(1994). The author above is clearly more concerned with modern perceptions of Muhammad and how they conform to contemporary mores around things like sexual consent than the plain facts of what is written in the texts. [9] The "marriage banquet" consisted of haris (a kind of dish) served on a small leather sheet and a gathering of those who were conveniently nearby. You gave Safiya bint Huyai to Dihya and she is the chief mistress of the tribes of Quraidha and An-Nadir and she befits none but you.' They were to leave Medina within a specified amount of time.

In summer 625, Muhammad went to the Nadir quarter to ask them to contribute towards the army, secondary to Umayya's killing of two men from Banu Kilab. (I think he (Anas) [3], Safiyya bint Huyay, Fatima az-Zahra by Ahmad Thompson. ("pledge allegiance" OR "shelter) AND prayer He said, "She will probably delay us. The Prophet (ﷺ) rode and Abu Talha rode too and I was riding behind swore~ In contrast to Ling's assertion, we have Sahih Hadith that indicate that Safiyah was chosen for her beauty and kept captive up until her "wedding" nights with Muhammad. (1) Narrated 'Aisha: (the wife of the Prophet) I told Allah's Apostle that safiya bint Huyai had got her menses. 145–146. [12], Despite her conversion, Muhammad's other wives teased Safiyya about her Jewish origin. Term Boosting e.g. The word "safiya" appear 65 time(s) in 38 hadith(s) in Sahih Al-Bukhari صحيح البخاري translation. It had been said that the apostle asked Bilal, "Had you no compassion, Bilal, when you brought two women past their dead husbands?"[17]. (31) Narrated safiya bint Shaiba: 'Aisha used to say: "When (the Verse): "They should draw their veils over their necks and bosoms," was revealed, (the ladies) cut their waist sheets at the edges and covered their faces with the cut pieces." It is known that Safiyyah(R) remained loyal to the Prophet until he passed away.

So you should take possession of (marry) the religious women (otherwise) you will be a loser.". They are in no way superior to you. The following stories cannot be confirmed with the Sahih Hadith but nonetheless they do concern Safiyah: When the Muslims conquered al-Qamus (the fort of B. Abu'1-Huqayq), Bilal (one of Muhammad's companions) brought Safiyah and another woman to Muhammad. dressed her for marriage (ceremony) and at night she sent her as a bride to the Prophet (ﷺ) . The Prophet (ﷺ) passed through the lane of Khaibar quickly and my knee was touching the

After the defeat of the Banu Qurayza in 627 Safiyya's father, a long-time opponent of Muhammad, was captured by the Muslims.[4]. Prophet was a bridegroom and he said, 'Whoever has anything (food) should bring it.' (Some Did she perform Tawaf (Al-Ifada) with you?" [10] Another narrator describes the banquet in this way: "...there was neither meat nor bread in that banquet, but the Prophet ordered Bilal to spread the leather mats on which dates, dried yogurt and butter were put. Dihya came and said, 'O Allah's Prophet! The Prophet accompanied her. [1] She was, along with all other wives of Muhammad, titled Umm al-Mu'mineen, meaning "Mother of Believers". According to another source, Safiyah had only been the bride of Kinana for one day before he was slain. this thrice.

[5] She was so beautiful, that the Muslims began praising her in the presence of Muhammad[6], and so the prophet commanded that Dihya be brought before him along with Safiyah. tribes of Quraidha and An-Nadir and she befits none but you.' Khaibar is ruined. It's interesting to note the correlation between Muhammad and the moon in this story. Safiyah bint Huyayy (صفية بنت حيي‎, c. 610 - c. 670) (also spelled Saffiya, Safiyya, Safiya bint Huyai) was the bride of Kinana and the chief mistress of the Jewish tribes of Quraiza and An-Nadir. (hostile) nation (to fight) then evil will be the morning of those who have been warned.' "Umm ul-Mukminin Safiyyah: The Jewish Wife of Muhammad", http://wikiislam.net/index.php?title=Safiyah&oldid=123529, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0. Since Muhammad knew nothing about Safiyah until her capture and distribution as booty, and his interest seems only to have been sparked when he heard about her beauty. So the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Bring him along with her.'

