Halimah al-Sa'diyah
The wet-nurse of Banu Sa'd who fostered the infant Prophet ﷺ.
The foster-mother and wet-nurse of the infant Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, from the desert tribe Banu Sa’d ibn Bakr.
Identity
- Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb of Banu Sa’d; took the infant Muhammad ﷺ to nurse in the desert, per the Meccan custom of sending noble children to be raised among the Bedouin for health and language.
Key episodes
- Reports describe blessing and ease entering her household during his fostering.
- The splitting of the chest (shaqq al-sadr) is traditionally placed in these years — an account of angels purifying the Prophet’s heart. Reliability: narrated in Sahih Muslim and in the classical Seerah (Ibn Ishaq); recorded here as an established tradition, noted as such rather than asserted as plain history — see Birth & Early Childhood of the Prophet ﷺ Open questions.
Cross-references
Muhammad ﷺ · Aminah bint Wahb · Birth & Early Childhood of the Prophet ﷺ
Sources
- S001 — Mubarakpuri, Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum.
- S002 — Lings, Muhammad.