Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb 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).^[1] 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]

[edit] See also

• Sahaba
• Aminah bint Wahab
• Hala Sultan Tekke

[edit] References

1. ^ William Montgomery Watt, Ḥalīma Bint Abī Ḏh̲u;ayb, Encyclopedia of Islam
2. ^ "Saudi Arabia". al-islam.org. http://www.al-islam.org/ziyarat/saudi.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-27. 

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