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Fatwa CenterName of the wife of Moosa (Moses), may Allaah exalt his mention
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Assalaamu alaykum. I would like to know the name of the wife of Prophet Moosa (Moses), may Allaah exalt his mention, with references from the Quran or Hadith. May Allaah reward you.
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All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
Some scholars of Tafseer (exegesis) mentioned a difference of opinion about the name of Prophet Moosa’s wife. Tafseer At-Tabari reads, “The wife of Moosa is Saphoora (Zipporah), or her sister Sharfa, or Liya.”
Also, Tafseer of Ibn ‘Atiyyah reads:
“They [the two daughters] went to their father in a hurry, but they were used to take time in watering their cattle, so they spoke to him about the man who watered their cattle, and he ordered his eldest daughter, and it was said his youngest daughter, to invite him to her father, as indicated in this verse; it was narrated that the name of one of them is Liya and the other was Sharfa; and it was narrated that the wife of Moses among these two daughters was Saphoora, and it was said that her name was Sooriya.”
There is no evidence in the Quran or the Sunnah about this. So we advise you to ask about what is beneficial in the future and to be concerned about important matters.
Allaah knows best.
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