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The issue of Mhaijr women 
Shortly after the Treaty of Hudaybia, some Muslim women 
came to the Prophet seeking asylum, while the pagans 
demanded their return. The Prophet rejected the pagans’ 
demand, saying that the treaty had nothing to do with the women. 
Allah, on the other hand, sent down his command: “O you who 
believe! When believing women come to you as refugees, 
determine if they are actually believers, and Allah knows best as to 
their faith. And if you are satisfied that they are Believers, do not 
return them to the unbelievers, for they are no longer lawful 
wives for unbelievers, and unbelievers are not lawful husbands for 
them. But reimburse their former husbands the dowry they gave 
to them, and there will be no sin on you if you marry these 
women after giving them a dowry. Likewise, do not remain 
married to women who do not believe, and ask them to return the 
dowry you gave them. Let them also ask for what they spent while 
married to you. This is Allah’s decision: He judges between you, 
and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.” (60: 10)
Thus believing women were declared unlawful for 
unbelievers and unbelieving women unlawful for believing men. 
From then on, the Prophet put the emigrant women to the test 
in the light of the following verse: “O Prophet , when believing 
women come to you to pledge their allegiance to you, swearing 
that they will not worship anything other than Allah, steal, 
commit adultery or fornication, kill their children, intentionally 
slander anyone or lie, not disobey you in any just matter, then 
accept their pledge, and pray to Allah to forgive them. Allah is 
Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (60: 12) 
Once the women agreed on oath to live by these divine 
injunctions, the Prophet would accept their pledge of 
allegiance. He solemnised the pledges verbally without shaking 

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hands with them. Such women were then not returned to the 
unbelievers. Moreover, the Muslims divorced their unbelieving 
wives, and Muslim women were separated from their non-Muslim 
husbands.