Banī Isrāʿīl and Their Priestly Elites (Cohens) in the Hijāz (Yathrib) Prior to the Prophet and Islām The wife of the Prophet Muḥammad (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wasallam) Ṣafiyyah bint Ḥuyayy (raḍiyallāhu ʿanhā) was descended from Levi, son of Jacob (ʿalayhis salām) through Aaron. Her father was from the tribe of Banū Naḍīr and her mother, Barrah bint Samuel, was from Banū Qurayẓah... Download PDF.