Muwatta 1565

Malik transmits from Ibn Shihab that it reached him that women in the time of the Messenger embraced Islam in their own lands without emigrating, while their husbands were still disbelievers. Among them was the daughter of al-Walid ibn al-Mughira, married to Safwan ibn Umayya (may God be pleased with him), who embraced Islam on the day of the Conquest while Safwan fled from Islam. The Messenger sent his cousin Wahb ibn Umayr with his cloak as a guarantee of safety to Safwan, inviting him to Islam and to come to him; if he accepted, well; otherwise he would be given two months to travel. When Safwan came, the Messenger called to him before the people, and Safwan asked for clarity; the Messenger gave him four months. Then the Prophet ﷺ set out against Hawazin at Hunayn and asked Safwan to lend him armour and weapons; Safwan agreed willingly and lent them, and went with him, still a disbeliever, witnessing Hunayn and al-Taif. His wife was a Muslim, and the Prophet did not separate them until Safwan embraced Islam, so the marriage stood. The editor notes that Ibn Abd al-Barr said the report is not connected by a sound chain, though its fame among historians is stronger than its isnad. ¹

Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Marriage. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, Safwan ibn Umayya, Wahb ibn Umayr, Hunayn, al-Taif. Built on in the chapters on marriage.