Sajah

Sajah
BornUnknown
Diedafter 661 CE[1] / 675 AD[2]
Known forBeing part of Wars of Apostasy
SpouseMusaylimah
FatherAl-Harith ibn Suwayd

Sajah bint Al-Harith ibn Suwayd al-Taghlibi (Arabic: سجاح بنت الحارث بن سويد التغلبي, fl. 630s CE) from the tribe of Banu Taghlib,[1] was an Arab Christian protected first by her tribe; then causing a split within the Arab tribes and finally defended by Banu Hanifa. Sajah was one of a series of people (including her future husband) who claimed prophethood in the 7th-century Arabia and was also the only female claiming to be a prophetess during the Wars of Apostasy in the early Islamic Period.

  1. ^ a b Fayda, Mustafa (2009). SECÂH - An article published in 36th volume of Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam (in Turkish). Vol. 36. Istanbul: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam. p. 266. ISBN 978-97-53-89566-8. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sajah at-Tamimi; Muhammad Sulaiman Taqush was invoked but never defined (see the help page).