ANSWERED: Hadrat Halima Sadiya (radiallahu anha)

[ridhwan]

Assalaam alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu

In regards to Hadrat Haleema Sadiya (radiallahu anha) the foster-mother of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam)

I need to know the year of death

Please provide source (kitaab or web link)

JazakAllah Khair

[ridhwan]

no one knows ?

[UmmIbrahimIsa]

assalamu alaikum wr wb

sorry it doesnt really list a year of when she passed away. I tried looking for it but came upon nothing.

[ridhwan]

wa'alaikum assalaam wr wb

jazakAllah for the response

any idea of the age ? if not exact date of death

I know it's similar but might be mentioned somewhere

[UmmIbrahimIsa]

assalamu alaikum wr wb

no i dont know... but when in feeling like you dont know where to turn, ask a qualified scholar or sheikh. or in this case, you can ask on sunnipath thats what i did regarding the olympics and got my reply within a day.

[Husain]

Salaams
Your question is a real stumper. None of the historians have any real detail about the age or death of Halimah Sa'diyah. This much is known that she visited Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi wasallam) in the year 8 A.H. Her age would have been over 90 at the time, as when she breast-fed Nabi (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) her age would have been at least 30, and this as sixty years later.
This has been mentioned by Ibn Kathir in Al Bidayah Wan Nihayah Vol.4 Pg.364. The narations of her visiting Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) are mentioned by Hafiz ibn Hajr in al-Isabah Vol.7 Pg.584.
And Allah Ta'ala knows best

[ridhwan]

Your question is a real stumper.

lol .. tricky isn't it!

JazakAllah Khair for the info brother ..

I've posted the Q in sunnipath as sister UmmIbrahimIsa suggested

[ridhwan]

I've posted the Q in sunnipath as sister UmmIbrahimIsa suggested

And never got a reply!

[Husain]

Probably as the historians have never mentioned the date of her death!

[waafiya]

:salam:

I checked up on a couple kitaabs and came upon this:


The year of death of Hadrat Halima (ra) is not known for sure. There are claims that she died before revelation had occurred, or before Mecca was conquered, or after the death of Rasulullah (alayhissalaatu wassalaam) - though in light of the fact that she had accepted Islam, it is estimated that she died after revalation started and prior to the conquest of Mecca. In this case, the narrations (Ibnu'l-Jawzi, al-Wifa, I, 115; Diyarbaqri, Tarikh-ul-khaamis, I, 228) that Hadrat Halima came to Hadrat Abu Bakr (ra) and Hadrat Omar (ra) after the death of Rasulullah (alayhissalaatu wassalaam), and that they had dealt with her genorously (i.e. with food) should be taken with caution.

And of course, Allah subhana wa ta'ala knows best.

:salam: