), she took care of then married to the Prophet A noble woman of the Quraish. his children as her own. (S) soon after. Her husband later converted to Christianity after the A'isha bint Abu Bakr Zainab bint Jahsh emigration, but she refused to follow his footsteps. After ﺭﻣﻠﺔ A historian, scholar, and poet. A marriage mentioned in the Qur'an. leaving her husband, the King of Abyssinia married her to the She grew up educated and In 33:37, Allah commanded the Prophet (S) in his absence. teaching others the religion of Prophet (S) to wed her after Islam. When the Prophet (S) her divorce. Zainab disputed the rumors about A'isha, saying ﺯﻳﻨﺐ was asked which of the people ﻋﺎﺋﺸﺔ was dearest to him (S), he she knew nothing of her Maymunah bint Al-Harith responded, "Ai'sha." She except goodness. There was Known as "The Blessed One." narrated thousands of hadith. not a dirham remaining in her home after her death, as she Her marriage took place after gave it all away to charity. the Prophet (S) could finally Hafsa bint Umar reenter Makkah. She was known for how she fulfilled her ﻣﻴﻤﻮﻧﺔ A woman who emigrated twice. salah, even among the other Jibril (S) described her as a Juwairriya bint Al-Harith Mothers of the Believers. woman who fasted and The daughter of a chieftan. performed voluntary prayers. She was entrusted with the Beautiful, eloquent and kind, After ﺣﻔﺼﺔ Quran compilation during the her tribe lost and she was captured time of Abu Bakr (R). as a slave, she asked to pay for her (freedom... but the Prophet (S ﺟﻮﻳﺮﻳﺔ proposed to marry her instead. She To study the life of the Prophet (S), entered Islam in honor. please visit qalam.institute/intensives. .