What was the name of foster sister of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)?
What was the name of foster sister of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)?
(A) Hazrat Salma
(B) Hazrat Ruqaiyyah
(C) Hazrat Maria
(D) Hazrat Sheema
The Prophet’s foster sister was Hazrat Sheema, also spelled Shaima, Al-Shayma, or Ash-Shaymaa. Sheema bint al-Harith, also spelled Ash-Shaymaa bint al-Harith, was the daughter of Halimah Sa'diya—the Prophet’s foster mother—and Harith ibn Abdil 'Uzza. During her youth, Sheema aided her mother in taking care of the Prophet during his early days among the Banu Sa'ad.