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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
من مسند الزبير بن العوام
From the Musnad of al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam
مِنْ مُسْنَدِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ
From the Musnad of al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam
Musnad Abi Ya'la 683 — when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left
حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمَدَنِيُّ ، حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمُّ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهَا ، عَنْ جَدِّهَا الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ : « لَمَّا خَلَّفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - نِسَاءَهُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ ، خَلَّفَهُنَّ فِي فَارِعٍ ، وَفِيهِنَّ صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ، وَخَلَّفَ فِيهِنَّ حَسَّانَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ ، وَأَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ لِيَدْخُلَ عَلَيْهِنَّ ، فَقَالَتْ صَفِيَّةُ لِحَسَّانَ : عِنْدَكَ الرَّجُلُ ! فَجَبُنَ حَسَّانُ ، وَأَبَى عَلَيْهِ ، فَتَنَاوَلَتْ صَفِيَّةُ السَّيْفَ فَضَرَبَتْ بِهِ الْمُشْرِكَ حَتَّى قَتَلَتْهُ ، فَأُخْبِرَ بِذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَضَرَبَ لِصَفِيَّةَ بِسَهْمٍ كَمَا كَانَ يَضْرِبُ لِلرِّجَالِ » .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) left his womenfolk behind in Madinah, he lodged them in "Fari'" (a fortress of that name). Among those women was Sayyidah Safiyyah bint Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with her), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) had also left Sayyiduna Hassan bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) with them. Meanwhile, a man from the idolaters advanced to get in to them. Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) said to Sayyiduna Hassan (may Allah be pleased with him): "Confront this man," but Sayyiduna Hassan (may Allah be pleased with him) did not show courage and excused himself from it, whereupon Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) herself took up a sword and struck the idolater, killing him. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed of this incident, "he (peace and blessings be upon him) assigned to Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) a share of the spoils of war just as he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to assign to the men."
