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INTRODUCTION
Sawdah bint Zun-üah (may Allah be pleased with her) was the second wife of the trustworthy Prophet (peace be upon him). The Prophet (peace be upon him) married her after his wife, Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, had passed away.
Her father was Zuniah ibn Qays ibn Abd Shams ibn Abd Wadd ibn s Amir ibn Lu’ayy ibn Ghalib. Thus, her lineage meets with that of the Prophet (peace be upon him) in Lu j ayy.
As for her mother, she was Ash-Shamus bint Qays ibn Zayd who belonged to the tribe of Banu Amir ibn Ghanm ibn ‘Addyy ibn an-Najjar al-Ansari. She was the niece of Salma bint Amr ibn Zayd, the mother of Abd al-Muttalib.
Sawdah bint Zum\ah was one of the noble high born ladies of Quraysh. In fact, she was from among the best of her contemporaries. Imam adh-Dhahabi described her, “She was a venerable and noble lady.
Ibn Suad said, “Sawdah embraced Islam in its early stage and gave her pledge to the Prophet (peace be upon him). Her husband as-Sakran ibn who was a brother of the great Companion Suhayl ibn al-Amiriyy, also embraced Islam and they both migrated to Abyssinia.”(SOURCE: Wives of Prophet Muhammad, Their Strives and Their Lives by Muhammad Fathi Mus’ ad)
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