Thuwaybah (also Sobia) was a female
Ṣaḥābah and the first
foster-mother of the
Islamic prophet
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Her name means "Deserving of God's reward". She is also known as Thuwaybah al-Islamiah.
Biography
She was the servant of
'Abd al-'Uzzā ibn 'Abd al-Muṭallib, better known as
Abū Lahab.
[http://www.islamicfinder.org/prophet/list.php, question 9] However she was freed by Abū Lahab when she informed him that his brother's ( 'Abdullāh's) wife Āminah had given birth to a son Muḥammad.[ after his first three days with his mother, nursing both him and her own son Masrah. Thuwaybah also nursed ]Abu Salama
Abū Salamah ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Asad ( ar, أَبُو سَلَمَة عَبْد ٱلله ٱبْن عَبْد ٱلْأَسَد ) was one of the Companians of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was also a cousin and a foster-brother of Muhamm ...
, Muhammad's first cousin; as well as Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Ḥamza ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ( ar, حمزة بن عبد المطلب; 568 – 625)Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). ''The Companions of Badr''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. was a ...
, Muḥammad's paternal uncle, two years earlier: Muḥammad had said of Ḥamzah's daughter: "She is the daughter of my nursing brother."[
Eventually, Ḥalīmah bint 'Abdullāh took over the task after a few days and nursed Muḥammad until he reached the age of weaning (around four years).][
Thuwaybah became a Muslim when Muḥammad proclaimed prophethood. Her son died before her, and she herself died in 7 AH (629 CE).][
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See also
The Shaykh of the Ḥaram - Muḥammad al-'Alawi al-Mālikī in his ''Al-Dhakā'ir al-Muḥammadiyah'' writes that the Hadith Master (''muḥaddith'') Ibn Mundah records Thuwaybah among the Ṣaḥābah.
References
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7th-century women
Women companions of the Prophet
629 deaths
Year of birth unknown