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ahmad:13998 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ married Safiyyah, and Thabit said to him, "How can you believe her?" He replied, "I believe her because she herself affirmed it and freed her and married her."  

أحمد:١٣٩٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

تَزَوَّجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَفِيَّةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ ثَابِتٌ مَا أَصْدَقَهَا؟ قَالَ أَصْدَقَهَا نَفْسَهَا أَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا  

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bukhari:4201 – Ādam > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Ṣuhayb > Anas b. Mālik

Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet ﷺ took Safiya as a captive. He manumitted her and married her." Thabit asked Anas, "What did he give her as Mahr (i.e. marriage gift)?" Anas replied. "Her Mahr was herself, for he manumitted her."  

البخاري:٤٢٠١ – حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ؓ يَقُولُ سَبَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ صَفِيَّةَ فَأَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَقَالَ ثَابِتٌ لأَنَسٍ مَا أَصْدَقَهَا قَالَ أَصْدَقَهَا نَفْسَهَا فَأَعْتَقَهَا  

ahmad:12933 – Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Ṣuhayb > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ freed Safiyyah and married her. Thabit said to him: What is the truth of her? He said: Her own self freed her and married her.  

أحمد:١٢٩٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ صُهَيْبٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَعْتَقَ صَفِيَّةَ وَتَزَوَّجَهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ ثَابِتٌ مَا أَصْدَقَهَا؟ قَالَ نَفْسَهَا أَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا  

bayhaqi:13367 – Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Zaʿfarānī > Ismāʿīl b. ʿUlayyah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Ṣuhayb > Anas

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ freed Safiyyah and married her, so I asked Thabit, "What did she say (regarding her marriage to the Prophet)?" He said, "She accepted willingly."  

البيهقي:١٣٣٦٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَعْتَقَ صَفِيَّةَ وَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَسَأَلْتُ ثَابِتًا مَا أَصْدَقَهَا؟ قَالَ نَفْسَهَا