Safiyya bint Shayba
صفية بنت شيبة
Whether she was a Companion is disputed, and the view that she never saw the Prophet is called the most remote because her hadith is established in al-Bukhari in suspended form; she narrated from Aisha, Umm Habiba, Umm Salama and Asma, and Ibn Hibban counts her among the trustworthy Successors.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Place in the story
- CompanionDebated
Unknown (debated)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Safiyya bint Shayba ibn Uthman al-Abdariyya, daughter of Shayba ibn Uthman 1.
Is she a Companion?
Her companionship is disputed; Ibn Hajar says "far-fetched is the claim she had no sight of him" — her hadith is established in Sahih al-Bukhari in hanging form: Abban ibn Salih said, from al-Hasan ibn Muslim, from Safiyya bint Shayba, who said: I heard the Prophet 1. Ibn Manda narrated from her: "by God, it is as if I see the Messenger of God when he entered the Ka'ba" 2.
Narration
She also related from A'isha, Umm Habiba and Umm Salama, the Prophet's wives, and from Asma' bint Abi Bakr, Umm Uthman bint Sufyan, and an umm walad of Shayba's 2. From her related her son Mansur ibn Safiyya, her nephew Abd al-Hamid ibn Jubayr ibn Shayba, al-Hasan ibn Muslim, Qatada, al-Mughira ibn Hakim, Maymun ibn Mihran and others 2.
On her reliability
Ibn Ma'in said Ibn Jurayj met her but did not hear from her; Ibn Hibban mentioned her among the reliable Successors 2.
The point of dispute
Whether she was a Companion or a Successor is a disagreement stated in the entry itself 1.
Connections
- Child of
- Shayba ibn Uthman al-Hajabi
People and things also explored
The Battle of HunaynQurayshShayba ibn Uthman al-HajabiJāhilī Marriage FormsWaʾd (Infant Burial)The Incident of the Slander (Hadith al-Ifk)The marriage of Fatima and AliThe Prophet's marriage to Khadija
Sources
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, p. 1910
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, p. 1911
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Safiyya bint Shayba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/safiyya-bint-shayba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.