Sajjah
Sajah
7th-century Arab Christian self-declared prophetess
Sajah bint Al-Harith ibn Suwayd al-Tamimi (Arabic: سجاح بنت الحارث بن سويد التميمى, fl. 630s CE) from the tribe of Banu Taghlib,[1] was an Arab Christian protected first by her tribe; then causing a split within the Arab tribes and finally defended by Banu Hanifa. Sajah was one of a series of people (including her future husband) who claimed prophethood in the 7th-century Arabia and was also the only female claiming to be a prophetess during the Wars of Apostasy in the early Islamic Period.