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Sawda bint Zamʿa

589 - 674

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Sawda bint Zam'a (Arabic: سودة بنت زمعة) was the second wife of Muhammad and regarded as "Umm-ul-Mu'mineen" (Arabic: أمّ المؤمنين, romanized: ʾumm al-muʾminīn), "Mother of the Believers". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sawda bint Zamʿa is the 95th most popular companion (down from 73rd in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 55th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Saudi Arabian Companion.

Sawda bint Zamʿa was a woman who was married to the Prophet Muhammad. She is most famous for being one of the first women to convert to Islam.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Sawda bint Zamʿa ranks 95 out of 784. Before her are Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Hortense de Beauharnais, Rabia Bala Hatun, Isabella of France, Katharina von Bora, and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece. After her are Antinous, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Blanche of Castile, Malhun Hatun, and Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 589, Sawda bint Zamʿa ranks 1. After her are Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, Bavo of Ghent, Miqdad ibn Aswad, and Muhammad ibn Maslamah. Among people deceased in 674, Sawda bint Zamʿa ranks 2. Before her is Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas. After her are Maymunah bint al-Harith, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Hassan ibn Thabit, and Seaxburh of Wessex.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Sawda bint Zamʿa ranks 52 out of 354. Before her are Abdullah I of Jordan (1882), Zubayr ibn al-Awam (594), Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567), Amr ibn Hishām (570), Muhammad al-Baqir (677), and Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (595). After her are Rayhana bint Zayd (600), Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah (582), Muhammad bin Qasim (695), Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad (603), Zaynab bint Ali (626), and Hasan al-Basri (642).

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Among COMPANIONS In Saudi Arabia

Among companions born in Saudi Arabia, Sawda bint Zamʿa ranks 8. Before her are Khadija bint Khuwaylid (556), Fatimah (604), Hafsa bint Umar (602), Zainab bint Muhammad (600), Zayd ibn Harithah (581), and Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567). After her are Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad (603), Juwayriyya bint al-Harith (608), Wahshi ibn Harb (700), Jabir ibn Abd Allah (607), Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh (580), and Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr (631).

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