The response to the suspicion that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, took the Mother of the Believers, Safiyyah bint Huyayy, took her people prisoner, and fought them and took their money
Praise be to Allaah, Lord of the Worlds, and prayers and peace be upon the most
honourable of Messengers, upon his family and companions, and upon those who
follow them in righteousness until the Day of Judgment. As for what follows,
my brothers, the slanderers continue to spread falsehoods about the great
personality of the Messenger. They do not hesitate to lie and deceive,
especially the Christians, the worshippers of the cross. However, it
is impossible for anyone to diminish the status of the greatest Messenger.
They have spread falsehoods in the issue of the captivity of our mother Safiyyah and
the Battle of Khaybar, which reveal their ignorance and hatred of Islam. In
order to expose this falsehood and reveal their malice, here are some lines in
which we will, with Allaah’s permission, return their plots back to
their throats and silence their mouths in this issue, relying on sound evidence
and proven narrations, not on weak narrations.
First, we begin by clarifying the doubt, which is as follows, as they mentioned
it:
Ibn Ishaq said: When the Messenger of Allah - may Allah bless
him and grant him peace - conquered Al-Qamus, the fortress of
Banu Abi Al-Haqiq, Safiyyah bint Huyayy ibn Akhtab was brought to the Messenger
of Allah - may Allah bless him and grant him peace -
and another with her. Bilal passed by them, and he was the one who brought them
to the dead Jews. When the one with Safiyyah saw them , she cried
out, slapped her face, and threw dirt on her head. When the Messenger of Allah -
may Allah bless him and grant him peace - saw her, he said,
“Get this devil away from me.” He ordered Safiyyah to be placed behind him. He
threw his cloak over her, and the Muslims knew that the Messenger of Allah - may Allah
bless him and grant him peace - had chosen her for himself.
Kinanah ibn Al-Rabi’ was brought to the Messenger of Allah -
may Allah bless him and grant him peace - and he had the
treasure of Banu Al-Nadir with him, so he asked him about it. He
denied that he knew where it was, so a Jewish man came to the
Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him ) and said to the Messenger of Allah ( peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him ) : I saw Kinanah going
around this ruin every morning. The Messenger of Allah (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him ) said to Kinanah: Tell me, if we
find it with you, should I kill you? He said: Yes. So the Messenger of Allah
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him
) ordered the ruin to be dug up and some of their treasure was taken out. Then
he asked him about the rest, but he refused to give it back. So the Messenger
of Allah ( peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him ) ordered him to give it back. - Al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, so
he said, torture him until you eradicate what he has. Al-Zubayr used to strike
his chest with a flint until he almost died. Then the Messenger of Allah ,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace , handed him over
to Muhammad ibn Maslama, who struck his neck with his brother Mahmud ibn
Maslama.
After that, they brought this narration from the biography of Ibn Hisham,
objecting to the capture of the Mother of the Believers Safiyya, may Allah be
pleased with her, the killing of her family, and the taking of their money.
The response to the doubt:
We begin by saying, after praising Allah and praying for our master
the Messenger of Allah, that the researcher of the truth should have
examined the sources and verified the narrations so that he can make a judgment
after the picture is complete and the narrations are collected and verified. I
say that this is the method of the researcher of the truth. As for those who
only want to distort, you see them clinging to anything that serves their
purpose, whatever it may be.
The first thing we do is review what is in the story and how it happened from
the reliable sources and correct narrations. As you know, the books of
biography, including the biography of Ibn Hisham, contain weak narrations and
unsubstantiated narrations. So we begin by mentioning the story and its reasons
from the reliable sources and authentic narrations.
The Battle of Khaybar and its Causes:
Dr. Al-Mubarakfuri says in his book, Al-Raheeq Al-Makhtum, about the causes of
this battle: “When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, was reassured about the strongest wing of
the three parties, which was the Quraysh, and was completely safe from it after
the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, he wanted to hold the two remaining wings - the Jews
and the tribes of Najd - accountable so that security and peace would be
achieved, calm would prevail in the region, and the Muslims would be free from
the continuous bloody conflict and would convey the message of Allah and
call to Him.
Since Khaybar was the ball of intrigue and conspiracy and the center of
military provocations, and the source of harassment and the incitement of wars,
it was the first worthy of the Muslims’ attention.
