At a glance
- Roles
- mystic
- Region
- Arabia
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Nuqaysh bint Salim was a devout woman of Mecca whom Ibn al-Jawzi lists among its devout women in Sifat al-Safwa. 1
In Sifat al-Safwa
Through Abu al-Muwarriq he reports from someone who heard her in Mecca praying: O Master of creation, the long road has brought me; this is the station of one who seeks refuge in Your pardon from Your displeasure — and asking Him to delight her eye with His good pleasure. 1 The narrator saw her at the standing at Arafa saying that her sins weighed on her and that she would never enjoy laughter until she knew her final abode and where her dwelling would be; when the people departed she laid her cheek down, cried out, and said she had not let despair of Him touch her heart. 1 The editor notes that Kahhala took her from this book into A'lam al-Nisa'. 1
Connections
- Lived in
- Mecca
People and things also explored
A'isha al-Makkiyya· Hakima al-Makkiyya· The custody of Hamza's daughter· The Prophet's marriage to Khadija· The Prophet's marriage to Sawda bint Zam'a· Umm Hani gives protection to two men on the day of the conquest· Abu Sa'id al-Kharraz· Aisha bint Abi Bakr
Sources
- Sifat al-Safwa — Ibn al-Jawzi (ed. Khalid Mustafa Tartusi, Dar al-Kitab al-Arabi, Beirut 1433/2012) , p.402
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Nuqaysh bint Salim”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/nuqaysh-bint-salim/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-04.
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