Maria al qibtiyya spouse meaning
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Maria al-Qibtiyya
Concubine of Muhammad
Māriyya bint Shamʿūn (Arabic: ماریة بنت شمعون), better known as Māriyyah al-Qibṭiyyah or al-Qubṭiyya (Arabic: مارية القبطية), or Maria the Copt, died 637, was an Egyptian woman who, along with her sister Sirin bint Shamun, was given as a slave to the Islamic prophetMuhammad in 628 by Al-Muqawqis, a Christian governor of Alexandria, during the territory's Sasanian occupation. It is a subject of speculation if she married Muhammad or continued to be a concubine. She spent the rest of her life in Medina, and had a son, Ibrahim with Muhammad. The son died in his infancy, aged 2, and she died almost five years later.[2]
Al-Maqrizi says that she was a native of Hebenu (Coptic: ⲡⲙⲁⲛϩⲁⲃⲓⲛ, Koinē Greek: Ἀλάβαστρων πόλιςAlábastrōn pólis, Arabic: الحفن, romanized: al-Khafn), a village located near Antinoöpolis.[3]
Biography
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Waqar Akbar Cheema
Abstract
Maria, the Copt, sent to Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) by the Patriarch of Alexandria spent the rest of her life in Madina where she embraced Islam and lived with the Prophet () eventually bearing him a son. Though generally well-known in the Islamic tradition as a concubine of the Prophet (ﷺ) and not a wife, she has in a recently pressed view been raised to the status of a wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) by certain modern-day scholars. Here we analyze the arguments of this relatively new opinion and analyze their comparative strength against the positive arguments of the traditional position on the issue.
1. Introduction
Among the issues related to the private life of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) the status of Maria the Copt, has been a subject of discussion in recent times. When the Prophet (ﷺ) sent his envoy to the Patriarch of Alexandria soon after the Truce of Hudaibiya in Dhu al-Qa‘da 6/March 628 he besides lending an ear, treated the envoy with honor an
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Was Mariyah al-Qibtiyyah one of the Mothers of the Believers?
Praise be to Allah.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not marry Mariyah al-Qibtiyyah, rather she was a concubine who was given to him by al-Muqawqis, the ruler of Egypt. That took place after the treaty of al-Hudaybiyah. Mariyah al-Qibtiyyah was a Christian, then she became Muslim (may Allah be pleased with her).
Ibn Sa’d said:
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) lodged her – meaning Mariyah al-Qibtiyyah and her sister – with Umm Sulaym bint Milhaan, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) entered upon them and told them about Islam. He took Mariyah as a concubine and moved her to some property of his in al-‘Awaali… and she became a good Muslim.
Al-Tabaqaat al-Kubra, 1/134-135
Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr said:
Mariyah died during the caliphate of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab, in Muharram of 16 AH. ‘Umar gathered the p