day, and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, my daughter (1) is a noble woman who should not be taken captive (2).’ The Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—told him to give her a choice (3). He said, ‘You have acted kindly and graciously.’ Then he said, ‘My dear daughter, do not disgrace your people.’ She replied, ‘I have chosen Allah and His Messenger.’” (4)

The response is as follows:

First, one must [specify] (5) the chain of transmission for every report cited as evidence, or attribute it to a book that constitutes an authoritative source. [Otherwise] (6), how can it be known that this happened?

Furthermore, anyone familiar with the Prophet’s biography would say: All of this is false, belonging to the reports that the Rāfidīs fabricate. No one has reported that Alī did this during the expedition of Banū al-Mustaliq, or that he took Juwayriya bint al-Hārith captive. When she was taken captive, she entered into an agreement to purchase her freedom. The Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—paid on her behalf, and she was freed under that agreement. The people freed the captives for her sake, saying, ‘They are relatives of the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—by marriage.’ Her father never came at all, nor did he give her a choice.

Abū Dāwūd narrated from Ā'isha (7), who said: “The captive allotted was Juwayriya bint al-Hārith ibn