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The Prophet's ﷺ household

Juwayriyah bint al-Ḥārith رضي الله عنها

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A Mother of the Believers taught remembrance and fasting guidance by the Prophet ﷺ.

Women of the companions

The Prophet ﷺ taught her words of remembrance

Family and household

Her challenges and choices

  • ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها reported that Juwayriyah رضي الله عنها was among the captives and had entered an agreement to purchase her freedom. She came to the Prophet ﷺ seeking help with its payment.
  • She remained in her prayer place from the morning until the Prophet ﷺ returned later that morning.

Her standing in the sources

  • The Prophet ﷺ offered to pay for her freedom and marry her, and she accepted. ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها reported that, after the marriage became known, people freed captives related to him ﷺ by marriage, amounting to one hundred families of Banū al-Muṣṭaliq.
  • He ﷺ taught her words of remembrance to repeat three times.
  • When she fasted on a Friday without fasting Thursday or intending to fast Saturday, he ﷺ told her to break that fast.

    Connected lives

    • ʿĀʾishah bint Abī Bakr رضي الله عنها

      ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها reported that Juwayriyah رضي الله عنها was among the captives and had entered an agreement to purchase her freedom. She came to the Prophet ﷺ seeking help with its payment.

    Sources and accounts

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    Juwayriyah bint al-Ḥārith رضي الله عنها

    • The Prophet ﷺ taught her words of remembrance

      Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2726a
    • ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها reported that Juwayriyah رضي الله عنها was among the captives and had entered an agreement to purchase her freedom. She came to the Prophet ﷺ seeking help with its payment.

      Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3931 (Ḥasan, al-Albānī)
    • She remained in her prayer place from the morning until the Prophet ﷺ returned later that morning.

      Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2726a
    • The Prophet ﷺ offered to pay for her freedom and marry her, and she accepted. ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها reported that, after the marriage became known, people freed captives related to him ﷺ by marriage, amounting to one hundred families of Banū al-Muṣṭaliq.

      Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3931 (Ḥasan, al-Albānī)
    • He ﷺ taught her words of remembrance to repeat three times.

      Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2726a
    • When she fasted on a Friday without fasting Thursday or intending to fast Saturday, he ﷺ told her to break that fast.

      Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1986
    • Biographical account and appearances

      Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2726a; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1986

    Connected accounts

    • ʿĀʾishah bint Abī Bakr رضي الله عنها — ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها reported that Juwayriyah رضي الله عنها was among the captives and had entered an agreement to purchase her freedom. She came to the Prophet ﷺ seeking help with its payment.

      Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3931 (Ḥasan, al-Albānī)
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