Al-Bukhārī (1) reports: ʿAbd al-Ghaffār ibn Dāwūd related to us; Yaʿqūb ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān related to us. [In another route] Aḥmad [ibn ʿĪsā] related to us; Ibn Wahb related to us; Yaʿqūb ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Zuhrī informed me, from ʿAmr, the client of al-Muṭṭalib, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said:

“We arrived at Khaybar, and once Allah granted the fortress to him, Safiyyah daughter of Ḥuyayy ibn Akhṭab—whose beauty had been mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ—was brought forward. Her husband had been killed and she was still a bride, so the Prophet ﷺ selected her for himself. He travelled onward with her, and when he reached Sadd al-Ṣahbāʾ her waiting-period was complete; there the Messenger of Allah ﷺ consummated the marriage with her. He then prepared a dish of ḥays on a small leather mat and said to me, ‘Invite those around you.’ That was his wedding feast for Safiyyah.

“Later we set out for Madinah. I saw the Prophet ﷺ wrap her behind him with a cloak, then sit beside his camel, place his knee on the ground, and she put her foot on his knee until she mounted.” Al-Bukhārī transmits this alone, without Muslim.

Al-Bukhārī (2) also relates: Saʿīd ibn Abī Maryam related to us; Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Abī Kathīr related to us; Ḥumayd informed me that he heard Anas say:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ remained between Khaybar and Madinah for three nights while his marriage to Safiyyah was being consummated. I invited the Muslims to the wedding feast; there was neither bread nor meat, only that he ordered Bilāl to spread leather mats upon which he placed dates, dried curds, and clarified butter.

“The Companions said, ‘Will she be one of the Mothers of the Believers, or will she be among those whom his right hand possesses?’ They agreed: ‘If he veils her, she is one of the Mothers of the Believers; if he does not, she is among those whom his right hand possesses.’ When he set out, he seated her behind him and drew the curtain.” Al-Bukhārī alone transmits this.

Abū Dāwūd (3) reports: Musaddid related to us; Ḥammād ibn Zayd related to us, from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Ṣuḥayb, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said: “Safiyyah first belonged to Dihyah al-Kalbī, then she belonged to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”

Abū Dāwūd (4) likewise relates: Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm related to us; Ibn ʿUlayyah related to us, from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Ṣuḥayb, from Anas, who said:

“The captives—meaning those of Khaybar—were gathered together. Dihyah came and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, give me a slave-girl from among the captives.’ He replied, ‘Go and take a slave-girl.’ So Dihyah took Safiyyah bint Ḥuyayy. A man then went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, ‘O Prophet of Allah, you have given Dihyah…’—Yaʿqūb (the narrator) added: ‘Safiyyah bint Ḥuyayy, the lady of Qurayẓah and al-Naḍīr?’—‘She is fit only for you.’

“The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘Bring her here.’ When he saw her, he said, ‘Take another slave-girl from the captives instead of her.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then emancipated her and married her.” Al-Bukhārī and Muslim both transmit this through the narration of Ibn ʿUlayyah.

Abū Dāwūd (6) reports: Muḥammad ibn Khallād al-Bāhilī related to us; Bahz ibn Asad related to us; Ḥammād ibn Salamah related to us, from Thābit, from