As for Khaybar being of this nature, we should not forget that the people of
Khaybar were the ones who formed the parties against the Muslims, and incited
Banu Qurayzah to treachery and betrayal, then they began to communicate with
the hypocrites - the fifth column in the Islamic community - and with Ghatafan
and the Bedouins of the desert - the third wing of the parties - and they
themselves were preparing for battle, so they threw the Muslims With these
actions, they were in continuous trials, until they devised a plan to
assassinate the Prophet , may God bless him and grant him peace.
In response, the Muslims were forced to send continuous missions and to kill
the heads of these conspirators, such as Salam bin Abi Al-Huqaiq and Aseer bin
Zarim. However, the duty of the Muslims towards these Jews was greater than
that, and they were slow in carrying out this duty because a greater, stronger,
more stubborn and more obstinate force than them - Quraysh - was confronting
the Muslims. When this confrontation ended, the atmosphere cleared for holding
these criminals accountable, and the Day of Judgment approached for them. From
the above, it is clear that the Messenger, may God bless him and
grant him peace, in this raid was in the process of repelling aggression and
eliminating the den of corruption. Can the Messenger, may God bless him and
grant him peace, be blamed for resisting falsehood and wanting
to eliminate it ? Who has the slightest degree of objectivity to
describe what the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace
, did? It is the right thing to do and sound natures respond to it. 1
Now the
Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Avenge the children of Israel of the
Midianites, and
then you shall be
gathered to your people…” 7 So they fought against Midian, as the Lord
commanded, and killed every male. 8 And the kings of Midian they killed in
addition to their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian.
And Balaam the son of Beor they killed with the sword. 9 And the children of
Israel took the women of Midian and their little ones captive, and plundered
all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. 10 And they burned
all their cities where they dwelt, and all their strongholds with fire. 11 And
they took all the spoil, and all the plunder, both of men and of beasts. 12 And
they brought the captives, the plunder, and the spoil to Moses and Eleazar the
priest and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp, to the
plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan near Jericho. ...15 And Moses said to
them, Have you saved all the females alive? 16 For these, according to the word
of Balaam, caused the children of Israel to commit treason against the Lord in
the matter of Peor, and there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord. 17
Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and every woman who has
known a man by lying with a male, kill her. 18 But all the little ones among
the women who have not known a man by lying with a male, keep alive for
yourselves... 28 And offer a tribute to the Lord: Of the men of war who go out
to battle, one person out of every five hundred, of the people, of the oxen, of
the donkeys, and of the sheep. 29 Of their half you shall take and give them to
Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord.
From the text we can clearly say that the women who have known a man by lying
with a male are killed immediately after the male children are killed, and the
men, of course, killed their hearts, and the little women were not left as
captives for the children of Israel. All this is by direct divine command from
the God of the Christians, Jesus, the God of love.
But the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, did not
kill anyone except those who fought him or deserved to be killed. The claim
that the Prophet killed all the people of Khaybar is a clear slander.
Rather, the Messenger of God made peace with them after he had
defeated them over the palm trees of Khaybar. They would take half and the
Muslims would take half.
Jabir said, “ God bestowed the spoils of Khaybar on His
Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace. The
Messenger of God , may God bless him and grant him peace,
confirmed them and made it between us and them. He sent Abdullah bin Rawahah to
estimate it for them. Then he said, ‘O group of Jews, you are the most hated
people to me. You killed the prophets of God and lied about God Almighty.
My hatred for you does not make me treat you unfairly. I have estimated twenty
thousand wasqs of dates. If you wish, then it is yours, and if you refuse, then
it is mine.’ They said, ‘This is how the heavens and the earth were established.’”
Narrated by Ahmad, and his men are the men of the Sahih
[1]. So look at how the Messenger dealt with the people of Khaybar
and how he was just with them despite everything they did against Islam and the
Muslims and against the Prophet personally. After all this, there is
nothing left for any fair-minded person except to praise the treatment of the
Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace , and
how he was just, fair, and merciful as he is. His habit, as for the one who
knows and is ignorant, we have no choice but to entrust his matter to God, for
He is sufficient for him. God is the best disposer of affairs.
