To marry a woman pay her dowry as a free-gift...4:4
004.004
YUSUFALI: And give the women (on marriage) their dower as
a free gift; but if they, of their own good pleasure, remit any part of it
to you, Take it and enjoy it with right good cheer
To
hide his deception, Muhammad claimed that marrying Safiyyah was in itself
a good honour for her, her dowry was her manumission from being a
sex-slave to Muhammad.
Muhammad
consummated his marriage with Saffiyah by staying with her for three days
on way from Khaybar; he ordered her to wear a veil...(Sahih Bukhari,
5.59.523, 524)
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 5, Book 59, Number 523:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet stayed with Safiya bint Huyai for three
days on the way of Khaibar where he consummated his marriage with her.
Safiya was amongst those who were ordered to use a veil.
Volume
5, Book 59, Number 524:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet stayed for three rights between Khaibar
and
Medina
and was married to Safiya. I invited the Muslim to his marriage banquet
and there was neither meat nor bread in that banquet but the Prophet
ordered Bilal to spread the leather mats on which dates, dried yogurt and
butter were put. The Muslims said amongst themselves, "Will she (i.e.
Safiya) be one of the mothers of the believers, (i.e. one of the wives of
the Prophet) or just (a lady captive) of what his right-hand
possesses" Some of them said, "If the Prophet makes her observe
the veil, then she will be one of the mothers of the believers (i.e. one
of the Prophet's wives), and if he does not make her observe the veil,
then she will be his lady slave." So when he departed, he made a
place for her behind him (on his and made her observe the veil.
Muhammad
stayed with Safiyyah for three nights consummating his marriage…(Sunaan
Abu Dawud, 2.11.2118)
Sunaan
Dawud: vol. ii, Book 11, number 2118
Anas
b Malik said: When the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) married
safiyyah, he stayed with her three nights. The narrator ‘Uthman added:
She was non-virgin (previously married). He said: This tradition has been
narrated to me by Hushaim, reported by Humaid, and transmitted by Anas.
Saffiya’s
dower for marriage was her manumission…(Sahih Muslim, 8.3326)
Sahih
Muslim: Book 008, Number 3326:
This
hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters on the
authority of Anas that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) emancipated
Safiyya, and her emancipation was treated as her wedding gift, and in the
hadith transmitted by Mu'adh on the authority of his father (the words
are):" He (the Holy Prophet) married Safiyya and bestowed her
emancipation as her wedding gift."
Further information on this lustful marriage with a 19-year-old Jewish
beauty with 60-year-old Muhammad is glimpsed from the narration of Ibn
Sa’d. Please note that before falling into the hands of Muhammad, this
pretty lass was married to a Jewish man. Muhammad had already killed
Safiyaah’s husband and her father after subjecting them to brutal
torture, and finally beheading them. Having satiated his lust for blood,
on the same night he killed her closest relatives, Muhammad took Saffiyah
into his tent to have sex with her.
We learn from Ibn Sa’d that Muhammad purchased
Safiyyah from Dhiyah for seven camels (around US$ 2,100). On the same
night that Muhammad took possession of Safiyyah, he hastened to his tent
to sleep with her. Here is what Ibn Sa’d writes:
“….when
it was night, he entered a tent and she entered with him. Abu Ayyub came
there and passed the nigh by the tent by the tent with a sword keeping his
head at the tent. When it was morning and the Apostle of Allah, may Allah
bless him, perceived (some body) moving, he asked: Who is there? He
replied: I am Abu Ayub. He asked: Why are you here? He replied: O Apostle
of Allah! There is a young lass newly wedded (to you) with whose late
husband you have done what you have done. I was not sure of safety, so I
wanted to be close to you. Thereupon the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless
him, said twice: O Abu Ayyub! May Allah show you mercy.”
(ibn Sa’d vol.ii, p.145)
To
hide the lascivious character of Muhammad, Muslim biographers often
mention that he married Safiyyah before he slept with her. But they forget
to state that Muhammad did not follow the rule of waiting period (three
monthly periods) to sleep with Safiyyah.
We shall now see how Muhammad had violated the rule of idda
(waiting period) in marrying a woman. These rules are stipulated in the
Qur’an thus:
Before
marrying another man divorced women must wait three monthly
periods...2:228
002.228
YUSUFALI: Divorced women shall wait concerning themselves
for three monthly periods. Nor is it lawful for them to hide what Allah
Hath created in their wombs, if they have faith in Allah and the Last Day.
And their husbands have the better right to take them back in that period,
if they wish for reconciliation. And women shall have rights similar to
the rights against them, according to what is equitable; but men have a
degree (of advantage) over them. And Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise
Widows wait four months
and ten days for re-marriage...2:234
002.234
YUSUFALI: If any of you die and leave widows behind, they
shall wait concerning themselves four months and ten days: When they have
fulfilled their term, there is no blame on you if they dispose of
themselves in a just and reasonable manner. And Allah is well acquainted
with what ye do.
Clearly, when Muhammad wanted to sleep or to have sex with Safiyyah, she
was a widow, technically, as Muhammad had already killed her husband.
Therefore, as per the Qur’an, Muhammad had to wait at least four months
and ten days before he could even touch her. But Muhammad did not at all
observe this rule; instead, he took Safiyyah, straight from the
battlefield to his bed in the war camp. Having spent the night with her,
Muhammad took her to another, safer location, stayed there for three days
and consummated his marriage with Safiyyah.
Let us read a hadis on this:
Muhammad
selected Safiyyah because of her beauty, made her his wife and gave a
banquet at the wedding; then he had sex with Saffiyah at Sa`d-AsSahba…(Sahih
Bukhari 4.52.143)
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 52, Number 143:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said to Abu Talha, "Choose one of
your boy servants to serve me in my expedition to Khaibar." So, Abu
Talha took me letting me ride behind him while I was a boy nearing the age
of puberty. I used to serve Allah's Apostle when he stopped to rest. I
heard him saying repeatedly, "O Allah! I seek refuge with You from
distress and sorrow, from helplessness and laziness, from miserliness and
cowardice, from being heavily in debt and from being overcome by
men." Then we reached Khaibar; and when Allah enabled him to conquer
the Fort (of Khaibar), the beauty of Safiya bint Huyai bin Akhtab was
described to him. Her husband had been killed while she was a bride. So
Allah's Apostle selected her for himself and took her along with him till
we reached a place called Sad-AsSahba,' where her menses were over and he
took her for his wife. Haris (a kind of dish) was served on a small
leather sheet. Then Allah's Apostle told me to call those who were around
me. So, that was the marriage banquet of Allah's Apostle and Safiya. Then
we left for
Medina
. I saw Allah's Apostle folding a cloak round the hump of the camel so as
to make a wide space for Safiya (to sit on behind him) He sat beside his
camel letting his knees for Safiya to put her feet on so as to mount the
camel. Then, we proceeded till we approached
Medina
; he looked at Uhud (mountain) and said, "This is a mountain which
loves us and is loved by us." Then he looked at
Medina
and said, "O Allah! I make the area between its (i.e.
Medina
's) two mountains a sanctuary as Abraham made
Mecca
a sanctuary. O Allah! Bless them (i.e. the people of
Medina
) in their Mudd and Sa (i.e. measures)."
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