The Prophet’s Sirah • Series 32B

Mothers of the Believers (Part 2)

Ummahat al-Mu’minin: Umm Salamah, Zaynab bint Jahsh, Juwayriyah, Umm Habibah, Safiyyah and Maymunah, According to the Qur’an and Authentic Hadith

A widow who prayed with certainty, and Allah replaced her husband with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. A chief’s daughter whose marriage freed a hundred families. The daughter of Islam’s enemy, freed and honoured as “the daughter of a Prophet”. Book 32B of The Prophet’s Sirah (Part 2) tells of Umm Salamah, Zaynab bint Jahsh, Juwayriyah, Umm Habibah, Safiyyah and Maymunah — the Mothers of the Believers.

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What You Will Learn

Umm Salamah — the supplication in calamity (Sahih Muslim 918), seeing Jibril (Sahih al-Bukhari 3634) and wise counsel at Hudaybiyah (2731).
Zaynab bint Jahsh — abolishing the custom of adoption (Al-Ahzab 33:5, 37, 40), “Allah married me off” (7420), the verse of hijab (4791) and “the longest hand”.
Juwayriyah — a marriage that freed a hundred families (Sunan Abi Dawud 3931) and words that weigh more (Sahih Muslim 2726).
Umm Habibah — steadfast in Abyssinia, married by the Negus (Sunan Abi Dawud 2107) and mourning three days (1280).
Safiyyah and Maymunah — freed and married (5086), “daughter of a Prophet” (Tirmidhi 3894), i‘tikaf (2035) and the fiqh of purification (249).
Mariyah, Ibrahim and after him — “the eye weeps, the heart grieves” (1303), our manners towards the Mothers of the Believers, and a table of lessons for all 11 wives.

وَٱذۡكُرۡنَ مَا يُتۡلَىٰ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡحِكۡمَةِۚ

“And remember what is recited in your houses of the verses of Allah and wisdom.”

Surah Al-Ahzab (33): 34 — Sahih International

🌿 Reflection Our mothers came from different backgrounds — rich and poor, Quraysh and non-Quraysh, Arab and of Israelite descent — yet they were united by faith. Honour is measured not by lineage, but by piety and deeds.

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The story of the Mothers of the Believers (Part 2) in 32 chapters — Umm Salamah (her family’s emigration, the supplication in calamity, the proposal, seeing Jibril, Hudaybiyah), Zaynab bint Jahsh (the adoption custom, “Allah married me off”, the feast and the verse of hijab, “the longest hand”), Juwayriyah (freeing her people, words that weigh more), Umm Habibah (Abyssinia, the Negus, the Prophet’s mat, mourning), Safiyyah (freed and married, daughter of a Prophet, i‘tikaf), Maymunah (the last wife, purification, Sarif), Mariyah and Ibrahim, our mothers after him, many backgrounds in one home, and our manners towards them — with eight Hadith with linked chains, Qur’anic verses with the exegesis of Ibn Kathir, a figure and tables.

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