Juwayriyah bint al-Harith (RA) was born with high status in her tribe. The daughter of the chief Banu al-Mustaliq, she was in her own right a princess and embodied that ideal in every way- beautiful, elegant, and strong. Aisha described Juwayriyah, saying, “She was a pleasant woman. No one saw her except he became captivated by her”.
When the Muslims learned that Banu al-Mustaliq, Juwayriyah’s tribe, was planning an assault on the Muslims, war broke out. The Muslims defeated Banu al-Mustaliq’s and their ambitions to distinguish the light of Islam. This defeat of her tribe drastically changed how Juwayriyah (RA) saw her life going.
Juwayriyah (RA) was taken captive and given as a slave to Thaabit ibn Qays. This was an unacceptable fate to her. But she did not shrink to the challenge before her. She approached Thaabit ibn Qays to negotiate for her release.
She agreed on sum for her freedom, but did not know how she, once a chief’s daughter now a penniless slave, could attain such wealth.
Still she did not buckle under the weight of her perceived fate. She petitioned and insisted on seeing the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)-the only man she knew who could help her. When she went to the Prophet (PBUH) she pled her case.
While the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was sitting, suddenly Juwayriyah
entered asking him concerning her ransom agreement (with Thaabit). […] She then started addressing the Prophet (peace be upon him), ‘O Messenger of Allah! I am Juwayriyah, the daughter of al-Haarith – the leader of his people. You are not oblivious of what has happened to me. I fell in the share of Thaabit ibn Qays and agreed with him to ransom myself with nine Ooqiyah. So help me to free myself.’
This occasion when she demanded to speak with the Prophet (PBUH) lead first to her conversion to Islam and then to her marriage with the Prophet.
She was loyal and stood up for her people
Juwayriyah’s (RA) insistence to better her circumstances when she found herself and her people captives of war was not simply for herself. She knew that she, an influential member of her tribe, had a duty to her people because her position had weight.
No other person of import from her tribe stepped up to rescue them from captivity. So, she took it upon her own shoulders. Aisha said: “When the news of this marriage came to the people they began saying, ‘Will the Prophet’s in-laws be held as captives?!’ Then the people freed all the captives that were with them from the tribe of Banoo al-Mustaliq, and the number of those who were freed reached one hundred households because of the Prophet’s marriage to Juwayriyah.”
Juwayriyah’s (RA) loyalty to her people and her sense of responsibility to them embolden her to speak with the Prophet (PBUH). Accepting him as her husband was a political maneuver to better her people’s circumstance. But the love and the beautiful deen she found with the Prophet was an immense reward for her bravery.
Juwarriya: The Truth Behind the Marriage to the Prophet 
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