Hazrat Safiyyah — Page 7
Hadrat S afiyyah r a bint ‘Abdul-Mu tt alib was a S a h abiyah ra (female companion of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa ). She was the daughter of Hadrat ‘Abdul- Mu tt alib, the chief of the Quraish and the grandfather of the Holy Prophet sa. Therefore, she was the paternal aunt of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. This is why she is also known as ‘ Ammatun-Nab i (the paternal aunt of the Prophet) 2. The name of her mother was H a llah bint Wuhaib. H a llah was the first cousin of Hadrat A minah ra , the mother of Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. The Holy Prophet sa and Hadrat S afiyyah ra were born around the same time, so it would be safe to say that they were about