Hazrat Sahla bint Suhayl

Daughter of Suhayl

Sahla bint Suhayl was a daughter of the Qurayshi chief Suhayl ibn Amr رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Suhayl ibn Amrرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُOrator of the Quraysh; Hudaybiyya negotiator who became a devoted MuslimMuhajirun. She embraced Islam in the early years at Makkah and was among those who emigrated to Abyssinia with her husband Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba ibn Rabi’a رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utbaرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُAn early Muslim who fought at Badr against his own pagan kin; martyr of YamamahMuhajirun · People of Badr · Early Converts, leaving her home in the bondage of her faith. 1 History of Islam · Vol 1 · pp. 120 — Najeebabadi — Sahla bint Suhayl among the emigrants to Abyssinia with Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba.