Sahlah bint Suhail was a sahabiyah of the

Islamic prophet Prophets in Islam ( ar, الأنبياء في الإسلام, translit=al-ʾAnbiyāʾ fī al-ʾIslām) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and to serve as models of ideal human behaviour. Some prophets a ...

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...

. She was married to

Abu Hudaifah ibn Utbah Abū Ḥudhayfa ibn ʿUtba (Arabic: أبو حذيفة بن عتبة; died 633), full name Abū Ḥudhayfa ibn ʿUtba ibn Rabīʿa was an early companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the son of Utba ibn Rabi'a, one of the Leaders of Ban ...

. They had an adoptive son named

Salim mawla Abu Hudaifa Salim Mawla Abi Hudhayfa ( ar, سَالِم مَوْلَىٰ أَبِي حُذَيْفَة, ') was a Persian

. She was amongst the women who migrated to

Abyssinia The Ethiopian Empire (), also formerly known by the exonym Abyssinia, or just simply known as Ethiopia (; Amharic and Tigrinya: ኢትዮጵያ , , Oromo: Itoophiyaa, Somali: Itoobiya, Afar: ''Itiyoophiyaa''), was an empire that historical ...

, a journey which Abu Hudhaifah also undertook. While in Abyssinia she gave birth to Abu Hudhaifah's son, Muhammad ibn Abu Hudhaifah.

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