The Prophet's marriage to Sawda bint Zam'a
زواج النبي من سودة بنت زمعة
c. 619 CE
The marriage of Prophet Muhammad to Sawda bint Zam'a in Shawwal of the tenth year of prophethood, his first marriage after the death of Khadija.
Depth
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
WomenFamily, marriage and kinship
Connections
- Had participant
- Sawda bint Zam'aMuhammad
- Occurred at
- Mecca
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
People and things also explored
The HijraThe second migration to AbyssiniaThe Prophet's marriage to KhadijaSawda bint Zam'aThe three years of the secret callThe Battle of HunaynThe Pledge of the Tree (Bay'at al-Ridwan)The boycott of the Banu Hashim
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir (Bewley translation, Ta-Ha)
- Sahih al-Bukhari
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islam.museum contributors. “The Prophet's marriage to Sawda bint Zam'a”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/marriage-to-sawda/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.