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Safiyah Bint Huyeiy Ibn Akhtab
Safiyah Bint Huyeiy Ibn Akhtab became one of the wives of Muhammadpbuh after having been taken captive in the war of Khaibar.
She was the daughter of Huyeiy Ibn Akhtab, the chief of the Banu Nadir tribe, who were all expelled from Madinah in 4 AH after plotting against Muhammadpbuh. where her father and husband were killed in battle. She had formerly been the wife of Sallam ibn Mishkam, who divorced her. She was married to Kinana ibn al-Rabi'a just before the Muslims attacked Khaibar. She was then seventeen and known for her extreme beauty. Because she was the daughter of a tribal chief, she was given the offer of marrying the Prophetpbuh and remaining free, rather than be enslaved. She accepted this offer.
She greatly respected Muhammedpbuh as "Allah's Messenger". She was intelligent, learned and gentle. In fact, gentleness and patience were her dominant qualities. She had many good moral qualities.
The hadith of ʿAbdul ʿAziz bin Ṣuhayb says:
We conquered Khaibar, took the captives, and the booty was collected. Dihya came and said, 'O Allah's Prophet! Give me a slave girl from the captives.' The Prophet said, 'Go and take any slave girl.' He took Safiya bint Huyai. A man came to the Prophet and said, 'O Allah's Apostles! You gave Safiya bint Huyai to Dihya and she is the chief mistress of the tribes of Quraiza and An-Nadir and she befits none but you.' So the Prophet said, 'Bring him along with her.' So Dihya came with her and when the Prophet saw her, he said to Dihya, 'Take any slave girl other than her from the captives.' Anas added: The Prophet then manumitted her and married her.
Yes, indeed Safiyyah was angry at the Prophetpbuh at first but she forgave him later on. The Prophet Muhammadpbuh apologized to Safiyyah for the killing of her father and her husband by saying, "
Your father charged the Arabs against me and committed heinous act," he apologized to the extent that made Safiyyah get rid of her bitterness against the Prophetpbuh.
Saffiyah says, "
I was my father's and my uncle's favorite child. When the Messenger of Allah came to Madinah and stayed at Quba, my parents went to him at night and when they looked disconcerted and worn out. I received them cheerfully but to my surprise no one of them turned to me. They were so grieved that they did not feel my presence. I heard my uncle, Abu Yasir, saying to my father, 'Is it really him?' He said, 'Yes, by Allah'. My uncle said: 'Can you recognize him and confirm this?' He said, 'Yes'. My uncle said, 'How do you feel towards him?' He said, 'By Allah I shall be his enemy as long as I live.'"
The Prophet Muhammadpbuh made the following offer to her, as recorded by Martin Lings:
He [the Prophet Muhammadpbuh] then told Safiyyah that he was prepared to set her free, and he offered her the choice between remaining a Jewess and returning to her people or entering Islam and becoming his wife. "
I choose God and His Messengerpbuh," she said; and they were married at the first halt on the homeward march. Safiyyah moved to the house of the Prophetpbuh. He loved, appreciated and honored her to the extent that he made her say, "
I have never seen a good-natured person as the Messenger of Allah".Safiyyah(R) remained loyal to the Prophet until he died.
The marriage to Safiyyah(R) had a political significance as well, as it helped to reduce hostilities and cement alliances. John L. Esposito notes that
As was customary for Arab chiefs, many were political marriages to cement alliances. Others were marriages to the widows of his companions who had fallen in combat and were in need of protection.
This significant act of marrying Safiyyah(R) was indeed a great honour for her. Haykal notes that:
The Prophet granted her freedom and then married her, following the examples of great conquerors who married the daughters and wives of the kings whom they had conquered, partly in order to alleviate their tragedy and partly to preserve their dignity.
By marrying Safiyyah, the Prophetpbuh aimed at ending the enmity and hostility adopted by the Jews against him and against Islam, all the way long, but alas they went on with their hatred for Islam and for the Prophetpbuh because he was not from their people as were most of the previous Prophets. Safiyyah said, "
The Messenger of Allah went to Hajj with his wives. On the way my camel knelt down for it was the weakest among all the other camels and so I wept. The Prophetpbuh came to me and wiped away my tears with his dress and hands. The more he asked me not to weep the more I went on weeping."
She gave some of the Prophet'spbuh other wives gifts from her jewels that she brought with her from Khaybar.
Safiyyah was a humble worshiper and a pious believer. About her ibn Kathir said, "
She was one of the best women in her worship, piousness, ascetism, devoutness, and charity".
Safiyyah was a very charitable and generous woman. She used to give out and spend whatever she had for the sake of Allah to the extent that she gave out a house that she had when she was still alive.
When Muhammadpbuh was in his final illness, Safiyah felt deep and sincere sadness for him. She said: "
O Messenger of Allah, I wish it was I who was suffering instead of you."
No mahr for Safiya
Safiya was not paid a
mahr. Instead, Muhammadpbuh considered her freedom, from the slavery at the hands of his soldiers, to be her payment. In the hadith Anasagain is cited thus:
The Prophet stayed for three rights between Khaibar and Medina and was married to Safiya. I invited the Muslim to hs marriage banquet and there wa 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. The Muslims said amongst themselves, "Will she (i.e. Safiya) be one of the mothers of the believers, (i.e. one of the wives of the Prophet ) or just (a lady captive) of what his right-hand possesses" Some of them said, "If the Prophet makes her observe the veil, then she will be one of the mothers of the believers (i.e. one of the Prophet's wives), and if he does not make her observe the veil, then she will be his lady slave." So when he departed, he made a place for her behind him (on his [camel)] and made her observe the veil.
