Among the captives was
Safiyya bint Huyayy, daughter of the killed Banu Nadir chief Huyayy ibn Akhtab and widow of
Kenana ibn al-Rabi, the treasurer of Banu Nadir.
The companions informed Muhammad of Safiyya's beauty and family status, although she had already been taken by his companion
Dihyah al-Kalbi.
[55]Vol.1, no.371 Muhammad summoned Dihyah and ordered him to give Safiyya to him and take any of the other captured girls as slaves. Dihyah acceded the request only after being given 7 slaves in her place, as Safiyya was of renowned beauty.
[66] Safiyya and another woman had passed the bodies of the beheaded Khaybar men on their way to the prophet, and the other woman had become hysterical at the sight, to which Muhammad said "take away this she-devil".
[67] Muhammad took the 17 years old Safiyya to his bed on the very night of the day when her husband and family were slaughtered, and later manumitted and married her.
[68] Thus, Safiyya became one of the
Mothers of the Believers
Nabii wa Allah alikuwa mbakaji aise