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Thuwayba

ثويبة

The freedwoman of Abu Lahab who first suckled the Prophet ﷺ after his mother, with the milk of her son Masruh; she had nursed Hamza before him and Abu Salama after him.

Depth

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Roles
Wet nurse
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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WomenFamily, marriage and kinship

Place in the story

  • Family of the ProphetTradition

Unknown (unknown)

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

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Participated in
The Year of the Elephant and the Prophet's birth

People and things also explored

Halima al-Sa'diyya· Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim· The Second Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen· Omens in the Persian court at the Prophet's birth· The Prophetic Era· Abraha· Muhammad· Mecca

Sources

  • al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
  • Talqih Fuhum Ahl al-Athr — Ibn al-Jawzi
  • Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
  • Mukhtasar Sirat al-Rasul — al-Najdi
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islam.museum contributors. “Thuwayba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/thuwayba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-15.

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People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story. Related

Halima al-Sa'diyya

A Bedouin woman of Banu Sa'd who nursed the infant Muhammad in the desert for several years, as was the Meccan custom, and is remembered in tradition as his foster-mother.