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Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb was the foster-mother and wetnurse of the Islamic prophet Muhammad .1 Halimah and her husband were from the tribe of Sa'd b. Bakr, a subdivision of Hawazin (a large North Arabian tribe or group of tribes). Other transliterations or versions of her name are Halimah bint Abdullah and Halimah As-Sa'diyah. She died in Cyprus at an old age when she fell from her mule during a siege of Larnaca. She was buried near the salt lake and her grave became a sacred shrine. The shrine, and later the mosque and the whole complex was named after her. According to Shia belief, her grave lies in Jannatul Baqi , Madinah, Saudi Arabia.2
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Halimah daughter of `Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn Shijnah as-Sa'diyyah of the (tribe of) Bana Sa'd ibn Hawazin nursed Muhammad until he reached the age of weaning. Thuwaybah, the servant of Aba Lahab ibn `Abdi l-Muttalib, also nursed him while nursing her own son Masrah. This was before Halimah accepted the task
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Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb Abdullah ibn Al-Harith ibn Shagna ibn Jaber ibn Razam ibn Nasera ibn Faseya ibn Nasr ibn Sa'ad ibn Bakr ibn Hawazen ibn Mansour ibn Ikrima ibn Khasfah ibn Qays ibn 'Ilan best known as Halimah al-Sa‘diyah ( ) was the foster-mother and wetnurse of the Islamic prophet Muhammad . Halimah and her husband were from the tribe of Sa'd b. Bakr, a subdivision of Hawazin (a large North Arabian tribe or group of tribes).
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Halimah al-Sa'diyah ( ) was the foster-mother and wetnurse of the Islamic prophet Muhammad . Halimah and her husband were from the tribe of Sa'd b. Bakr, a subdivision of Hawazin (a large North Arabian tribe or group of tribes).
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Foster-mother and wetnurse of Muhammad Halimah al-Sa'diyah ( ), was the foster-mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad . Halimah and her husband were from the tribe of Sa'd b. Bakr, a subdivision of Hawazin (a large North Arabian tribe or group of tribes).
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Foster-mother and wetnurse of Muhammad Halima bint Abi Dhu'ayb al-Sa'diyya ( Arabic : حليمة بنت أبي ذؤيب السعدية ) was the foster-mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad . Halimah and her husband were from the tribe of Sa'd b. Bakr, a subdivision of Hawazin (a large North Arabian tribe or group of tribes).
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foster-mother and wetnurse of the islamic prophet muhammad
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foster-mother of the islamic prophet muhammad
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