Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb

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For other persons of the same name, see Halima.

Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb was the foster-mother and wetnurse 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] Other transliterations or versions of her name are Halimah bint Abdullah and Halimah As-Sa'diyah.

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  1. ^ William Montgomery Watt, Ḥalīma Bint Abī Ḏh̲u;ayb, Encyclopedia of Islam


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