Quote · c. 5 AH, shortly after al-Muraysi'
I don't know of any lady who brought more blessings to her tribe than Juwayriyya.
~c. 5 AH, shortly after al-Muraysi' · 5 AHDate debatedDated by the expedition of al-Muraysi', whose year is disputed: Ibn Sa'd has Sha'ban 5 AH, Ibn Ishaq 6 AH, and al-Bukhari cites Musa ibn Uqbah for 4 AH.
Dating debated
Dated by the expedition of al-Muraysi', whose year is disputed: Ibn Sa'd has Sha'ban 5 AH, Ibn Ishaq 6 AH, and al-Bukhari cites Musa ibn Uqbah for 4 AH.
Al-Harith ibn Abi Dirar was the chieftain of the Banu al-Mustaliq. After the Muslims defeated his tribe, many of its people were taken captive, including his daughter Juwayriyya. Al-Harith himself had fled. Juwayriyya then married the Prophet ﷺ. When the Ansar heard of the marriage, they said they could not keep the Prophet ﷺ's in-laws as captives, and they freed every one of them.
Al-Harith knew none of this when he came to Madinah to pay a ransom for his people. He asked for his daughter back. The Prophet ﷺ told him that it was up to Juwayriyya whether she went back with him. She chose of her own free will to stay with the Prophet ﷺ rather than return with her father. Seeing this moved al-Harith so deeply that he embraced Islam.
Because al-Harith was the chieftain, his whole tribe followed him into Islam. The Prophet ﷺ made him chieftain again and returned all of the tribe's wealth, including their sheep, goats and camels. So the Banu al-Mustaliq went back to being a free and intact tribe, now Muslim. Aisha RA said she knew of no woman who brought more blessing to her people than Juwayriyya RA.
Other events recorded in 5 AH. Their order within the year is not established; use the storyline above for the sequence.
I don't know of any lady who brought more blessings to her tribe than Juwayriyya.
Seeing my daughter choose to remain with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ over me, I embraced Islam.