Hazrat Khawla bint Hakim

A Proposal for the Bereaved

Khawla bint Hakim was the wife of the Companion Uthman ibn Maz’un رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Uthman ibn Maz'unرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُAn early convert and ascetic, wept over by the Prophet ﷺ at his deathMuhajirun · Early Converts. After the death of Khadija رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Khadija bint Khuwaylidرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاFirst wife of the Prophet ﷺ and the first of all people to believeMothers of the Believers · Ahl al-Bayt · Early Converts, when the Prophet ﷺ was grieved and alone, Khawla came and asked whether he might wish to marry again. He asked, “To whom?” She offered him both a virgin — Aisha bint Abi Bakr رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Aisha bint Abi Bakrرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاWife of the Prophet ﷺ; the most beloved of his wives and a foremost scholar of the UmmahMothers of the Believers · Narrators — and a widow — Sawda bint Zam’a رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Sawda bint Zam'aرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاThe first wife the Prophet ﷺ married after KhadijaMothers of the Believers · Muhajirun — and the Prophet ﷺ bade her go to both. 1 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 2 · pp. 664–665 — Kandhlawi — Khawla offers the Prophet the names of Aisha and Sawda after Khadija's death; he sends her to both.

Carrying the Word

Khawla bore the proposals back and forth — to Umm Ruman رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Umm Ruman bint Amirرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاWife of Abu Bakr; mother of Aisha and Abd al-RahmanMuhajirun and Abu Bakr رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Abu Bakr as-Siddiqرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُFirst Caliph; the Prophet's closest companionKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun concerning Aisha رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Aisha bint Abi Bakrرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاWife of the Prophet ﷺ; the most beloved of his wives and a foremost scholar of the UmmahMothers of the Believers · Narrators, and to Sawda رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Sawda bint Zam'aرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاThe first wife the Prophet ﷺ married after KhadijaMothers of the Believers · Muhajirun’s father in his old age — until both marriages were arranged through her hands. 2 Seerat-e-Mustafa · Vol 1 · pp. 603–605 — Idris Kandhlawi — Khawla conveys the Prophet's proposals to Aisha's parents and Sawda's father.