The capture of the Mother of the Believers Safiyyah, may God be
pleased with her:
Now, praise be to God, we will discuss the story of the capture of the
Mother of the Believers Safiyyah , which we will cite from the
authentic narrations:
Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 1, p. 321
905 Musaddad narrated to us, Hammad narrated to us, on the authority of Abdul
Aziz bin Suhaib and Thabit al-Banani, on the authority of Anas bin Malik, then
the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant
him peace , prayed the dawn prayer at dawn, then he rode and said, “ God is
Great, Khaybar has been destroyed. When we descend upon a people’s courtyard,
evil is the morning of those who were warned.” So they went out running in the
streets and said, “Muhammad and Khamis.” He said, “and Khamis is the army.” So
the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, defeated
them, killed the fighters and took the children captive . So Safiyyah
became the wife of the Messenger of God, may God bless
him and grant him peace . Then he married her and made her freeing
her as her dowry. Abdul Aziz said to Thabit, “O Abu Muhammad, did you ask Anas
what her dowry was?” He said, “Her dowry was herself.” So he smiled.
Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 2, p. 778
2120 Abdul Ghaffar bin Dawud narrated to us, Ya’qub bin Abdul Rahman narrated
to us, on the authority of Amr bin Abi Amr, on the authority of Anas. Ibn
Malik, may God be pleased with him, said: Then the Prophet, may God bless
him and grant him peace, came to Khaybar, and when God opened the fortress for him ,
he was told of the beauty of Safiyyah bint Huyayy ibn Akhtab, whose
husband had been killed and who was a bride, so the Messenger of God, may God
bless him and grant him peace , chose her for himself and went
out with her until we reached the dam of al-Rawha’. She was undressed and he
consummated the marriage with her. Then he made a hais on a small mat, then the
Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: Inform those around you . That was the
feast of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant
him peace, for Safiyyah . Then we went out to Medina. He said: I saw the
Messenger of God , may God bless him and grant him peace,
wrapping a cloak behind him for her, then he sat down, then his camel, and he
put his knee down, and Safiyyah put her foot on his knee until she
got on.
Sahih al-Bukhari, vol. 3, p. 1059
2736 Qutaybah narrated to us, Yaqub narrated to us, on the authority of Amr, on
the authority of Anas ibn Malik, may God be pleased with him,
that the Prophet , may God bless him and grant him peace,
said to Abu Talhah: Then look for a young boy from among your boys to serve me
until I go out to Khaybar. So Abu Talhah went out with me behind me, and I was
a young boy who had reached puberty, so I served the Messenger of God, may God
bless him and grant him peace . When he descended, I often heard
him say: O God, I seek refuge in You from worry, grief, helplessness, laziness,
miserliness, cowardice, the burden of debt, and being overpowered by men. Then
we went to Khaybar, and when it was conquered... Allah’s Messenger
(may peace be upon him ) mentioned to him the beauty of Safiyyah bint
Huyayy ibn Akhtab, whose husband had been killed and who was a bride, so the
Messenger of Allah ( may peace be upon him) chose
her for himself and went out with her until we reached the dam of As- Sahba ’.
She was undressed and he consummated the marriage with her. Then he made a hais
on a small mat. Then the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said,
“ Announce to those around you .” That was the
feast of the Messenger of Allah ( may peace be upon him ) for Safiyyah. Then
we went out to Medina. He said, “I saw the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) wrapping his cloak around her behind him, then he sat down, then his
camel, and he put his knee on it, and Safiyyah put her foot on his
knee until she got on. We went on until we came to Medina. He looked at Uhud
and said, “This is a mountain that loves us and we love it.” Then he looked at
Medina and said, “O Allah, I forbid what is between its two lava plains as
Ibrahim forbade Mecca. O Allah, bless them in their mudd and their sa’.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 4, p. 1539
, 3964. Sulayman ibn Harb narrated to us. Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us from
Thabit from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) who said, “Then the
Prophet (may peace be upon him) prayed the dawn
prayer near Khaybar in the early morning.” Then he said, Allah is the
Greatest! Khaybar has been destroyed. When we descend upon a people’s
courtyard, evil is the morning of those who were warned. They went out running
in the streets. The Prophet , may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, killed the fighters and took the children captive. Among the
captives was Safiyyah, so she went to me. Then she went to the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he
made her freedom her dowry. Then Abdul Aziz bin Suhaib said to Thabit, “O Abu
Muhammad, you said to Anas, ‘What is her dowry?’ Thabit moved his head in
confirmation.” 3965 Adam narrated to us, Shu’bah narrated to us, on the
authority of Abdul Aziz bin Suhaib, who said, “I heard Anas bin Malik,
may Allah be pleased with him, say, ‘Then the Prophet, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, took Safiyyah captive , then he freed her and
married her. Thabit said to Anas, ‘What is her dowry?’ He said, ‘He gave her
herself as a dowry.’ So he freed her.” Sahih
al-Bukhari, vol. 4, p. 1542
Qutaybah bin Sa’id narrated to us, Ya’qub bin Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, on
the authority of Abu Hazim, who said, Sahl bin Sa’d, may Allah be
pleased with him, told me that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said on the day of Khaybar, “Then I
will give this banner tomorrow to a man at whose hands Allah will
grant victory, who loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah and
His Messenger love him.” He said, “So he spent the night there.”
People were wondering all night who would be given it. When morning came, the
people went to the Messenger of God, may God bless him
and grant him peace, all of them hoping to be given it. He said, “Where is
Ali ibn Abi Talib?” They said, “He is, O Messenger of God.” He
complained of his eyes. He said: So they sent for him and he was brought. The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, spat in his eyes and prayed for him, and he was healed as if he had
never been sick. Then he gave him the banner. Ali said: O
Messenger of Allah, shall I fight them until they are like us? He
said: Go slowly until you descend upon their courtyard, then call them to Islam
and inform them of what is required of them from the right of Allah in
it. By Allah, if Allah guides one man through you, it is better for
you than having red camels.
3974 Abd al-Ghaffar ibn Dawud narrated to us. Yaqub ibn Abd al-Rahman
narrated to us. Ahmad ibn Isa narrated to us. Ibn Wahb said: Yaqub ibn Abd
al-Rahman al-Zuhri narrated to me on the authority of Amr, the freed slave of
al-Muttalib, on the authority of Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased
with him, who said: Then we came to Khaybar, and when Allah opened the
fortress for him , he mentioned to him the beauty of Safiyyah bint
Huyayy ibn Akhtab, whose husband had been killed and she was a bride. The Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, chose her for
himself. He went out with her until we reached the dam of al-Sahba. She was
undressed and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
consummated the marriage with her. Then he made a hais on a
small cloth and said to me: Announce to those around you. So that was it. And
his feast was on Safiyyah, then we went out to the city and I
saw the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him
peace , wrapping his cloak behind him for her, then he sat down, then
his camel, and he put his knee on it, and Safiyyah put her foot on
his knee until she got on.
Sahih Muslim, Vol. 2, p. 1043,
1365. Zuhair bin Harb told me, Ismail, meaning bin Aliyah, told us, on the
authority of Abdul Aziz, on the authority of Anas, then the Messenger of God, may God
bless him and grant him peace, invaded Khaybar. He said: We prayed
the dawn prayer near her in the early hours of the morning. The Prophet
of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, rode and Abu Talhah
rode, and I was riding behind Abu Talhah. The Prophet of God, may God bless him
and grant him peace , ran through the alley of Khaybar , and my knee
was touching the thigh of the Prophet of God, may God bless him
and grant him peace, and the lower garment was pulled back from the
thigh of the Prophet of God , may God bless him and grant him peace.
I could see the whiteness of the thigh of the Prophet of God, may God
bless him and grant him peace . When he entered the
village, he said: God is Great, Khaybar is ruined. When we alight in
the courtyard of a people, evil is the morning of those who were warned . He
said it three times. He said: And the people went out to their work. They said:
Muhammad, by God, said Abdul Aziz, and some of our companions said Muhammad and
Al-Khamis said: We seized her by force and gathered the captives. Then Dihya
came to him and said: O Messenger of God, give me a slave girl from
the captives. He said: Go and take a slave girl. So he took Safiyya bint
Huyayy. Then a man came to the Prophet of God, may God bless him
and grant him peace. And he said, “O Prophet of God,
I have given Dihya Safiyyah bint Huyayy, the master of
Qurayzah and Nadir, and she is not fit for anyone but you.” He said, “Call her
to him.” He said, “So he brought her.” When the Prophet , may
God bless him and grant him peace, looked at her , he said, “Take a
slave girl from the captives other than her.” He said, “And free her and marry
her.” Thabit said to him, “O Abu Hamza, what is her dowry?” He said, “Herself.”
