At a glance
- Roles
- Agent
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
WomenFamily, marriage and kinship
Place in the story
- Interlocutor · c. 595 CETradition
Arabian polytheism (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Nafisa bint Munya, a friend of Khadija bint Khuwaylid. Khadija confided in her, and she went to the Prophet to propose that he marry Khadija. He agreed, and she was the intermediary in the marriage 1 2.
Her role in the marriage
The Sealed Nectar relates that when Khadija found in the Prophet ﷺ what she had been seeking, she told her friend Nafisa bint Munya what was in her heart. Nafisa went to him to propose that he marry Khadija. He agreed, and spoke with his uncles. They went to Khadija's uncle and asked for her hand, and the marriage was then concluded 1 2 3.
Not covered here
The book does not give her lineage or her religion, nor anything about her life after this. What the books of the Companions say about her would need a source that is read and quoted.
For young visitors
Nafisa was Khadija's friend. She went to the Prophet and asked whether he would be pleased to marry Khadija, and he said yes.
Connections
- Member of
- Quraysh
- Participated in
- The Prophet's marriage to Khadija
People and things also explored
Khadija bint Khuwaylid· Mecca· Amina bint Wahb· Sawda bint Zam'a· Sending infants to Bedouin wet-nurses· The Prophet's marriage to Khadija· The partition of the Meccan offices between Abd Manaf and Abd al-Dar· Banu Hashim
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.61
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/189-190
- Fiqh al-Sira — al-Ghazali , p.59
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Nafisa bint Munya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/nafisa-bint-munya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.