The companions رضي الله عنهم
Khawlah bint Thaʿlabah رضي الله عنها
خولة بنت ثعلبة
A woman who brought her complaint about her husband to the Prophet ﷺ; the report connects it to Al-Mujādilah 58:1.
She brought her complaint to the Prophet ﷺ
Her challenges and choices
- ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها reported that Khawlah bint Thaʿlabah رضي الله عنها complained that, after she had grown older and borne her husband children, he pronounced ẓihār against her, a declaration treating his wife as forbidden to him like his mother. She brought her complaint to the Prophet ﷺ and complained to Allah.
Her standing in the sources
- ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها reported that some of Khawlah's رضي الله عنها words were inaudible to her, and that Al-Mujādilah 58:1 was revealed concerning her complaint.
In the Qur'an
- Al-Mujādilah 58:1 — The report explicitly connects her complaint with this revelation.Reported occasion of revelation
Connected lives
- ʿĀʾishah bint Abī Bakr رضي الله عنها
ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها reported that Khawlah bint Thaʿlabah رضي الله عنها complained that, after she had grown older and borne her husband children, he pronounced ẓihār against her, a declaration treating his wife as forbidden to him like his mother. She brought her complaint to the Prophet ﷺ and complained to Allah.
Sources and accounts
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Khawlah bint Thaʿlabah رضي الله عنها
She brought her complaint to the Prophet ﷺ
Sunan an-Nasāʾī 3460 (Ṣaḥīḥ, Darussalam)ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها reported that Khawlah bint Thaʿlabah رضي الله عنها complained that, after she had grown older and borne her husband children, he pronounced ẓihār against her, a declaration treating his wife as forbidden to him like his mother. She brought her complaint to the Prophet ﷺ and complained to Allah.
Sunan Ibn Mājah 2063 (Ṣaḥīḥ, al-Albānī)ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها reported that some of Khawlah's رضي الله عنها words were inaudible to her, and that Al-Mujādilah 58:1 was revealed concerning her complaint.
Sunan an-Nasāʾī 3460 (Ṣaḥīḥ, Darussalam)58:1 — The report explicitly connects her complaint with this revelation.
Sunan an-Nasāʾī 3460 (Ṣaḥīḥ, Darussalam)Biographical account and appearances
Sunan an-Nasāʾī 3460 (Ṣaḥīḥ, Darussalam); Sunan Ibn Mājah 2063 (Ṣaḥīḥ, al-Albānī)
Connected accounts
ʿĀʾishah bint Abī Bakr رضي الله عنها — ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها reported that Khawlah bint Thaʿlabah رضي الله عنها complained that, after she had grown older and borne her husband children, he pronounced ẓihār against her, a declaration treating his wife as forbidden to him like his mother. She brought her complaint to the Prophet ﷺ and complained to Allah.
Sunan Ibn Mājah 2063 (Ṣaḥīḥ, al-Albānī)