A MENTION OF HIS SLAVE GIRLS
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, had two slave girls. One of them was Mariyah Bint Sham‘oon Al-Qibtiyyah. The leader of Alaxandria, Juraij Ibn Meena (Viceroy of Egypt), had given her to him. He also gave her sister Seereen. Abu Nu‘aim mentioned that he gave her among four maids – And Allah (SWT) knows best – an emasculated slave boy called Ma’boor and a mule called Ad- Duldul, so he accepted his gifts and chose Mariyah for himself. She was from a village in Egypt known as Hafn from Koorah ’Ansina and Mu‘awiyah Ibn Abu Sufyan removed the land tax levied on the people of the land during the days of his leadership as a means of distinguishing it because it bore a son from the Messenger of Allah and he was Ibraheem. They said Mariyah was white and beautiful, the Messenger of Allah was pleased with her and loved her. She was precious to him especially after she gave birth to Ibraheem, his son. And as for her sister Seereen, the Messenger of Allah gave her to Hassan Ibn Thabit. She gave birth to his son ‘Abdur-Rahman Ibn Hassan.
As for the emasculated slave boy, Ma’boor, he used to enter upon Mariyah and Seereen without permission as was the tradition in Egypt. Thereafter some of the people spoke about her due to that and didn’t realize that he was emasculated until it was made known on the basis that we are going to clarify shortly insha’Allah.
And as for the mule, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, used to ride it and from what is apparent – And Allah (SWT) knows best – it is the one that he rode in battle on the Day of Hunain. The mule grew old and lived long; it was even with ‘Ali Ibn Abu Talib in the days of his reign and when he died it was with ‘Abdullah Ibn Ja‘far Ibn Abu Talib and grew old and wheat was ground for it to eat.
And from the wives is Raihanah Bint Zaid from the tribe of An-Nadeer and it is also said that she was from the tribe of Quraizah. Az-Zuhri narrated: The Messenger of Allah captured Raihanah from the tribe of Quraizah, then he freed her so she returned to her family.
Qatadah said: The Messenger of Allah had two slave girls, Mariyah Qibtiyyah and Rubaihah – or Raihanah – Bint Sham‘oon Ibn Zaid Ibn Khunafah from the tribe of ‘Amr Ibn Quraizah. She was with the son of her uncle called ‘Abdul-Hakam, according to what reached me and died before the Prophet.
By Ibn Katheer
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