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reached the city it had come to rest in her lap. Innocently, Saffiyah told Kinanah of her
vision whereupon, in an uncontrollable burst of anger, Kinanah struck her violently upon
her face saying, "This can mean but one thing, you desire Muhammad, the King of
Hijaz!"
Khybar was defeated. When Saffiyah was brought before the Prophet, praise and peace
be upon him, he noticed her badly bruised face and asked her about it, whereupon she
told him of her vision and how after she had related it to her husband he had struck her.
When the spoils of war were being divided, Saffiyah had been given to a man from the
tribe of Kalb by the name if Dihyah. After the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
learned of her vision he asked Dihyah to release her to him and take her cousin instead.
Dihyah agreed and the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, offered her, her freedom
telling her that if she wished she may remain as a Jewess or embrace Islam. Without
hesitation, Saffiyah replied, "I choose Allah and His Messenger (salla Allahu alihi wa
salaam)", whereupon he asked for her hand in marriage and she accepted.
When the time came for the Muslims to leave Khybar, Lady Saffiyah left with the ladies
and Umm Sulaim dressed Lady Saffiyah as befits a bride and sent her to the Prophet,
vision whereupon, in an uncontrollable burst of anger, Kinanah struck her violently upon
her face saying, "This can mean but one thing, you desire Muhammad, the King of
Hijaz!"
Khybar was defeated. When Saffiyah was brought before the Prophet, praise and peace
be upon him, he noticed her badly bruised face and asked her about it, whereupon she
told him of her vision and how after she had related it to her husband he had struck her.
When the spoils of war were being divided, Saffiyah had been given to a man from the
tribe of Kalb by the name if Dihyah. After the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
learned of her vision he asked Dihyah to release her to him and take her cousin instead.
Dihyah agreed and the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, offered her, her freedom
telling her that if she wished she may remain as a Jewess or embrace Islam. Without
hesitation, Saffiyah replied, "I choose Allah and His Messenger (salla Allahu alihi wa
salaam)", whereupon he asked for her hand in marriage and she accepted.
When the time came for the Muslims to leave Khybar, Lady Saffiyah left with the ladies
and Umm Sulaim dressed Lady Saffiyah as befits a bride and sent her to the Prophet,