The lots decreed by Allah were cast at Khaybar, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ selected Safiyyah for himself. Therefore, if you still desire your husband, go and rejoin him.’ She replied, ‘By Allah, I think you are telling the truth.’ He then went to the gatherings of Quraysh and reported the news, whereupon Allah lifted the gloom and anxiety that had weighed upon the Muslims and, in turn, filled the idolaters with grief.

Expedition of Wadi al-Qurā:

Mālik narrated, on the authority of Thawr ibn Zayd, from Abū’l-Ghayth, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: ‘We set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the year of Khaybar, and we captured no gold or silver—only clothing and household goods. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then directed us toward Wadi al-Qurā. A black slave named Madhʿam had been presented to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as a gift. When we reached Wadi al-Qurā and Madhʿam was unloading the saddle of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, an arrow came and struck him, killing him. The people said, “Congratulations to him—Paradise!” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, “No, by Him in whose hand is my soul, the cloak he took on the day of Khaybar from the booty before it had been divided will now blaze upon him as fire.” When they heard this, a man came with a sandal-strap or two and handed them to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He ﷺ said, “One sandal-strap of fire—or, rather, two sandal-straps of fire.”’ Agreed upon.

Al-Wāqidī said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz related to me from al-Zuhrī, from Abū Salamah, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: ‘We departed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from Khaybar heading for Wadi al-Qurā. Rafāʿah ibn Zayd al-Judhāmī had given the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a slave named Madhʿam. We encamped at Wadi al-Qurā and found its Jews, joined by some Arabs, already settled there. While Madhʿam was unloading the saddle of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and had…’