Mother of the Believers

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Mother of the Believers is an honorific Islamic title given to the wives of the Prophet Muhammad, signifying their revered and maternal status within the Muslim community.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic honorific title
religious title
appliesTo wives of the Prophet Muhammad
appliesToGroup Aisha bint Abi Bakr
Hafsa bint Umar
Juwayriya bint al-Harith
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
Maymunah bint al-Harith
Safiyya bint Huyayy
Sawda bint Zam‘a
linked to: Sawda bint Zamʿa

Umm Habiba (Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan)
linked to: Umm Habiba

Umm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)
linked to: Umm Salama

Zaynab bint Jahsh
ArabicForm Umm al-Mu’minin
linked to: Umm al-Mu'minin
associatedConcept ahl al-bayt
wives of the Prophet
associatedWithPerson Prophet Muhammad
linked to: Muhammad
conferredBy revelation in the Qur’an
conveysStatus honor
respect
spiritual motherhood
definesRelationshipTo Muslim community
denotes special legal status of the Prophet’s wives
special spiritual status of the Prophet’s wives
excludes other women of the Muslim community
hasCollectiveRole moral exemplars for Muslims
teachers of Islamic knowledge
transmitters of hadith
hasDoctrinalSignificance prohibition of marriage to the Prophet’s widows after him
hasMeaning revered and maternal status within the Muslim community
hasPluralForm Mothers of the Believers
impliesObligationOf defense of their honor
respect from Muslims
isTitleOfRespectFor female figures in early Islam
languageOfOrigin Arabic
linkedToVerse Qur’an 33:53
Qur’an 33:6
mentionedIn Qur’an
linked to: Quran
mentionedInSurah Surah al-Ahzab
regionOfOrigin Arabian Peninsula
relationshipType symbolic motherhood
timeOfOrigin 7th century CE
usedBy Muslim laypeople
Muslim scholars
usedInGenre Islamic jurisprudence
hadith literature
sira (Prophetic biography)
usedInReligion Islam

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Khadijah bint Khuwaylid title Mother of the Believers
Aisha bint Abi Bakr honorificTitle Mother of the Believers
Sawda bint Zamʿa honorificTitle Mother of the Believers
Hafsa bint Umar title Mother of the Believers
Zaynab bint Jahsh title Mother of the Believers
Juwayriya bint al-Harith honorificTitle Mother of the Believers
Safiyya bint Huyayy honorificTitle Mother of the Believers
Safiyya bint Huyayy category Mothers of the Believers
linked to: Mother of the Believers
Maymunah bint al-Harith title Mother of the Believers
Mother of the Believers hasPluralForm Mothers of the Believers
linked to: Mother of the Believers
Aisha bint Abi Bakr role Mother of the Believers
subject linked to: Aisha
Juwayriya bint al-Harith honorificTitle Mother of the Believers
subject linked to: Juwayriya
Juwayriya bint al-Harith category Mothers of the Believers
subject linked to: Juwayriya
linked to: Mother of the Believers
Juwayriya bint al-Harith roleInIslam Mother of the Believers
subject linked to: Juwayriya
Umm al-Mu'minin meaning Mother of the Believers
Umm al-Mu'minin appliesToGroup Mothers of the Believers
linked to: Mother of the Believers
Umm al-Mu'minin orthographicVariant أم المؤمنين
linked to: Mother of the Believers
Ramla bint Abi Sufyan honorificTitle Mother of the Believers
Umar ibn Abi Salama motherTitle Mother of the Believers (for Umm Salama)
linked to: Mother of the Believers
Barrah bint al-Harith title Mother of the Believers
Hind bint Abi Umayya category Mothers of the Believers
linked to: Mother of the Believers