Free her and marry her. When he was on the road, Umm Sulaym prepared her for
him and presented her to him at night. Then the Prophet, may God bless him
and grant him peace, became a bride. He said, “Whoever has something, let him
bring it.” He spread out a mat. He said, “So a man brought dried yogurt, a man
brought dates, and a man brought ghee. They mixed hays, and it was the feast of
the Messenger of God , may God bless him and grant him
peace .” P. 1045 1365 Abu al-Rabi’ al-Zahrani told me, Hammad,
meaning Ibn Zayd, told us, on the authority of Thabit and Abd al-Aziz Ibn
Suhayb, on the authority of Anas. And Qutaybah told us, he told us, Hammad,
meaning Ibn Zayd, on the authority of Thabit and Shu’ayb Ibn Habhab, on the
authority of Anas. And Qutaybah told us, he told us. Abu Awana narrated from
Qatada and Abdul Aziz from Anas, and Muhammad bin Ubaid Al-Ghubri narrated to
us, Abu Awana narrated to us from Abu Uthman from Anas, and Zuhair bin Harb
narrated to us, Muadh bin Hisham narrated to us, my father narrated to me from
Shuaib bin Al-Habhab from Anas, and Muhammad bin Rafi narrated to us, Yahya bin
Adam, Umar bin Saad, and Abdul Razzaq, all from Sufyan, from Yunus bin Ubaid,
from Shuaib bin Al-Habhab, from Anas, all from the Prophet, may God bless him
and grant him peace, then he freed Safiyyah and made her freedom her dowry. And
in the hadith of Muadh, from his father, he married Safiyyah and made her dowry
her freedom. 154 Yahya bin Yahya narrated to us , Khalid bin Abdullah narrated to
us, from Mutraf, from Aamer, from Abu Burdah, from Abu Musa, who said: The
Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him
peace , said: Then for the one who frees his female slave and then marries
her, he has two rewards. 1365 Abu Bakr bin Abi Shaybah narrated to us, Affan
narrated to us, Hammad bin Salamah narrated to us, Thabit narrated to us, from
Anas, who said: Then I was riding behind Abu Talhah on the day of Khaybar and
my feet touched the feet of the Messenger of Allah , may Allah bless him
and grant him peace . He said: So we came to them when the sun rose and they
had brought out their livestock and went out with their axes and their pickaxes
and their swords. They said: Muhammad and Khamis. He said: And the Messenger
of Allah , may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
Khaybar has been destroyed. When we descend upon the courtyard of a
people , evil is the morning of those who were warned. He said: And Allah
, the Almighty , defeated them . A beautiful slave girl fell into the
lot of Dihya, so the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, bought her for seven heads. Then he gave her to Umm Sulaym to
make her for him and prepare her. He said : And I think he said: And
she was waiting in her house. She was Safiyyah bint Huyayy. He said:
And the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace , made And her feast was dates, curd, and ghee. The ground was
examined and the mats were brought and placed in them. The curd and ghee were
brought and the people were satisfied. He said, The people said, We do not know
whether he will marry her or take her as a slave girl. They said, If he keeps
her away, then she is his wife, and if he does not keep her away, then she is a
slave girl. When he wanted to ride, he kept her away, so she sat on the back of
the camel, and they knew that he had married her. When they approached the
city, the Messenger of God , may God bless him
and grant him peace, pushed her away and we pushed him away. He said ,
Then the she-camel stumbled, and the Messenger of God , may God bless
him and grant him peace , was afraid and she was afraid. He got
up and covered her. The women looked out and said, May God distance
the Jewish woman. He said, I said, O Abu Hamza, has the Messenger of
God, may God bless him and grant him peace, fallen? He
said, Yes, by God, he has fallen. 1365 Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us,
Shababah narrated to us, Sulayman narrated to us, on the authority of Thabit,
on the authority of Anas. And Abdullah ibn Hashim ibn Hayyan narrated
to me, and the wording is his. He narrated to us, Buhaiz narrated to us,
Sulayman ibn al-Mughira narrated to us, on the authority of Thabit. Anas
said, Safiyyah went to Dihya in his share, and they began to praise
her, then the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace,
said, Allah’s Messenger ( may Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him ) said: Then they say: We have never seen
anything like it among the captives. He said: So he sent for Dihya and gave him
what he wanted, then he gave her to my mother and said: Fix her. He said: Then
the Messenger of Allah (may Allah ’s peace and blessings be upon
him ) left Khaybar until he had her on his back, then he dismounted
and pitched a tent over her. When morning came, the Messenger of Allah (may
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever has extra provisions , let
him bring them to us. So the man began to bring extra dates and extra gruel
until they made black hais from that, and they began to eat from that hais and
drink from basins beside them from rainwater. He said: Anas said: That was the
feast of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings
be upon him)
. Sahih Ibn Hibban, Vol. 10, p. 390,
4530. Ahmad ibn Ali ibn al-Muthanna told us: Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn
Zanjawayh told us: Abd al-Razzaq told us: Muammar told us, on the authority of
Thabit, on the authority of Anas ibn Malik, who said: When the Messenger
of Allah (may Allah ’s peace and blessings be upon him ) conquered
Khaybar, al-Hajjaj ibn ‘Alat said: Then, O Messenger of Allah, I have
wealth in Mecca and I have family there, and I want to come to them, so I am
free if I… He said : I have taken from you or said something, so the
Messenger of God , may God bless him and grant him peace
, gave him permission to say whatever he wanted. He said: So he came
to his wife when he arrived and said: Gather for me what you have, for I want
to buy from the spoils of Muhammad, may God bless him and grant
him peace, and his companions, for they have been made permissible and their
wealth has been seized . He said: This spread in Mecca and caused pain to
the Muslims, and the polytheists showed joy and happiness. The news reached
Al-Abbas ibn Al-Muttalib, so he was hamstrung in his seat and could not stand.
