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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

do what you did?” The maidservant replied, “Satan.” Safiyyah said, “Then go—you are free.” (1)

It has already been mentioned in the Maghazi chapter that the Prophet ﷺ consummated the marriage with her; that Umm Sulaym prepared her as a bride for him; that he seated her behind him on the camel, veiled her, and held a wedding banquet on her behalf; and that the camel stumbled with the two of them so they both fell, yet Allah—exalted is He—kept them safe. (2)

In the Jamiʿ of Abu ʿIsa, through the chain of Hashim ibn Saʿid al-Kufi—Kinanah narrated to us, and Safiyyah bint Huyayy narrated to us—she said:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me after I had heard some remarks from ʿA’ishah and Hafsah, so I mentioned them to him. He said, ‘Why did you not say: How could the two of you be better than I, when my husband is Muhammad, my father is Aaron, and my uncle is Moses?’”

What had reached her was that the two had said, “We are more honored in the sight of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than she is; we are his wives and the daughters of his uncle.” (3)

Thabit al-Bunani said: Sumayyah—or Shumaysah—narrated to me from Safiyyah bint Huyayy that the Prophet ﷺ performed the Hajj with his wives. Safiyyah’s camel went down on its knees, so she wept. When they informed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he came and began wiping her tears with his hand while she continued to weep and he kept telling her not to. He then dismounted

(1) Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, al-Istiʿab, vol. 13, p. 65. (2) See Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat, vol. 8, pp. 122–123, and Sahih Muslim, no. 1365 (Book of Marriage). The verb taʿisa means “he stumbled.” Muslim’s wording is: “The camel al-Adhbaʾ stumbled and the Messenger of Allah was thrown off, and they both fell.” (3) Reported by al-Tirmidhi (no. 3892, section on the Merits) and by al-Hakim, 4/29. The isnad is weak because of Hashim b. Saʿid al-Kufi, whereas the rest of the transmitters are trustworthy. The report is nevertheless supported by the hadith of Anas recorded by Ahmad, 3/135–136, and al-Tirmidhi (no. 3894) through ʿAbd al-Razzaq—Maʿmar—Thabit—from Anas: When Safiyya heard that Hafsa had called her “the daughter of a Jew,” she wept. The Prophet ﷺ entered and asked, “Why are you crying?” She replied, “Hafsa said to me that I am the daughter of a Jew.” He responded: “You are the daughter of a prophet, your uncle is a prophet, and you are married to a prophet; on what grounds does she boast over you?” Then he said, “Fear Allah, O Hafsa.” This chain is sound.

مَا صَنَعْتِ؟ قَالَتِ: الشَّيْطَانُ. قَالَتْ: فَاذْهَبِي، فَأَنْتِ حُرَّةٌ (١) . وَقَدْ مَرَّ فِي المَغَازِي: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ بِهَا، وَصَنَعَتْهَا لَهُ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ، وَرَكَّبَهَا وَرَاءهُ عَلَى البَعِيْرِ، وَحَجَبَهَا، وَأَوْلَمَ عَلَيْهَا، وَأَنَّ البَعِيْرَ تَعَسَ بِهِمَا، فَوَقَعَا، وَسَلَّمَهُمَا اللهُ -تَعَالَى (٢) -. وَفِي (جَامِعِ أَبِي عِيْسَى) : مِنْ طَرِيْقِ هَاشِمِ بنِ سَعِيْدٍ الكُوْفِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا كِنَانَةُ، حَدَّثَتْنَا صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ حُيَيٍّ، قَالَتْ: دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَحَفْصَةَ كَلاَمٌ، فَذَكَرَتْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: (أَلاَ قُلْتِ: وَكَيْفَ تَكُوْنَانِ خَيْراً مِنِّي، وَزَوْجِي مُحَمَّدٌ، وَأَبِي هَارُوْنُ، وَعَمِّي مُوْسَى) . وَكَانَ بَلَغَهَا، أَنَّهُمَا قَالَتَا: نَحْنُ أَكْرَمُ عَلَى رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْهَا، نَحْنُ أَزْوَاجُهُ، وَبَنَاتُ عَمِّهِ (٣) . قَالَ ثَابِتٌ البُنَانِيُّ: حَدَّثَتْنِي سُمَيَّةُ - أَوْ شُمَيْسَةُ - عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ حُيَيٍّ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حَجَّ بِنِسَائِهِ، فَبَرَكَ بِصَفِيَّةَ جَمَلُهَا؛ فَبَكَتْ، وَجَاءَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا أَخْبَرُوْهُ، فَجَعَلَ يَمْسَحُ دُمُوْعَهَا بِيَدِهِ، وَهِيَ تَبْكِي، وَهُوَ يَنْهَاهَا. فَنَزَلَ

(١) " الاستيعاب " ١٣ / ٦٥. (٢) انظر " طبقات ابن سعد " ٨ / ١٢٢، ١٢٣ و" صحيح مسلم " (١٣٦٥) (٨٧) في النكاح، وقوله: تعس أي عثر. ورواية مسلم: " فعثرت الناقة العضباء وندر رسول الله وندرت " أي سقطا. (٣) أخرجه الترمذي (٣٨٩٢) في المناقب، والحاكم ٤ / ٢٩، وإسناده ضعيف لضعف هاشم بن سعيد الكوفي، وباقي رجاله ثقات، لكن يشهد له حديث أنس عند أحمد ٣ / ١٣٥، ١٣٦، والترمذي (٣٨٩٤) من طريق عبد الرزاق، عن معمر، عن ثابت، عن أنس قال: بلغ صفية أن حفصة قالت: بنت يهودي، فبكت، فدخل عليها النبي ﷺ وهي تبكي، فقال: ما يبكيك؟ فقالت: قالت لي حفصة إني بنت يهودي، فقال النبي ﷺ: إنك لابنة نبي، وإن عمك لنبي، وإنك لتحت نبي، ففيم تفخر عليك؟ ثم قال: اتقي الله يا حفصة. وإسناده صحيح.