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In the same way as anyone else - by declaring in front of witnesses: "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger."

There are no records about the specific circumstances surrounding Sawda's conversion, or about her reasons for choosing Islam. However, it occurred in the first six years of Islam, making her a very early convert.

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When is sauda bint zama born?

Nobody knows. The Arab historians usually give each person's age at death, together with the year of death. They say that Sawda died in 674 but they don't give her age.


Why did Sawda bint Zama become a Muslim?

Nobody knows, because she never told anyone her reason.She was converted at an early date (between 610 and 614), when Muhammad was calling people to forsake idols and commit themselves to prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Perhaps Sawda liked the philosophical idea of only one God instead of several. Or perhaps she was attracted to the Islamic moral system or to the rituals.Very early Islam was a secret society with a feeling of "we few are privileged above the many". Perhaps Sawda liked the thrill of sharing the world's great secret. Or perhaps she was drawn in through her friendships: her husband was Muhammad's cousin, and Islam was then somethingof a famly affair.At this very early stage, Muhammad was not saying much about Heaven and Hell, so Sawda was probably not influenced by hopes or fears about her afterlife._____________________________________________________________I wonder of the question. Could you tell why you are Christian, or Jewish, or atheist, or Buddhist, or ..... Sure, she believed in the truthfulness of Islam religion per Quran revelation to prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) especially that prophet Muhammad was titled before being prophet as the trustful and the honest. Sawda bint Zam'a was the first woman to immigrate to Abyssinia with her first husband As-Sakran bin Amr, after being persecuted by the polytheists of Mecca (or Makkah).


When was muhammad's second wife born?

The exact date is not known, but it was sometime between August 613 and August 614._______________________________________________________The 2nd wife was Sawda bint Zama: Sawda bint Zamʿa ibn Qayyis ibn ʿAbd Shams was a wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and considered by Muslims to be a Mother of the Believers.Marriage with Muhammad between 0619 and June 8th, 0632 (13 years)died in 0674 (1339 years ago)Muhammad married her in the month of Shawwal, in the tenth year of His Prophet-hood, a few days after the death of Khadijah. Prior to that, she was married to a paternal cousin of hers called As-Sakran bin ‘Amr. She was considered homely and was older than Muhammad.It is not known precisely when she was born.


What was the age of sawda bint zama when she married prophet mohamed saw?

We don't know because her age is not recorded anywhere. But here are our clues.(1) Tabari says that she died in Shawwal 54 (September/October 674). If Muhammad had been alive by that date (he wasn't, of course) he would have been 104 years old! So Sawda was probably younger than Muhammad.(2)Muhammad considered divorcing Sawda "because she grew old". This probably means "because she reached menopause," and it was probably in early 627. So we know she was 45+ at that time.There are problems with this information. Tabari has been wrong over details before. I once read that Sawda died twenty years earlier than this, but that was in an unreferenced tertiary source, so I shall ignore that evidence. Also, we don't really know the date when Muhammed began to divorce her: although early 627 was a time when divorcing Sawda would have been very convenient to him, you basically have to slap on a "plus or minus five years" to that date.So my best guess is that Sawda was born in the early 580s and was probably close to forty when she married Muhammad in 620. This makes her well over ninety when she died, which is impressive but by no means impossible._______________________________________________________________Sawda bint Zam'a, may Allah be pleased with her had been the first woman to immigrate to Abyssinia in the way of Allah. Her husband ha died and she was now living with her aged father. She was middle-aged, rather plump, with a jolly, kindly disposition, and just the right person to take care of the Prophet's household and family. So Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) gave permission to Khawla to speak to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and to Sawda on the subject. Khawla went straight to Sawda and said, "Would you like Allah to give you great blessing, Sawda?" Sawda asked, "And what is that, Khawla?" She said, "The Messenger of Allah has sent me to you with a proposal of marriage!" Sawda tried to contain herself in spite of her utter astonishment and then replied in a trembling voice, "I would like that! Go to my father and tell him that." Khawla went to Zam'a, ad gruff old man, and greeted him and then said, "Muhammad son of Abdullah son of Abdul Muttalib, has sent me to ask for Sawda in marriage." The old man shouted, "A noble match. What does she say?" Khawla replied, "she would like that." He told her to call her. When she came, he said, "Sawda, this woman claims that Muhammad son of Abdullah son of Abdul Muttalib has sent me to ask for you in marriage. It is a noble match. Do you want me to marry you to him?" She accepted, feeling it was a great honor. Sawda went to live in Muhammad's house and immediately took over the care of his daughters and household, while Aisha bint Abu Bakr became betrothed to him and remained in her father's house playing with her dolls.There was great surprise in Mecca that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would choose to marry a widow who was neither young nor beautiful.When she was older, the prophet was worried that Sawda might be upset about having to compete with the prophet younger wives, and offered to divorce her. She said that she would give her night to Aisha, of whom she was very fond, because she only wanted to be his wife on the Day of Rising. She lived on until the end of the time of Umar ibn al Khattab. She and Aisha always remained very close.Sawda bint Zama: Sawda bint Zamʿa ibn Qayyis ibn ʿAbd Shams was a wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and considered by Muslims to be a Mother of the Believers. Marriage with Muhammad between 0619 and June 8th, 0632 (13 years)died in 0674 (1339 years ago)Muhammad married her in Shawwal, in the tenth year of His Prophethood, a few days after the death of Khadijah. Prior to that, she was married to a paternal cousin of hers called As-Sakran bin ‘Amr. She was considered homely and was older than Muhammad.However, some claim that she can not be older than Muhammad, if she really died in October 674 as mentioned above. Since Muhammad was born in 570, that would mean that she has lived more than 104 years which is less likely in those days,


