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Safiyyah bint Abd al-Muttalib (RA)

صفية بنت عبد المطلب

d. 20 AH date disputed

The Prophet's paternal aunt and mother of al-Zubayr, an early Muslim reported to have defended the women's fort at the Trench.

Biography

Safiyyah, daughter of Abd al-Muttalib and full sister of Hamzah, accepted Islam and emigrated to Madinah. Her son al-Zubayr was one of the ten. Sirah sources report that during the Battle of the Trench she killed a man spying on the fort where the women were sheltered. At Uhud she grieved over her brother Hamzah.

She died in 20 AH and was buried in al-Baqi'.

Sources & explanation

۞ Qur'an

No specific verses cited for this node.

📜 Hadith verified on sunnah.com

  • Sahih al-Bukhari 2753 Sahih

    When 26:214 was revealed the Prophet ﷺ warned his kin: 'O Safiyyah, aunt of the Messenger of Allah, I cannot avail you anything against Allah', and likewise 'O Fatimah'.

💬 Explanation Unverified

Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's perspective

Methodological note (not a direct quote): Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's widely known approach is to build narratives primarily on the Quran and Sahih Hadith, to set aside Israiliyat (Judeo-Christian lore absorbed into later tafsir) and weak or fabricated narrations, and to avoid sectarian framing. Applied to this node: Historical sources; details flagged as such.

Further references

  • Sirat Ibn Hisham (historical)

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