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Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: The Prophet (ﷺ) stayed between Khaybar and Medina for three nights to consummate his marriage with Safiyyah. I invited the Muslims to his feast, which had neither bread nor meat. He ordered Bilal to spread leather mats, and dates, dried cheese, and clarified butter were placed on them. Narrated by Bukhari.
Al-Bayhaqi narrated from Razinah, who said: On the day of Qurayzah and Nadir, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) brought Safiyyah as a captive, leading her until Allah granted him victory, with her arm in his hand. He freed her, proposed to her, married her, and gave her Razinah as a dowry.
Al-Tahawi narrated from Ibn Umar, from the Prophet (ﷺ), that he did with Juwayriyah bint al-Harith as he did with Safiyyah. Then Ibn Umar said after the Prophet (ﷺ) regarding such a ruling: He should renew a dowry for her.
Anas narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) held a feast for Safiyyah with barley meal and dates. Narrated by Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Majah.
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- Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 5159 (unverified) 98% confidence
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Commentary and footnotes (1)
Note 1
(1) The statement: “And gave her as a dowry, etc.”: Meaning, if he frees a slave woman and makes her emancipation her dowry, saying, “I freed you on condition that you marry me for the compensation of emancipation,” and she accepts, the emancipation is valid, and she has the choice to marry him. If she marries him, she is entitled to the dowry of her peers. This is the view of Abu Hanifah, Zufar, and Muhammad. Ash-Shafi‘i and Abu Yusuf, a companion of Abu Hanifah, differed, citing the Hadith: He married Safiyyah and made her emancipation her dowry. We say: The text of Allah’s Book specifies wealth, as after listing the prohibited women, He permitted those beyond them, conditioned on seeking with wealth, as Allah says: “And lawful to you is what is beyond that, that you seek with your wealth” [An-Nisa: 24]. This is supported by Razinah’s Hadith and the narrator’s statement, which is a euphemism for no dowry, meaning he freed her and married her without anything but emancipation. Marriage without a dowry was permissible for the Prophet (ﷺ), not others. At most, the narrator’s wording is ambiguous, so it should be interpreted to avoid conflict with the Book. If she refuses to marry him, we compel her with her value. In essence, this is specific to the Prophet (ﷺ), and others cannot do so, supported by Ibn Umar’s statement in the text. This is the essence of Al-Marqah and Umdat al-Qari.