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In the first season of the first, when we were talking about the early Muhajirat, the early

migrants from the Muslims, so the first Muslims. And now we're in the Madhani period and with

Aisha, as we said, those she's technically someone who made Hidra with the Prophet

Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, due to her age and due to her earliest memories of Islam, we covered

her in season two that we talked about her in the capacity of Abu Bakr, Allah ta'ala anahu

and his family. With Hafsa, Allah ta'ala anahu, who we're going to be speaking about tonight,

Hafsa, Allah ta'ala anahu is the next wife of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam after Aisha,

Allah ta'ala anahu in terms of order. So after the death of Khadija, may Allah be pleased with her,

you have Souda, Aisha and then Hafsa. And Hafsa, Allah ta'ala anahu, her story also begins in

Mecca in a very significant way. Her father is, of course, Umar bin al-Khattab, Allah ta'ala anahu

and I'm not going to ask you who he is because if I asked you then you didn't answer me that I'd

get really frustrated but does anyone know who her mother was? Okay, there was a man that we

spoke about and we did an entire series, or an entire lecture on him, Erthman ab-in-Matheroon,

Allah ta'ala anahu. And if you remember, Erthman ab-in-Matheroon was married to

Khola bin Hakim, who's actually the matchmaker at the time, the one who suggested Souda and Aisha

to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. And his sister is a woman by the name of Zainab

Bint Matheroon, Zainab Bint Matheroon. So this is one of the earliest families of Islam, Erthman ab-in-Matheroon

and his sister Zainab Bint Matheroon. So Hafsa, Wadi Allah, ta'ala anahu, her father is Umar bin al-Khattab,

Wadi Allah, ta'ala anahu, her mother is Zainab Bint Matheroon, Wadi Allah, ta'ala anahu,

who is the sister of Erthman ab-in-Matheroon and the sister-in-law of Khola bin Hakim. And the reason

why this is significant again is because Zainab is one of the early Muslims. She's one of those that

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