Safiyyah bint Huyayy, Daughter of Harun
Family of the Prophet ﷺDaughter of Harun
Safiyyah bint Huyayyصفية بنت حيي
Approximate dateKhaybar
A Jewish noblewoman of Khaybar, freed and married by the Prophet ﷺ.
Safiyyah was the daughter of Huyayy, chief of Banu al-Nadir, captured at Khaybar. The Prophet ﷺ freed her and married her, making her freedom her dowry. When others teased her about her origins, he told her to say: my father is Harun, my uncle is Musa, and my husband is Muhammad ﷺ.
What does the Quran say?
The lesson
Lineage from the prophets is an honour, never a shame.
Who else is linked?
Who lived at the same time?
Muhammad ﷺThe Three Who Stayed BehindZayd ibn HarithaYazdegerd IIIJabalah ibn al-AyhamAl-MuqawqisHeracliusConstans II
Source: hadith · Wikipedia
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People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
Family of the Prophet ﷺ
- Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
- Sawdah bint Zam'ah
- Aishah bint Abi Bakr
- Hafsah bint Umar
- Zaynab bint Khuzaymah
- Umm Salamah
- Zaynab bint Jahsh
- Juwayriyah bint al-Harith
- Umm Habibah
- Safiyyah bint Huyayy
- Maymunah bint al-Harith
- Maria al-Qibtiyyah
- Rayhanah bint Zayd
- al-Qasim ibn Muhammad
- Zaynab bint Muhammad
- Ruqayyah bint Muhammad
- Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad
- Fatimah al-Zahra
- Abdullah ibn Muhammad
- Ibrahim ibn Muhammad
- Hasan ibn Ali
- Husayn ibn Ali
- Umamah bint Abi al-As
- Ali ibn Abi al-As
- Abdullah ibn Uthman
- Zaynab bint Ali
- Umm Kulthum bint Ali
- Ali Zayn al-Abidin
- Fatimah bint Asad
- Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
- Sukaynah bint al-Husayn
- Fatimah bint al-Husayn
- Zayd ibn Ali