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The captives had mostly been ransomed, but one, a girl, Juweira, remained sorrowfully with the Muslim, for her ransom was fixed so high that payment was impossible. Mahomet listened to her tale, and the loveliness of her face and figure did not escape him. "Wilt thou hearken to what may be better?" he asked her, "even that I should pay thy ransom and take thee myself?"
Juweira was thankful for her safety, and rejoiced at her good fortune. Mahomet married her straightway, and for her bridal gift gave her the lives of her fellow tribesmen. "Wherefore," says Ayesha, "Juweira was the best benefactress to her people in that she restored the captives to their kinsfolk." But the Citizens and Refugees were by no means so contented.
The apostle is even reproved for fearing men in this affair, whereas he ought to fear God. In the sixth year he subdued several tribes of the Arabs. Among the captives was a woman of great beauty, named Juweira, whom Mahomet took to wife and, by way of dowry, released all her kindred that were taken prisoners.
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