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Sayyidah Haleemah (r.a.)
After Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) was fed by Sayyidah Thuwaibah (radhiyallahu ‘anha), he was next fed by Sayyidah Haleemah Sa’diyyah (radhiyallahu ‘anha).
Among the noble Arab families, when a child would be born, they would send the child to grow up in the countryside, away from the city. They would do this because the air in the countryside was clean and pure, so growing up in the countryside would make the child strong and healthy. Also, the people in the countryside spoke …
An Opportunity to Purchase Paradise
Imagine a person who prepares a pot of food and sends it to his affluent neighbours next door, as a gesture of Islamic character and neighbourly love. Next, imagine a person who prepares a pot of food, and then personally travels to a rural township many kilometres away to feed a household that is dying of starvation.
Outwardly, both people carried out the same action of sending a pot of food to a household. However, while both actions are meritorious and …
Sayyidah Thuwaibah (r.a.)
For the first three or four days after Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) was born, it was his mother, Aaminah, who fed him and gave him milk to drink. Thereafter, he was fed by Sayyidah Thuwaibah (radhiyallahu ‘anha).
Sayyidah Thuwaibah (radhiyallahu ‘anha) was first a slave. She belonged to Abu Lahab, the uncle of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam). When Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) was born, it was Sayyidah Thuwaibah (radhiyallahu ‘anha) who came to her master, Abu Lahab, to give him the good …
