Juwayriyya bint al-Harith ( juwayriyya bint al-ḥārith, born c. 608) was married to Muhammad

Muhammad

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, the Islam

Islam

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ic prophet

Prophet

In religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...

 when he was 58 years old and she was 20, thus placing the marriage in 628. She therefore is also called Mother of the Believers (Arabic: "Umm-al-Momineen

Mu'min

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She was the daughter of al-Hārith ibn Abi Dirar, the chief of Banu Mustaliq

Banu Mustaliq

The Banu Mustaliq are an Arabic tribe. The tribe is a sub-clan of the Banu Khuza'a, descended from Azdi Qahtani. They occupied the territory of Qadid on the Red Sea shore between Jeddah and Rabigh.-History:...

, who was defeated with his tribe in a battle.
Her tribe Banu Mustaliq was preparing to go launch an attack on Madinah, but the Muslims caught wind of their plan and quickly raised a defense force of 700 men who marched forward to the strategic point of Al-Marisa'.