Maymuna bint al-Harith
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Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya Maymuna bint al-Harith *Disputed |
Maymuna bint al-Harith (Arabic: ميمونه بنت الحارث ) (died 50 A.H./670 A.D.) Her original name was Burrah, but Muhammad changed it to Maimunah. She dedicated herself to him and the following Qur'anic ayat (verse) was revealed pertaining to her (And any believing woman who dedicates her soul to Muhammad) (Qur'an 33:50).
She married Muhammad when he was sixty years old and she was thirty six. Zaynab bint Khuzayma, the previous wife of Muhammad who had died earlier, was her half-sister. Her other half-sisters, Asma bint Umais and Salma bint Umays, later married Abu Bakr and Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib. Her full sisters were Lubaba, Asma, and Izza.
She asked Muhammad to marry her, and he accepted the offer. She lived with Muhammad for only three years until his death. She died at the age of eighty.
See also
External links
- http://www.islamonline.com/cgi-bin/news_service/profile_story.asp?service_id=1150
- http://dictionary.al-islam.com/Arb/Dicts/SelDict.asp?TL=1&DI=23&Theme=43
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