HISTORY - ~ Nabi' s.a.w's MARRIAGE TO SAWDA IN SHAWWAL, THE TENTH YEAR OF PROPHETHOOD :

The death of Khadijah left the Prophet (Peace be upon him) lonely. The
name of Sawdah was suggested to him for marriage which he accepted.
This lady had suffered many hardships for the sake of Islam. She was
an early convert to the Islamic Faith and itwas by her persuasion that
her husband had embraced Islam. Onthe second emigration to Abyssinia
(Ethiopia), Sawdah had accompanied her husband As-Sakran bin 'Amr. He
died on their way back to Makkah leavingher in a terrible state of
destitution. She was the first woman for the Prophet (Peace be upon
him) to marry after the death of Khadijah. Some years later she
granted her turn with the Prophet (Peace be upon him) to her co-wife,
'Aishah.