Muammar said: Al-Jazari told me on the authority of Muqsim. He said: Al-Abbas
took a son of his called Qatham, and he resembled the Messenger of God ,
may God bless him and grant him peace. Then he lay
down and placed him on his chest and said, “My love, Qatham, my love, Qatham,
similar to the one with the lofty nose, the prophet of the Lord of blessings,
in spite of the nose of the one who is in spite.” Muammar said, Thabit said on
the authority of Anas. Then he sent a slave of his to Al-Hajjaj bin Al-Alat and
said, “Woe to you! What have you brought and what do you say? God has
not promised anything better than what you have brought.” Al-Hajjaj said to his
slave, “Give Abu al-Fadl my greetings and tell him to leave some of his houses
for me so that I may come to him, for the news will please him.” So his slave
came and when he reached the door he said, “Good news, Abu al-Fadl.” Al-Abbas
jumped up with joy until he kissed him between the eyes. Then he told him what
Al-Hajjaj had said, so he freed him. Then Al-Hajjaj came and told him that the
Messenger of God , may God bless him and grant him peace,
had conquered Khaybar and taken their wealth as booty, and God’s shares
had flowed into their wealth. The Messenger of God, may God
bless him and grant him peace , chose Safiyyah bint Huyayy
and took her for himself and gave her the choice between freeing her and being
his wife or joining her family. She chose that he free her and be his wife, but
I came for the sake of money that I had here. I wanted to collect it and go with
it, so I asked permission from the Messenger of God , may God
bless him and grant him peace. He said: So give me permission to
say whatever I want, but hide it from me for three days, then mention whatever
you wish. He said: So his wife gathered whatever jewelry and goods she had,
gathered them and gave them to him, then he continued with him. When three days
had passed, Al-Abbas, Al-Hajjaj’s wife, came to him and said: What happened to
your husband? She told him that he had gone. She said: May Allah not
disgrace you, Abu Al-Fadl. What has reached you has been difficult for us. He
said: Yes, may Allah not disgrace me. And praise be to Allah ,
nothing happened except what we liked. Al-Hajjaj informed me that Allah had
opened Khaybar for His Messenger, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace , and the arrows of Allah had flowed therein. And the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace
, had chosen Safiyyah for himself. So if you have a need for your
husband, then join him. She said: I think you are truthful. He said: Then I am
truthful, and the matter is as I have told you. He went until he came to the
gatherings of the Quraysh, and they were saying: Nothing but good will happen
to you, Abu Al-Fadl. He said: Nothing but good will happen to me, praise be
to Allah. And Al-Hajjaj informed me that Allah had opened
Khaybar for His Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, and the arrows of Allah had flowed therein. And the Messenger
of Allah , may Allah bless him and grant him
peace , had chosen Safiyyah for himself. And he asked me to
hide it from him for three days. He only came to take what was his and then
leave. He said: So God returned the depression that was in the
Muslims to the polytheists. The Muslims left, whoever had entered his house
depressed, until they came to Al-Abbas. The Muslims informed them, and God returned
whatever depression, anger, or shame had been in the polytheists.
