Sawdah bint Zam'ah

Sawdah bint Zam'ah
Mother of the Believers
سَوْدَةُ بنت زَمَعَةَ
Born
Sawdah bint Zamʿah

c. 566–580 CE
Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia
(present-day Saudi Arabia)
DiedShawwal 22 AH ; c. September/October 644 or 674 CE.
Medina, Hejaz, Arabia
(present-day Saudi Arabia)
Resting placeAl-Baqi Cemetery, Medina
Known forSecond wife of Muhammad
Titleʾumm ul-mumineen
Spouses
  • As-Sakran ibn Amr (died 619)
  • Muhammad (m. 619/620; died 632)
ChildrenAbdur Rahman ibn Sakran
Parent
  • Zam'ah ibn Qays (father)
    Al-Shamus bint Qays (mother) (from Banu Najjar)
FamilyBanu Amir (by birth)
Ahl al-Bayt (by marriage)

Sawdah bint Zamʿah (Arabic: سودة بنت زمعة) was the second wife of Muhammad and regarded as "Umm-ul-Mu'mineen" (Arabic: أمّ المؤمنين, romanized: ʾumm al-muʾminīn), "Mother of the Believers".