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Umm Salamah, The wise counsellor

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Family of the Prophet ﷺThe wise counsellor

Umm Salamahأم سلمة

Approximate dateMadinah

A widow of great wisdom whose advice saved the day at Hudaybiyyah.

Hind, known as Umm Salamah, migrated to Abyssinia and then to Madinah, where she was separated from her husband and child for a year. When Abu Salamah died, she said the prayer the Prophet ﷺ taught for loss, and Allah gave her someone better: the Prophet ﷺ himself. At Hudaybiyyah, when the Companions hesitated, she advised him to shave his head first, and they all followed.

What does the Quran say?

33:6

What does the hadith say?

Sahih Muslim 918a

What grew out of it?

She was the last of the Mothers of the Believers to die.

The lesson

Say the prayer for loss and trust Allah to replace what was taken.

Who else is linked?

MadinahMuhammad ﷺHasan al-BasriAksum (Abyssinia)

Who lived at the same time?

Muhammad ﷺThe Three Who Stayed BehindZayd ibn HarithaJabalah ibn al-AyhamYazdegerd IIIAl-MuqawqisHeracliusConstans II

Source: hadith · Wikipedia

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