From the previous authentic narrations, it becomes clear that the Mother of
the Believers, Safiyyah, was among the prisoners as a result of the
Prophet’s raid, may God bless him and grant him peace. Upon
him be peace and blessings on him, on Khaybar, and at first the
Prophet did not have any special interest in her or anyone else, but as
soon as one of the companions came to him asking for a woman from the captives,
he said to him, “Go and take whatever you want.” Here it becomes clear
that the Prophet was not concerned with this matter at all, as he did
not inspect the captives nor did he select from them, but what happened is that
the companions objected to Duhayyah taking Safiyyah because she was
the daughter of the chief of the people, and Duhayyah taking her
would be preferential to him over the rest of the Muslims, so the Muslims
requested that she be the share of the Prophet , may God bless him
and grant him peace, as it was a wise decision so that no one among
the Muslims would be favored by taking her. It becomes clear how the companions
focused on her lineage and not her beauty, so they said, “How can he take her
when she is the daughter of the chief of the people?” Also, the Prophet taking
her would be an honor to her and her status, so who could deal with her
as the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace,
did , especially since she was the daughter of the chief of the people, and as
for her father and husband, they were killed in the war, and Lady Safiyyah had
no involvement in the matter, as the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him
peace, did not know of her existence among the captives at all, had it not been
for the intervention of the companions after Duhayyah took her.
Then let us stop at an important issue, which is why the Prophet, may
God bless him and grant him peace, freed her and married
her, even though he could have kept her as a slave. Isn’t the Prophet’s behavior
evidence of his honoring her? Would Dihya have acted in the same way? From this
it becomes clear why the Prophet , may God bless him and grant
him peace, chose her ? In fact, the narration of Ibn Hibban in his Sahih
explicitly mentions from the same companion who narrated the story of the
captivity of our mother Safiyyah , Anas, may God be pleased with
him, states that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and
grant him peace, gave her the choice between freeing her and becoming
a wife or joining her family, so she, may God be pleased with her,
chose the Messenger of God as his wife. This narration was narrated
by others besides Ibn Hibban, Ahmad, Abu Ya’la, Al-Bazzar, and Al-Tabarani, and
its men are the men of the Sahih [2]. It is a sound and proven
narration. I will now mention to you the opinion of our mother Safiyyah, may God be
pleased with her, regarding her husband, so that we may cut off the tongue of
every evil liar:
Majma’ Al-Zawa’id, Vol. 9, p. 15.
On the authority of Safiyyah bint Huyayy, she said: I have not seen
anyone with better character than the Messenger of God , may God bless him
and grant him peace . I saw him ride with me from Khaybar on the back
of his camel at night, so I made… I fell asleep and the back of the saddle hit
my head and he touched me with his hand saying, “Oh, this one, take it easy, oh
daughter of Huyayy, take it easy.” Then when Al-Sahba’ came, he said, “I
apologize to you, Safiyyah , for what I did to your people. They said
such and such to me.” Narrated by Al-Tabarani in Al-Awsat and Abu Ya’la in an
abbreviated form, and their men are trustworthy, except that Al-Rabi’, the
nephew of Safiyyah bint Yahya, I did not know him.
Majma’ Al-Zawa’id, Vol. 9, p. 252.
And on the authority of Safiyyah said: I went to the Messenger
of Allah (peace be upon him) , and there was no
one among the people more hateful to me than him. He said: Your people did such
and such. She said: I did not get up from my seat, and there was no one among
the people more beloved to me than him. In another narration from her: I have
never seen anyone with a better character than the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). I
saw him ride with me from Khaybar on the back of his camel at night, and I
began to doze off. He would hit the back of the saddle on my head and touch it
with his hand, saying: Oh, this one, take it easy, daughter of Huyayy. When he
came to Al-Sahba’, he said: I apologize to you, Safiyyah, for what I
did to your people. They said such and such to me. Narrated by Abu Ya’la with
chains of transmission, and the men of the first chain of transmission are the
men of the Sahih, except that Hamid ibn Hilal did not meet Safiyyah .
Among the men of this chain of transmission is Rabi’, Safiyyah ’s
nephew, and I did not know him. The rest of his men are trustworthy.
Is there anything left for the worshipper of the cross after the statement of
the Mother of the Believers Safiyyah (may Allah be
pleased with her) that she had never seen anyone with a better character
than him? Look at how she herself understood what the Messenger of Allah
( peace be upon him ) did to the people of Khaybar, and they
were her people, and how the Prophet ( peace be upon
him ) comforted her and took care of her feelings while she was a
captive in his possession.
