Hālah bint Wuhayb ibn ʿAbd Manāf ibn Zuhrah ( ar, هالة بنت وهيب بن عبد مناف بن زهرة), was one of
Abd al-Muttalib's wives.
Biography
Halah married
Abd al-Muttalib the same day as her cousin
Aminah bint Wahb ibn Abd Manaf ibn Zuhrah, the mother of the
Islamic prophet
Prophets in Islam ( ar, الأنبياء في الإسلام, translit=al-ʾAnbiyāʾ fī al-ʾIslām) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and to serve as models of ideal human behaviour. Some prophets ar ...
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mon ...
, married
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib.
She was the mother of
Hamza
Hamza ( ar, همزة ') () is a letter in the Arabic alphabet, representing the glottal stop . Hamza is not one of the 28 "full" letters and owes its existence to historical inconsistencies in the standard writing system. It is derived from ...
,
Safiyya,
al-Muqawwim and
Ḥajl. Thus Hamza was related to Muhammad in several ways. He was a second cousin (on his mother's side); an uncle (on his father's side); and foster-brother by
Thuwaybah, the freed slave girl of
Abu Lahab. Hamza and Muhammad were also brothers-in-law, as Hamza's wife
Salma bint Umays was a half-sister of
Maymuna, a wife of Muhammad. Another sister,
Umm Fadl, was married to
Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, another uncle of Muhammad.
Halah's brothers include Malik (father of
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas) and Nawfal.
Family tree
* * indicates that the marriage order is disputed
* Note that direct lineage is marked in bold.
See also
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Halah (name)
Halah ( ar, هالة), as an Arabic name is female. It is also a Hebrew name.
Halah as a given name or a surname can be associated with:
* Halah binte Wahab, one of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim's wives
* Halah bint Khuwailid, the sister of Muhammad' ...
*
Wahb
*
Family tree of Muhammad
References
External links
*http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cousin/html/p354.htm#i21678
6th-century women
6th-century Arabs
Women companions of the Prophet
Family of Muhammad
Sahabah ancestors
Banu Zuhrah
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