Maymuna bint al-Harith
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Maymuna bint al-Harith (Arabic: ميمونه بنت الحارث , Ottoman Turkish: Meymune Binti Hâris ) (c. 594 - 674) was a wife of Muhammad and therefore a Mother of the Believers.
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[edit] Family
Her original name was Burrah, but Muhammad changed it to Maimunah.
Her other half-sisters, Asma bint Umais and Salma bint Umays, later married Abu Bakr and Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib. Her full sisters were Lubaba and Izza.
She asked Muhammad to marry her, and he accepted the offer. She married Muhammad when he was 60 years old and she was 36. Placing the marriage in 630. Zaynab bint Khuzayma, the previous wife of Muhammad who had died earlier, was her half-sister.
[edit] Marriage to Muhammad
She dedicated herself to him and following the Qur'an; "And any believing woman who offers herself freely to [Muhammad] and whom [Muhammad] might be willing to wed" (Qur'an 33:50). The relevant clause reads, literally, "if she offered herself as a gift (in wahabat nafsaha) to [Muhammad]." Most of the classical commentators take this to mean "without demanding or expecting a dower (mahr)", which, as far as ordinary Muslims are concerned, is an essential item in a marriage agreement.[1]
She lived with Muhammad for only three years until his death. She died at the age of 80.
[edit] References
- ^ Tafseer of 33:50, Muhammad Asad
