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In Shawwal of the tenth year (The Sealed Nectar p. 117)
In this Shawwal the Prophet married Sawda bint Zam'a. She had embraced Islam long before, and had emigrated in the second migration to Abyssinia with her husband al-Sakran ibn Amr. Al-Sakran died in the land of Abyssinia or after returning to Mecca. When she had completed her waiting period, the Prophet married her; she was the first woman he married after Khadija. Some years later she gave her turn to Aisha. 1
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- Had participant
- Sawda bint Zam'a· Muhammad
- Occurred at
- Mecca
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
People and things also explored
The Hijra· The second migration to Abyssinia· The Prophet's marriage to Khadija· Sawda bint Zam'a· Abu Jahl's plan to crush the Prophet's head with a stone· The three years of the secret call· The Battle of Hunayn· The Pledge of the Tree (Bay'at al-Ridwan)
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.117
- Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir (Bewley translation, Ta-Ha)
- Sahih al-Bukhari
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islam.museum contributors. “The Prophet's marriage to Sawda bint Zam'a”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/marriage-to-sawda/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.