and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ camped with the people. When it was time to resume the journey, he said to Zaynab bint Jahsh, “Lend your sister a camel”—she had the greatest number of mounts among them. She replied, “Am I to lend a mount to your Jewess?” The Prophet ﷺ became angry and did not speak to her until they returned to Medina; throughout Muḥarram and Ṣafar he neither visited her nor allotted her a turn, so she lost hope of his favor.
When Rabīʿ al-Awwal arrived he entered upon her. As soon as she saw him she said, “O Messenger of Allah, what shall I do?” She had a slave-girl whom she used to keep out of his sight, so she offered, “She is yours.” The Prophet ﷺ then walked to her couch—which had been put away—set it in place with his own hand, and was reconciled with his household (1).
Al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Ḥasan reported: Isrāʾīl told us, from Abū Isḥāq, from Mālik ibn Mālik, from Safiyyah bint Huyayy, who said: “I asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, every one of your wives has relatives to rely on except me. If something happens to you, to whom shall I turn?’ He replied, ‘To ʿAlī (2).’” This is a singular (gharīb) report.