Rayhana bint Sham

Rayhana bint Sham was a Jewish concubine from the tribe of Bani Nasir, the children of Amr ibn Qurayzah. She was taken as a captive during the battle of Bani Qurayzah.

There are different narrations about how she converted to Islam. According to some narrations, she embraced Islam after hearing about it from the Prophet when she was a captive; Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) freed her and married her. It is also narrated that she had not wanted to convert to Islam at first, but afterwards she embraced Islam of her own accord, and married the Prophet, but she chose to remain as a concubine because she was afraid of shouldering the responsibilities of a free woman.
Rayhana passed away after the Prophet returned from the final pilgrimage. The Prophet led the prayer over her, and she was buried in the Jannat al-Baqi Cemetery.

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