Talk:Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib

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I dont want the info to go lost.--Striver 03:11, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

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She accepted Islam by bayah (pledge) and she did Hijrah to Madinah. She died during the caliphate of ‘Umar ibn Al Khattab and is buried in Baqi cemetery in Madinah.

She is the full sister of Hamzah ibn ‘Abdul Muttalib by their mother. She is: Halaah bint Wahayb ibn ‘Abdu Manaaf ibn Zuhrah ibn Kilaab, the sister of Abi Waqqas (Malik) ibn Wahayb, and the aunt of Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas. Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas is one of the ten promised paradise in his lifetime; and ‘Umayr ibn Abi Waqqas who was killed Shaheed the day of badr aged 16 years; and ‘Amir ibn Abi Waqqas. And also we have amongst the worst of men ‘Utbah ibn Abi Waqqas who was the one who injured the prophet sallaallaahu alayhi wa sallaam the day of Uhud. He was with the Mushrikeen.

Also sister of: Nawfal ibn Wahayb the father of Makhramah ibn Nawfal.

Halaah bint Wahayb is cousin to Aminah bint Wahb ibn ‘Abdu Manaaf ibn Zuhrah, the mother of the prophet sallaallaahu alayhi wa sallaam and wife of ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abdul Muttalib (they were married at the same time). And also cousin to the brother of Aminah bint Wahb, Abdu Yaghuuth ibn Wahb (uncle of the prophet sallaallaahu alayhi wa sallaam) the father of al-Aswad ibn Abi Yaghuuth, cousin of the prophet sallaallaahu alayhi wa sallaam, the one who mocked the prophet sallaallaahu alayhi wa sallaam and was cursed by him.

From this, we note that Hamzah and Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas are 1st cousins and that Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas is 2nd cousin to the prophet sallaallaahu alayhi wa sallaam and that Hamzah ibn ‘Abdul Muttalib is uncle on fathers side and 2nd cousin on mothers side to the prophet sallaallaahu alayhi wa sallaam. And he is also brother (by breastfeeding) as they were both breast fed by Thuwaybah the freed slave of Abi Lahab (‘Abdul ‘Uzzah ibn ‘Abdul Muttalib).

Safiyyah bint ‘Abdul Muttalib was first married to: Al-Haarith ibn Harb ibn Umayyah ibn ‘Abdu shams ibn Qusayy. He is the brother of Abi Sufyan ibn Harb and uncle of Umm Habibah bint Abi Sufyan Ummul Mu’mineen and Mu’awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan Amirul Mu’mineen. She had a son to him.

She then married: Al ‘Awwam ibn Khuwaylid ibn Asad ibn ‘Abdul ‘Uzzah ibn Qusayy. He is the brother of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid Ummul Mu’mineen, the 1st wife of the prophet sallaallaahu alayhi wa sallaam. So this makes Safiyyah the sister in law of Khadijah.

He is also brother of Hizaam/Hazm ibn Khuwaylid whose son Hakeem was born in the Ka’bah and lived 60 years in Jahiliyyah and 60 years in Islam and whose other son Khalid died whilst on Hijrah to Abyssinia.

And Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid who was called the lion of the Quraysh (Asad ul Quraysh) He was killed by his nephew az-Zubayr ibn Al ‘Awwam on the day of Badr whilst he was with the Mushrikeen (his great grandson ‘Abdur Rahman ibn Nawfal ibn Al-Aswad ibn Nawfal was killed while he was fighting with ‘Abdullah ibn az Zubayr the son of the man who killed his great grandfather).

Halaah bint Khuwaylid, the sister of al-Awwam and also the sister of Khadijah is the mother of Abi Al ‘As ibn Rabee’ah, the husband of Zaynab bint Muhammad sallaallaahu alayhi wa sallaam and Khadijah. Zaynab and Abi Al’As are 1st cousins.

It should be noted that Al-Awwam had other wives and at least another 10 children by them, one of them ‘Ubaydullaah ibn Al-Awwam was killed day of badr whilst with the Mushrikeen. And another of them Bukhayr ibn Al ‘Awwam was killed in Jahiliyyah by Subayh ibn Sa’d ibn Hani the grandfather of Abu Hurayrah.

Safiyah gave birth to 3 children to him: As-Saa’ib ibn Al ‘Awwam. He witnessed the battle of Khandaq (the trench) and was killed Shaheed the day of Yamamah 12AH ‘Abdul Ka’bah ibn Al ‘Awwam. The prophet sallaallaahu alayhi wa sallaam changed his name to ‘Abdur Rahman on his conversion to islam. He was killed shaheed the day of Al Yarmuk in the caliphate of Abi Bakr. He had 2 sons: ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abdur Rahman, he was killed the “day of the house” with ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan. And ‘Ubaydullaah ibn ‘Abdur Rahman who was killed the day of Siffeen whilst with Muawiyah.

Az Zubayr ibn Al’Awwam is one of the ten promised paradise in his lifetime. He is called the Hawaaree ‘the disciple’ of the prophet sallaallaahu alayhi wa sallam. He is 1st cousin to the prophet sallaallaahu alayhi wa sallaam by his mother and he is also a nephew of Khadijah and the prophet sallaallaahu alayhi wa sallaam (by marriage) from his fathers side. He is also 1st cousin to the children of the prophet sallaallaahu alayhi wa sallaam (Ruqayyah, Zaynab, Umm Kulthum and Fatimah).

He was aged 29 on the day of badr. He was killed Shaheed the day of Jamal. He was one of the leaders of the army under Aishah Ummul Mu’mineen (the other was Talhah ibn ‘Ubaydullaah, he also is one of the ten promised paradise). Az Zubayr was aged 64 years when he was killed.

One of his wives was Asmaa’ bint Abi Bakr who is the mother of ‘Abdullah ibn Az Zubayr. He was also married to Umm Kulthum bint ‘Uqbah ibn Abi Mu’ayt the daughter of Arwaa’ bint Kurayz the daughter of Safiyah sister of Al Baydha’ bint ‘Abdul Muttalib. Az-Zubayr had at least 20 children by his various wives and Umm Walads.

Az Zubayr is the father of ‘Abdullah ibn az Zubayr, he was called Ameer ul Mu’mineen until he was killed day of al-Harrah in Mecca, 63 AH.

Az Zubayr ibn Al’Awwam said, “And verily Talhah ibn ‘Ubaydullaah ibn at Taymee named his children after the names of prophets (It is known that there is no prophet after Muhammad) Verily I name my children after the names of the Shuhaadah in the hope that they will ALL die Shaheed.”

This is compiled from Isaabah by ibn hajr and the Tabaqaat of ibn Sa’d and Usdul Ghaabah by ibn Katheer and gathering the tribes of the Arabs by ibn Hazm.

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"The Messenger of God said, 'The only two things I cherish of the life of this world are women and perfume'" (Tabaqat, volume 1, page 380)

Although it is interesting and properly referenced, I just don't see how it's relevant to an article about Safiyyah. It might be a relevant addition to an article about Muhammad.Petra MacDonald 11:06, 5 August 2014 (UTC)