Rayhana
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Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya Rayhana bint Amr ibn Khunafa** *succession disputed ** status as wife or concubine is disputed |
Rayhana bint Amr ibn Khunafa was a Jewish woman from the Banu Qurayza tribe. Muhammad chose her after her husband, along with the other men of the Banu Qurayza, were executed. Her relationship with Muhammad is disputed.
According to Ibn Ishaq, Muhammad took her as as a maiden and offered her to become his wife if she accepted Islam, but she refused. Even though Rayhana is said to have later converted to Islam, she died as Muhammad's chattel.[1]
Ibn Sa'd writes and quotes Waqidi that Rayhana herself has said that she was manumitted and married by Muhammad.[2] According to Al-Halabi, Muhammad married and appointed dowry for her. It is further narrated that, upon marriage, she refused to take the hijab, causing a rift between her and Muhammad. The couple later reconciled. She died shortly after Muhammad's hajj and was buried in Jannat al-Baqi cemetery. [3] Ibn Hajar quotes a description of house Muhammad allotted to Rayhana after their marriage from Muhammad Ibn al-Hassam's History of Medina.[4]
In another version, Hafiz Ibn Minda writes that Muhammad set Rayhana free, and she went back to live with her own people. This version is also supported as the most likely by modern day scholar, Shibli Nomani.[5]
References
- ^ Guillaume, Alfred. The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah, p. 466. Oxford University Press, 1955. ISBN 0-1963-6033-1
- ^ Ibn Sa'd. Tabaqat, vol VIII, pg. 92-3.
- ^ al-Halabi, Nur al-Din. Sirat-i-Halbiyyah. Uttar Pradesh: Idarah Qasmiyyah Deoband, vol 2, part 12, pg. 90. Translated by Muhammad Aslam Qasmi.
- ^ Ibn Hajar. Isabaha. Vol. IV, pg. 309.
- ^ Nomani, Shibli (1979). The Life of the Prophet. Vol. II, pg. 125-6
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