When was sawda bint zama born?

Nobody knows, because nobody living at the same time ever mentioned her age at a given date. Some people have said she was "older" than Mohammed. This is very unlikely, because Mohammed was born in 570 and Sawda died in 674. So even if she was only one day older, she would have lived to be 104 years old! This is possible, but we would need better evidence to believe it for certain. It is true, however, that Mohammed considered divorcing her because she was "old". This probably means that she was older than his other wives. If she was ten years younger than Mohammed, and lived to be 94, she was still 13 years older than the next-oldest wife.


Are Battle of Zama and Camp Zama related?

As the Battle of Zama was 202 BCE, and Camp Zama is in Japan now, it has to be tenuous.


How many men did Sawda Bint Zama marry?

Two.Her first husband was her cousin, Al-Sakran ibn Amr. They had one son, Abdulrahman, and the marriage ended with Al-Sakran's death in early620.Her second husband was Al-Sakran's cousin, Muhammad ibn Abdullah. They were married in May 620 and lived together until Muhammad's death in June 632.____________________________________________________They were two as mentioned aboveSawda Bint Zamahe was a sublime and noble lady, one of the virtuous women of her time. Before her marriage to Prophet Muhammad (PBUP), she was married to her cousin who was called As-Sakran bin Amr. When she converted to Islam she took the oath of allegiance to Prophet Muhammad (PEACE BE UPON HIM) and her husband As-Sakran became a Muslim as well. They both migrated to Abyssinia, where she suffered tremendously traveling with him until he died and left her behind sad and recessive with no assistance or profession and with her father who was an aged man.In a narration by Aisha (May Allah be Pleased with her), reported by Khawlah Bint Hakim Alsalmiah- Sawda’s companion in the migration to Abyssinia-: “when Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was looking for a wife to run the household and take care of Fatima al-Zahra'(his daughter), he was told to marry Aisha, but he refused at that time because of her young age”. So Khawla told him about Sawda Bint Zam’a. She was middle-aged, rather plump, with a jolly, kindly disposition, and just the right person to take care of the Prophet's household and family. She was a consciences middle aged lady, full of faith, even if her youth was gone and she was not much of a beauty. Khawla did not even finish her speech when Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) praised Sawda and agreed to marry her. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) married Sawda, who was 55 years old. Her marriage was in Ramadan in the tenth year of his Prophet hood , (it was said ;year eight of al Hijra on a four hundred dirhams dowry.)


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