Hazrat Safiyyah — Page 8
8 HADRAT SaFIYYAH ra 8 the same age. Some other paternal aunts of the Holy Prophet sa are also mentioned in the books of history. However, only Hadrat S afiyyah ra accepted Islam. When our beloved master, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , started calling people toward the true religion, Hadrat S afiyyah ra accepted Islam immediately. Thus she was included in the blessed group to whom Allah promised paradise in the hereafter while they were still alive 3. In the period of J a hiliyyah , before the advent of Islam, she was married to Ha rith bin H arb. When he passed away she married ‘Aww a m bin Khuwailid, who was the brother of Ummul-Mu’min i n (Mother of the Believers) Hadrat Khad i jatul-Kubr a ra. Hadrat S afiyyah ra had three sons. One of them was Hadrat Zubair ra bin Al-‘Aww a m who had the honour of receiving the title of H aw ari - e-Ras u l (the Messenger’s Disciple), and he was also included in the group of those ten companions of Holy Prophet sa who were given the good news of entering paradise upon their deaths in this very life. The name of her second son was S a ’ib ra , and the name of her third son was ‘Abdul-Ka‘bah. Hadrat S a ’ib ra participated in the battles of Badr, the Ditch, and Yam a mah 4. Hadrat Zubair ra was a little boy when his father passed away. Hadrat S afiyyah ra was also young at that time, but she chose to remain a widow for the rest of