Sajah

Sajah
Sajah
Born	Unknown
Died	after 661 CE
Known for	Being part of Wars of Apostasy
Spouse	Musaylimah
Parent	Al-Harith ibn Suwayd (father);

Sajah bint Al-Harith ibn Suwayd al-Tamimi (Arabic: سجاح بنت الحارث بن سويد التميمى, fl. 630s CE) from the tribe of Banu Taghlib,^[1] was an Arab Christian protected first by her tribe; then causing a split within the Arab tribes and finally defended by Banu Hanifa. Sajah was one of a series of people (including her future husband) who claimed prophethood in the 7th-century Arabia and was also the only female claiming to be a prophetess during the Wars of Apostasy in the early Islamic Period.

^ ^a ^b Fayda, Mustafa (2009). SECÂH - An article published in 36th volume of Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam (in Turkish). Vol. 36. Istanbul: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam. p. 266. ISBN 978-97-53-89566-8. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[İÂ-1] Fayda, Mustafa (2009). SECÂH - An article published in 36th volume of Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam (in Turkish). Vol. 36. Istanbul: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam. p. 266. ISBN 978-97-53-89566-8. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

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