Sahih al-Bukhari 4952 (Book 67, Hadith 94)
his marriage with Safiyya bint Huyay. I invited the Muslims to a banquet which included neither meat
nor bread. The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered for the leather dining sheets to be spread, and then dates, dried yogurt
and butter were provided over it, and that was the Walima (banquet) of the Prophet. The Muslims
asked whether Safiyya would be considered as his wife or as a slave girl of what his right hands
possessed. Then they said, “If the Prophet (ﷺ) screens her from the people, then she Is the Prophet’s wife
but if he does not screen her, then she is a slave girl.” So when the Prophet (ﷺ) proceeded, he made a
place for her (on the camel) behind him and screened her from people.
Sahih al-Bukhari 4952 (Book 67, Hadith 94)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The compilation known as Sahih al-Bukhari is a paramount collection of the Sunnah and hadith of the Prophet Muhammad. Its creator, Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī, dedicated his life to this work, completing it around 847. It holds a position of immense respect as arguably the most authentic book in Sunni Islam after the Holy Quran. As a key pillar of the six canonical books (Kutub al-Sittah), its detailed 97-chapter structure houses an estimated 7,563 narrations that continue to shape Islamic theology, law, and ethics to this day.
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