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Hazrat Umm-e-Habibah (r.a)
She was the daughter of Abu Sufyan, and was first marries to Ubaidullah bin jahsh in Mecca. The couple embraced Islam, and then emigrated to Abyssinia due to per secution by theQureysh. One night she saw her husband (in a dream) in the most ugly and obnoxious form. The next day she came to know that he had turred Christian. She, however, remained a Muslim and was therefore separated from him. She was now all alone in xile. But Allah soon recompensed her loss. The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) sent her an offer of marriage through the King Negus, who sent a woman named Abrahah to her with the message. She was happy with the good news that she made over the bracelets and other jewellery that she was wearing to the woman in gratification. King Negus represented the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) in the Nikah ceremony, and gave her 400 dinars as her portion and many other things in dowry from himself. He also gave a feast and dinars as gift to all those who were present in the ceremony. The negus then despatched her to madinah with her dowry and other gifts such as perfume, etc. This marriage took place in 7 A.H. (Her father was not a Muslim then). She most probably died in 44 A.H.
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