Ibn Abbās and a group of Companions of the Prophet ﷺ narrated:
When Iblīs was sent out of Paradise, and Ādam was accommodated therein, Ādam was alone in Paradise and did not have a partner from whom he could get tranquility.
He slept for some time, and when he woke up, he saw a woman whom Allāh had created from his ribs. So he asked her, “Who are you?”
She replied, “A woman.”
He asked, “Why have you been created?”
She said: “So that you could find comfort in me.”
The angels, trying to find out the extent of his knowledge, asked him, “What is her name, O Ādam?”
He replied, “Hawwā (Eve).”
They asked, “Why was she named Hawā?”
He replied, “Because she was created from something living.”
(Ibn Kathīr, Bidāyah wa Nihāya 1/173; Tabari, Tafsīr at-Tabarī, 710 1/513; Al-Asbahānī, Al-Hujjah, 216 1/410)
From: Ilm Test
