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Summary
The wife of Adam in al-Thaʿlabi's report. The book says that God took a rib from Adam while he slept and created Hawwa from it, and that the angels tested Adam over naming her 1.
In the book
The book says that Hawwa hastened to eat from the tree and then made it attractive to Adam. In the same place it gives a report from Saʿid ibn al-Musayyab that Adam did not eat while in his right mind, but that Hawwa gave him wine to drink 2.
The book also says that some reports made her dowry a prayer upon the Prophet ﷺ Muhammad three times. It lists fifteen traits that she and her daughters were tried with, among them menstruation, childbirth and a smaller share of inheritance. In this context it cites a hadith attributed to the Prophet about deficiency in intellect and religion. This is a report of what the book contains, not a ruling passed here 1 3.
People and things also explored
Abraham and the one who argued with him about his Lord· al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)· Delivery of the message and the limit of the Prophet's charge· Raising the foundations of the House: who built the Ka'ba· The religious bequest: submission until death· Badr as a sign and a lesson· Belief in the messengers without distinction· The completion of the final message of earlier ones
Sources
- Tha'labi, Qisas al-Anbiya' (edition under OCR, not yet verified) , p.29
- Tha'labi, Qisas al-Anbiya' (edition under OCR, not yet verified) , p.31
- Tha'labi, Qisas al-Anbiya' (edition under OCR, not yet verified) , p.34
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islam.museum contributors. “Hawwa' (Eve)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hawwa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-18.