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Is it true that Anas said: "Safiyyah was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey, and it was her day. She was slow in traveling, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ met her while she was crying and saying, 'You have put me on a slow camel.' So the Messenger of Allah began to wipe her eyes with his hands and soothe her"? Narrated by An-Nasa'i with an authentic chain of narration?

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Safiyyah was with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, on a journey, and she lagged behind. When the Prophet met her, she was crying and saying that she was riding a slow camel. The Prophet wiped her eyes to quiet her, but she insisted on crying, so the Prophet became angry and left her.

Safiyyah came to Aisha and said to her, "This day of mine with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, is yours, if you make him pleased with me." Aisha then took her head covering, which she had dyed with wars and saffron, sprinkled it with water, and then came and sat by the Prophet's head, peace and blessings be upon him. He asked her, "What is wrong with you?" She replied, "That is the grace of Allah; He bestows it upon whom He wills!" The Prophet understood the matter and was pleased with Safiyyah.

Then the Prophet went to Zaynab and said to her, "Safiyyah's camel has exhausted her, so why don't you give her your camel?" Zaynab said, "Do you intend to take my camel and give it to the Jewess?"

So the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, boycotted her for three months and did not approach her house. Then the Prophet entered the house once, and Zaynab placed the bed in its place and said, "O Messenger of Allah, my slave girl so-and-so has purified herself from her menstruation today; she is yours?" So the Prophet entered upon her and was pleased with her.

The hadith is authentic, and it shows the Prophet's good companionship with his wives, along with justice, discipline, and mercy. It also shows the wives' love for the Prophet and their jealousy, and that their jealousy does not diminish their character.

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