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3931. It was narrated from Muḥammad bin Jaʿfar bin Az-Zubair, from ‘Urwah bin Az-Zubair that ‘Āishah said: “Juwairiyah bint Al-Ĥārith bin Al-Muṣṭalaq fell to the lot of Ṭhābit bin Qais bin Shammās, or a cousin of his, and she made a contract of manumission for herself. She was a very beautiful and attractive woman.” ‘Āishah said: “She came to ask the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ about her contract of manumission, and when I saw her standing at the door, I did not like it, because I realized that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would see in her what I saw. She said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, I am Juwairiyah bint Al-Ĥārith and there has happened to me that of which you are not unaware. I fell to the lot of Ṭhābit bin Qais bin Shammās, but I have made a contract of manumission for myself, and I have come to ask you about my manumission.’ The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘How about giving you something which is better than that?’ She said: ‘What is that, O Messenger of Allāh?’ He said: ‘I will pay off your contract of manumission and marry you.’ She said: ‘I accept.’ The people heard that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had married Juwairiyah, and they released the captives they were holding and set them free, saying: ‘(They are) the in-laws of
the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.' We have never seen a woman who brought more blessing to her people than her. Because of her, one hundred families of Banū Al-Muṣṭaliq were set free." (Hasan)
Abū Dāwūd said: This is proof that the Wālī is such that he may arrange the marriage himself.
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This Battle of Banū Al-Muṣṭaliq, also called the Battle of Al-Muraisi' was fought between the 4th and 6th years of Hijrah, according to the different sayings of the biographers.
