The Ghamidi woman
المرأة الغامدية
A woman of the Ghamid tribe who came to the Prophet in 9 AH and confessed to fornication; he turned her away repeatedly, deferred the penalty until she bore and weaned her child, and she was stoned — he said of her repentance that, apportioned, it would suffice seventy people of Medina.
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- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
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Place in the story
- VictimTradition
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Summary
The Ghamidi woman, a woman of the tribe of Ghamid who came to the Prophet in year 9 AH and confessed herself guilty of the grave offence 1.
Her confession and [[event/stoning-of-al-ghamidiyya|stoning]]
She came and confessed before the Prophet, who turned her back repeatedly, then deferred her until she bore her son and weaned him; she was stoned after his weaning 1. The Prophet said of her that she had repented a repentance which, divided among seventy of Medina's people, would have sufficed them 2.
For young visitors
A woman confessed a grave sin before the Prophet and insisted on bearing its punishment after her child had grown; the Prophet described her repentance as truly immense.
Connections
- Participated in
- The stoning of the Ghamidi woman
People and things also explored
The Prophetic EraMuhammadMedinaThe stoning of the Ghamidi womanJāhilī Marriage FormsWaʾd (Infant Burial)The Incident of the Slander (Hadith al-Ifk)The marriage of Fatima and Ali
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 439
- Sahih Muslim
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islam.museum contributors. “The Ghamidi woman”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-ghamidiyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.