Hazrat Safiyyah (R.A) Posted on February 10, 2013 by Ahmed She was the daughter of Hayi, Who was a descendant of Hadhrat Harun (a.s) the brother of Moosa (a.s). The story of Safiyah is retold by Muslims in numerous biographies and books. John L. Esposito notes that, Indeed, when Bilal ibn Rabah(R), a Companion of the Prophet, brought Safiyyah along with another Jewess before him(P) by passing through the Jews that were slain in the battle, Muhammad(P) personally chided Bilal and said “Have you no compassion, Bilal, when you brought two women past their dead husbands?”. Give me a slave girl from the captives.' The feelings and dignity of the girls and women were the least of a conqueror's concern. An account of how Safiyyah’s loyalty was affirmed by the Prophet(P) himself is recorded in Muhammad Husayn Haykal, op. Thabit asked Anas, "O Abu Hamza! was collected. pledge^4 hijrah From WikiIslam, the online resource on Islam, Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "A woman is married for four (things), i.e., her wealth, her family status, her beauty and her religion. Kinana was tortured and executed by the Muslims in order to discover the hiding places of treasure, and one source relates that he and Safiyah had been married only one day. test* She was so beautiful, that the Muslims began praising her in the presence of Muhammad, and so the prophet commanded that Dihya … (1) Narrated 'Abdul 'Aziz: Anas said, 'When Allah's Apostle invaded khaibar, we offered the Fajr prayer there yearly in the morning) when it was still dark.The Prophet rode and Abu Talha rode too and I … But the Prophet(P) always defended her. Muhammad said, "Take this she-devil away from me." Al-Sira al-Nabawiyya (The Life of The Prophet). A. Guillaume (trans. We conquered Khaibar, took the captives, and the booty [2][3], Regarding Safiyya's Jewish descent, Muhammad once said to his wife that if other women insulted her for her "Jewish heritage" and were jealous because of her beauty, she was to respond, "Aaron is my father, Moses my uncle, and Muhammad my husband. She was first married to Salam bin Mishkam and then to Kinallah bin Abi Huqaiq at the time of Khevbar. She was the granddaughter of Samaw'al ibn Adiya from the Banu Harith tribe. In medieval England, for example, the Norman conquerors occasionally used intermarriage to claim land. He repeated The English translation in Guillame (1955), pp. In the above passage, one might surmise that Kinana was killed in battle, when actually he was murdered after the battle while he was a prisoner of war. [13] He considered her manumission to be an adequate mahr (dowry). [16] She left an estate of 100,000 dirhams in land and goods. marriage banquet) of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . thigh of the Prophet (ﷺ) . This page was last edited on 3 September 2020, at 05:47. It is related that she bore the mark of a bruise upon her eye; when the prophet asked her tenderly the cause, she told him that, being yet Kenāna's bride, she saw in a dream as if the moon had fallen from the heavens into her lap; and that when she told it to Kenāna, he struck her violently, saying: 'What is this thy dream but that thou covetest the new king of the Ḥijāz, the Prophet, for thy husband!'

Based on the Hadith, it seems that Muhammad took Safiyah based on her beauty. When the Meccans withdrew Muhammad besieged the Banu Qurayza. Matches any set of one or more characters. Fuzzy Search e.g. This is thus an excellent example of the Prophet Muhammad(P) trying to wipe out pre-Islamic anti-Semitism amongst the Arabs. [13] In these stories, Muhammad or Umar express great displeasure at such doubts and reaffirm her loyalty. The Life of Muhammad: Translation of Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah. Muhammad thanked him for his vigilance and sent him away.[19]. She had a talk with him for a while, then she got up in order to return home. Ishaq. mentioned As-Sawaq). The Sahih Hadith contradict this account, describing Safiyah being brought with Dihya, not another woman, for the sole purpose of satisfying Muhammad's curiosity about her beauty. Her wealth had been confiscated as war booty, so her wealth would not have been a considering factor either. Abu Talha.

The other wives of the Prophet(P) used to show their jealousy of her by making slights upon her Jewish origin. Upon seeing her, Muhammad said, "Take any slave girl other than her from the captives"[7] and he selected her for himself. Wildcards e.g. He will conquer all the kingdom and come to Jerusalem and bow down there and make war with the Edomites (Byzantines) and they will flee before him and he will seize the kingship and then he (Muhammad) will die.”[15], In 656, Safiyya sided with caliph Uthman ibn Affan, and defended him at his last meeting with Ali, Aisha, and Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. Guillaume, A. [8] Safiyya's husband, Kenana ibn al-Rabi, was killed later. The above shows a clear apologetic bias at work; no modern person, especially given contemporary concerns about sexual consent prevalent in modern culture, would cast the marriage of a woman taken as a slave to the man who had just defeated her tribe in battle and murdered her husband as an example of fair and equal consent. Ling doesn't cite any source for this assertion by Ling. A rabid missionary hostile to the Prophet Muhammad(P) had in fact the audacity to say that: This significant act of marrying Safiyyah(R) was indeed a great honour for her, for this not only preserved her dignity, it also prevented her from becoming a slave. [3] Her father and brother went from Khaybar to join the Meccan and Bedouin forces besieging Muhammad in Medina during the Battle of the Trench. A (Translator). (12) Narrated Ali bin Al-Husain: safiya, the wife of the Prophet told me that she went to Allah's Apostle to visit him in the mosque while he was in Itikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan. Finds terms that are similar in spelling.

W.M. ), The Life of Muhammad: A translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah (Oxford University Press, 1978), p. 515 [2], After Muhammad's death, she became involved in the power politics of the early Muslim community, and acquired substantial influence by the time of her death. You gave Safiya bint Huyai to Dihya and she is the chief mistress of the When the Muslims invaded and conquered Khaybar, the fighting men were killed and Safiyah was taken captive (along with the rest of the women and children) and allotted as booty to Dihya Al-Kalbi, a Muslim. When his followers asked him why he had left in such a hurry, He replied that the Angel Gabriel had warned him that Huyayy ibn Akhtab was urging the Jews to kill him and that 'Amr ibn Jahsh had volunteered to drop a rock onto his head, which was the similar method the Jews used to assassinate Zechariah. When he entered the town, he said, 'Allahu Akbar! In fact, he intended on forcing them into exile but was talked out of it by the Jews who agreed to cultivate the land and give half of its earnings to the Muslims.[15]. The words "safiya khaibar" appear in 9 hadith(s) in Sahih Al-Bukhari صحيح البخاري translation. Huyayy agreed to give it to him, but as Muhammad was waiting by the wall of one of their houses their plan to assassinate Muhammad became apparent, the prophet hurried away along with his companions and returned to Medina. So the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Bring him along He then commanded that Safiyah be put behind him and he threw his mantle over her, indicating that he had chosen her for himself.