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unknown. And about whom we may have just a couple of paragraphs, but they are from the earliest

Muslims, the first Muslims. And in this last batch of the first, we are going to revive their

memory in Sha'Allah Ta'ala. So the person we are speaking about today is a woman by the name of

Shifa, Bint Abdulla Al-Adawiyah, Shifa Bint Abdulla Al-Adawiyah. And she is the daughter of Abdulla

Ibn Abdi Shams, and Fatima Bint Waheb. She is married to Abu Hathma Ibn Hadeifa,

Radiya'Allah Ta'ala on them, and they had two sons by the names of Suleiman and Masruq, Radiya'Allah

Ta'ala on them. So she is known as Shifa Bint Abdulla Al-Kurashiyah Al-Adawiyah. She is from Kourash,

and she is also from the tribe of Benu Adi, which is the tribe of Umar Radiya'Allah Ta'ala on him.

And I forgot to mention that the first few bios that we are going to go through in Sha'Allah Ta'ala

in these short bios are all somehow connected to Umar Radiya'Allah Ta'ala on him. So that's how we're

going to batch this first group in Sha'Allah Ta'ala. So she is related to Umar Radiya'Allah Ta'ala

on him, and her name often comes up as if she's one of the Tabi'at. She's someone that came later

on in Islam because the role that she became known for is after the death of the Prophet Sallallahu

However, her reputation actually proceeds Islam, and she is considered amongst the very first

people to become Muslim. Okay? Her name actually was not as Shifa, that was her nickname. Her name

was actually Leila, but she gained the nickname as Shifa, and which of course refers to the healer,

and this was something that would stick with her for the rest of her life. Now what makes this woman

so unique? Number one, her wisdom. She had a reputation for her Hikma. Number two, she was someone

that belonged to the small group of people that were literate at the time. Remember when we spoke

about Umar Radiya'Allah Ta'ala on him, he said the majority of people were illiterate in Mecca.

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