Najiyah bint al-Walid
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Najiyah bint al-Walid ibn al-Mughira is a sahaba
Sahaba
In Islam, the ' were the companions, disciples, scribes and family of the Islamic prophet...

 of Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...

. She is the daughter of Walid ibn Mughira and married Safwan ibn Umayya
Safwan ibn Umayya
Safwan ibn Umayyah was a sahaba of Muhammad from the Banu Jumah clan of the Quraish tribe. He is the son of Umayah ibn Khalaf, one of the leaders of Quraish....

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Najiyah was one of women who became Muslim before their husbands did. Some of these women were prevented from doing the hijra
Hijra (Islam)
The Hijra is the migration or journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE. Alternate spellings of this Arabic word are Hijrah, Hijrat or Hegira, the latter following the spelling rules of Latin.- Hijra of Muhammad :In September 622, warned of a plot to...

while their husbands were still non-Muslims.

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