al-Jawniyya
الجونية
A woman of Kinda contracted to the Prophet but the marriage was not consummated; the sira literature disagrees on her name and the details, and al-Raheeq records only her well-known byname.
At a glance
- Roles
- other
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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WomenFamily, marriage and kinship
Place in the story
Unknown (unknown)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
A woman of Kinda for whom a marriage contract was concluded with the Prophet though he never consummated it; the biographers differ on her name and the details of her story 1.
Her account
Al-Rahiq al-Makhtum states the Prophet contracted marriage with thirteen women, consummated with eleven; of the two he did not consummate with, one was of Banu Kilab and the other of Kinda — she being the one known as al-Jawniyya 1. The source's wording affirms the disagreements around her: "and there are differences that need no expounding" 1.
For young visitors
Among the Prophet's wives by contract was a woman of the tribe of Kinda known as al-Jawniyya, but the marriage ended before consummation.
Connections
- Spouse of
- Muhammad
People and things also explored
The marriage of Fatima and AliThe Prophet's marriage to KhadijaThe Prophet's marriage to Sawda bint Zam'aAmina bint WahbFatima bint MuhammadJuwayriya bint al-HarithKhadija bint KhuwaylidSawda bint Zam'a
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 475
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Jawniyya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-jawniyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.