Ṣafiyyah
صفية
Say it sa-FIY-yah
Chosen
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ṣ-f-w
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Safiya, Safiyyah, Safia, Safiye
Meaning & source
Chosen: the ṣafiyy or ṣafiyyah is the choice share a leader picks; from a root meaning purity.
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أَبو عُبَيْدٍ: الصَّفِيُّ مِنَ الْغَنِيمَةِ مَا اخْتارَه الرَّئِيسُ مِنَ المَغْنَمِ واصْطَفاه لنَفْسِه قبلَ القسْمَةِ منْ فَرسٍ أَو سيفٍ أَو غَيْرِهِ، وَهُوَ الصَّفِيَّةُ أَيضاً، وجَمْعُه صَفَايا؛
Who carried this name
- Ṣafiyyah bint Ḥuyayy, Mother of the Believers Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11407 (vol. 8, p. 210)
- Ṣafiyyah bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, the Prophet’s aunt Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11411 (vol. 8, p. 213)