Finally, brothers, we thank God for making us followers of this great
Messenger and making Lady Safiyyah our mother. She is the one who saw
in a dream before the Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him) invaded
Khaybar the truth of the Prophet and that he was a Messenger. It was
only when the noble Messenger offered her marriage that she agreed without
hesitation. On the authority of Ibn Omar, he said: There was greenness in Safiyyah
’s eyes, so the Prophet ( peace and blessings of God be upon him) said
to her: What is this greenness in your eyes? She said: I said to my
husband: I saw in a dream as if a moon fell into my lap, so he slapped me and
said: Do you want the king of Yathrib? She said: What was more hateful to me
than the Messenger of God (peace and blessings of God be
upon him) killing my father and my husband? He kept apologizing to me
and saying: O Safiyyah, your father incited the Arabs against me, and
he did and did until that left me. Narrated by Al-Tabarani and his men are the
men of Sahih [3]. So praise be to God for the blessing of
Islam, and that is enough of a blessing. Our final supplication is that all
praise is due to God, Lord of the Worlds.
This is what was made easy for me in this situation. I sought to be brief and
not to be long-winded. If what I planned is true, then it is from God, and
if it is otherwise, then it is from myself and Satan.
Additional notes @kufrcleaner
. Islam fought slavery in all its forms.
It dried up its sources and made it an expiation for major sins.
It made it beloved, making the freeing of slaves one of the most beloved and
important deeds to God.
Islam did not permit captivity except for the infidels and polytheists who were
with them during the war, including children and women.
This was a form of intimidation for the infidels,
and a form of reward for the sincere mujahideen,
and a guarantee that their lineage would not be cut off when they feared that
and when they were prolonged in the land of war.
It is not permissible for a Muslim to take captive non-combatants or those who
did not fight them for the sake of religion, nor to rape them, steal from them,
or expose them to harm in any way.
It set conditions for intercourse, which are:
1- Istibra' (purification): meaning that he waits until the captive woman
menstruates to ensure that she does not become pregnant.
2- That the captive woman does not belong to anyone else, but to him only,
especially as his wife, and she is not a commodity for the Muslims, so she has
rights over him. Here Islam honored her with protection and care.
3 - If the female captive has intercourse with her owner and she gives birth to
a child, it is not permissible to sell her for fear of separating her from her
child. Rather, her owner may free her and take her as a special wife if her
righteousness is proven. If he does not do so, she becomes free upon his death.
4 - If she is taken captive with her husband, it is not permissible for their
owner to have intercourse with her in any way or form, or even separate them.
Have you seen, my brother, the mercy of Islam?
Among the conditions for that is that
she should not be his relative or related by blood or kinship.
And that she should not be a partner between him and another, in which case it
is not permissible for him to have intercourse.
And that she should not be his wife’s sister, or that he should marry her
sister, even if her sister is a slave like her.
So if these conditions are proven, he wants to have intercourse with her as a
right of possession, not as a wife.
And
all of these conditions were established by Allah, the All-Knowing, in His
noble religion to ensure that their chastity is not violated and to ensure that
their rights are preserved.
And you will not find a religion that has honored them except Islam.
And the subject is long, so if you want more clarification, do so.
It is followed with the issue of female captives among non-Muslims.
As for the issue of captives among Christians ...
And read, if you wish, the words of the Lord in the Book
of Deuteronomy [20:10]:
{When you go to war against your enemies, and the Lord your God gives you
victory over them, and you take some of them captive, 11and one of you
sees among the captives a beautiful woman, and he falls in love with her and
marries her, 12and when he brings her into his house, he shall let her
shave her head and trim her nails, 13and he shall take off his clothes He shall
take her captive and leave her in his house for a month, mourning her father
and mother. Then after that he shall live with her and she shall be his wife.
14But if she does not please him after that, he shall divorce her and she shall
go where she wishes. He shall not sell her for silver or enslave her, for he
has humiliated her.}
So why this brutality when God has humiliated her before Him? And where are her
rights that Islam has established ???
And they did not forbid captivity..
{ But the women, the children, the livestock, and all the spoils that are
in the city, you shall take as plunder for yourselves. And enjoy the
spoils of your enemies which the Lord your God has given you .}
[Deuteronomy 20:14]
And this is the prophet of God David, peace be upon him, they say about him:
{And David also took concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he came from
Hebron, and there were also sons and daughters born to David.} [2 Samuel 5:13]
And so the answer ended in a way that satisfied everyone.
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