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Historical Records of Female Enslavement (632–661 AD)
- The Banu Hanifa Incident (633 AD): During the Ridda Wars, Khawla bint Ja’far (a free-born woman of a noble tribe) was taken captive after the Battle of Yamama. She was not released but was taken as a permanent slave and given to Ali ibn Abi Talib. She remained in his household and bore him a son, becoming an Umm al-Walad. (Source: Tarikh al-Tabari).
- The Battle of Jalula and Persian Nobility (637 AD): Following the Persian defeat, historians like Ibn Kathir record that a vast number of Persian women, including sisters and daughters of the ruling class, were captured. These women were distributed among the soldiers as permanent spoils of war (Ghanima). The volume of captives was so great that it significantly lowered the market price of slaves in Medina. (Source: Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah).
- The Daughters of Yazdegerd III (640s–650s AD): As the Sassanid Empire fell, the daughters of the Persian Emperor were captured and sent to Medina. Historical accounts (such as those in Al-Irshad and Ibn Qutaybah) state that they were treated as captives. Rather than being released, they were integrated into the households of prominent leaders, such as Shahrbanu, who was assigned to Husayn ibn Ali.
- The Conquest of Cyprus (649 AD): During the reign of Caliph Uthman, the first naval expedition resulted in the capture of thousands of Greek and Cypriot women. Al-Baladhuri notes that they were sold in markets and separated from their families. The companion Abu al-Darda famously witnessed this scene of enslavement and wept, confirming the permanence of their captive status. (Source: Futuh al-Buldan).
- The North African Berber Campaigns (647–651 AD): Under the command of Abdullah ibn Sa’d, thousands of Berber women were taken as captives during the initial conquest of the Maghreb. These women were sent back to the central Caliphate as part of the Khums (the state’s one-fifth share). There is no record of these women being released; they were held as permanent property. (Source: Al-Tabari).
- The Legal Status of Capture: In all these instances, the evidence shows that these women were held permanently as slaves unless they bore a child to their master (at which point they were freed only upon the master’s death) or were purchased/manumitted individually. The practice of Istibra (waiting one menstrual cycle) mentioned in Sahih Muslim 1456 confirms that the companions had legal physical access to these captives as permanent slaves.
Abolition of Enslaving Arabs: Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab eventually decreed that Arab women could not be enslaved, but this protection did not extend to Persians, Romans, or Berbers, who continued to be enslaved throughout this period.
These are the historical facts that no one can deny, You can find them anywhere openly, not Only the slaves of Persians was taken _ the evidence suggest the opposite
I Respect and believe in farahi school of thought and javed ahmad ghamidi_ but all I am asking is moral consistency
I will be satisfied if you say that “yes It was the mistake of the companions and it was against the Quran spirit of 47,4″_ but Keep defending history and white washing it Just pushing me away from Islam 🙏
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