Khawlah bint Tha'labah (Arabic: خولة بنت ثعلبة) Khawla (b. Malik) bint Tha'laba b. Asram b. Fihr b. Qays b. Tha'laba b. Ghanm b. Salm b.
'Auf was a woman in Arabia and one of the disciples (Sahaba) of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.
The 58th chapter of the Quran Al-Mujadila, meaning "The pleading woman" derives the name from her reference.
Imam Ahmad and Abu Dawud and quoted by Ibn Kathir in his Tafsir at the beginning of Surat al-Mujadilah .Khawla said: "By Allah, concerning me and Aws ibn al-Samit, Allah revealed the beginning of Surat al-Mujadilah.
Then he recited to me: "Allah has indeed heard (and accepted) the statement of the woman who pleads with you concerning her husband…" (the verses of the holy Qur'an 58:1-4).
"[3]Imam Al Qortoby mentions one incident in his Tafsir that one day Umar ibn al-Khattab , who was the caliph at that time, met Khawla outside the mosque.
She advised and said: "O 'Umar, I remember you when you were called 'Umayr in the marketplace of 'Ukaz, taking care of the sheep with your stick.
and he said, "This is a woman whose complaint Allah listened to from above the seven heavens: this is Khawla bint Tha'labah.