The WET NURSES of Prophet Mohammad (Peace and blessings be upon him)
The wet nurses of the Prophet were
1:Umm Aiman Barakah
2:Thuwaibah
3:Haleemah As-Sa’diyyah (Peace be upon them all)
Umm Aiman Barakah Al- Habashiyyah was the female slave of his father, ‘Abdullah and she was from Abyssinia. When the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) was born, and after his father had died, Umm Aiman
nursed the Prophet(Peace and blessings be upon him).
Then, when the Messenger of Allah grew
older, he freed her and married her off to Zaid ibn Haarithah
The Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him)
died first, and then Umm Aiman died five
months later.
The first woman to breast-feed the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him)was Thuwaibah, the female slave of Abu Lahab.
Zainab bint Abu Salamah related that Umm Habeebah informed her that she once said to
the Prophet(Peace and blessings be upon him) “O Messenger of Allah, marry my sister, the
daughter of Abu Sufyaan.” Surprised that she would want him to
have another wife – since that ran contrary to the nature of
women – the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him)said, “And would you love for that (to
happen)?” She said, “Yes, I am not alone [as things stand (i.e.,
as things stand now, I still have to share you with other wives)],
but the person I would love most to share with me in goodness is
my sister’
The Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him)said, “Verily, that is not permissible for
me’ referring to the fact that it is not permissible for a man to be
married to two sisters at the same time. She said, “Verily, we
are told that you want to marry the daughter of Abu Salamah.”
The Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) asked, “The daughter of Umm Salamah?” She
said, “Yes.” The Prophet said, “Had she not been my Rabeebah
(the daughter of my wife – one that is born from another man) in
my household, she would (still) not be lawful to me (so there are
two reasons why it was not lawful for him to marry her). She is
the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding, for Thuwaibah
breast-fed both Abu Salamah and me.”
