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{{Quote|{{Quran|2|234}}|And those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - they, [the wives, shall] wait four months and ten [days]. And when they have fulfilled their term, then there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable manner. And Allah is [fully] Acquainted with what you do.}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|2|234}}|And those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - they, [the wives, shall] wait four months and ten [days]. And when they have fulfilled their term, then there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable manner. And Allah is [fully] Acquainted with what you do.}} | ||
As such, Muhammad theoretically should have waited the allotted waiting period to marry her. The hadith narrations, though, seem to indicate that he married her soon after taking her as her slave, waiting only a few days for her to pass her first menstrual period | |||
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|5|59|522}}|Narrated Anas bin Malik: | |||
We arrived at Khaibar, and when Allah helped His Apostle to open the fort, the beauty of Safiya bint Huyai bin Akhtaq whose husband had been killed while she was a bride, was mentioned to Allah's Apostle. The Prophet selected her for himself, and set out with her, and when we reached a place called Sidd-as-Sahba, Safiya became clean from her menses then Allah’s Apostle married her. Hais (i.e. an ‘Arabian dish) was prepared on a small leather mat. Then the Prophet said to me, "I invite the people around you." So that was the marriage banquet of the Prophet and Safiya. Then we proceeded towards Medina, and I saw the Prophet, making for her a kind of cushion with his cloak behind him (on his camel). He then sat beside his camel and put his knee for Safiya to put her foot on, in order to ride (on the camel).}} | |||
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|5|59|524}}|arrated Anas: | |||
The Prophet stayed for three nights between Khaibar and Medina and was married to Safiya. I invited the Muslims 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 camel) and made her observe the veil.}} | |||
As such it would appear that Muhammad broke the rules of Islamic 'iddah in order to have sex with Safiyyah so soon after he had tortured her husband to death. The issue is muddied, though, due to the fact that Safiyyah was taken as a slave. Since her husband was killed and not taken with her as her husband in slavery, Muhammad might not have had to follow the rules of [[Shari'ah]] regarding the [['iddah]] of a widow when marrying her and taking her to bed. In such a case, waiting one menstrual cycle might have sufficed. <ref>{{Cite web| title = Two Issues Around Prophet Muhammad's Marriage With Safiyya {{!}} ICRAA.org| author = | work = ICRAA.org| date = | access-date = 25 March 2022| url = https://www.icraa.org/two-issues-around-prophet-muhammads-marriage-with-safiyya/#_ftn14| quote = }}</ref> | |||
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