Tribe

Banū al-Naḍīr

بنو النضير

Yathrib (Medina) · Judaism

One of the three major Jewish tribes of Medina (alongside Banū Qaynuqāʿ and Banū Qurayẓa). Expelled from Medina in 4 AH (625 CE) for breach of the Constitution of Medina. Ṣafiyya bint Ḥuyayy, the Prophet's ﷺ wife, was the daughter of their chief Ḥuyayy ibn Akhṭab; she was captured at Khaybar and married after embracing Islam.

Ṣafiyya bint Ḥuyayy

Tenth wife of the Prophet ﷺ. Daughter of Ḥuyayy ibn Akhṭab, chief of Banū al-Naḍīr (a Jewish tribe of Medina). Captured at Khaybar (7 AH / 628 CE). The Prophet ﷺ offered her either freedom to return to her people or marriage and Islam; she chose the latter. According to tradition she was a descendant of Prophet Hārūn (Aaron). When other wives reportedly mocked her for her Jewish origin the Prophet ﷺ said: "How can you be better than her? She is the daughter of a prophet [Hārūn], niece of a prophet [Mūsā], and wife of a prophet [Muhammad]."

Sources: Wikipedia and classical Islamic biographical literature compiled by automated researchers.

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