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- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
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WomenFamily, marriage and kinship
Place in the story
- Convert to Islam · c. 612 CETradition
- Companion · c. 612 CETradition
- Family of the Prophet · c. 619 CETradition
Sunni (transmitted)
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Sawda bint Zam'a, Mother of the Believers, one of the first women to migrate to Abyssinia; the Prophet ﷺ married her in Shawwal of the prophethood's tenth year after Khadija's death, the first woman to enter his house after her.
Sawda bint Zam'a ibn Qays al-Amiriyya, Mother of the Believers; one of the first migrants to Abyssinia with her husband al-Sakran ibn Amr, who died after they returned to Mecca. The Prophet married her in Shawwal of the prophethood's tenth year after Khadija's death. She was the first woman to enter the Prophet ﷺ's house after Khadija, looking after his daughters and his household; she lived until Umar's or Mu'awiya's caliphate, and gave her day to Aisha when she grew old.
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Sawda bint Zam'a ibn Qays al-Amiriyya, Mother of the Believers; one of the first migrants to Abyssinia with her husband al-Sakran ibn Amr, who died after they returned to Mecca. The Prophet married her in Shawwal of the prophethood's tenth year after Khadija's death. She was the first woman to enter the Prophet ﷺ's house after Khadija, looking after his daughters and his household; she lived until Umar's or Mu'awiya's caliphate, and gave her day to Aisha when she grew old.
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Connections
- Spouse of
- Al-Sakran ibn Amr· Muhammad
- Born in
- Mecca
- Member of
- Quraysh· Ahl al-Bayt· Mothers of the Believers
- Participated in
- The Prophet's marriage to Sawda bint Zam'a· The second migration to Abyssinia· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· The Hijra
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 2157
- Revealed in
- Qur'an 4:128
People and things also explored
Umm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)· Muhammad· Aisha bint Abi Bakr· Mecca· Hafsa bint Umar· Juwayriya bint al-Harith· Khadija bint Khuwaylid· Banu Hashim
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir (Bewley translation, Ta-Ha)
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
- Nisa' Hawl al-Rasul: Tarajim wa Qisas — al-Maktaba al-Asriyya
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
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islam.museum contributors. “Sawda bint Zam'a”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sawda-bint-zama/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-26.