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silence had puzzled her, she did not suspect the reason for their silence was because he
was an Arab and not a Jew.

Time passed, and the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, had migrated to Medina.
During that time he made mutually beneficial, peaceful alliances with the Jews of Medina
but the Jews plotted to kill him, and undermined the alliance. The Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, had been patient with the Jews but they continued to plot and as a
result the alliance with the Jews came to an end and they were exiled to Khybar where
they lived with other Jewish tribes.

Despite their exile to Khybar, the Jews continued in their attempt to bring about the
downfall of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, and were active inciting and
bribing the Koraysh and other tribes to join forces and attack the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, and his followers. It was time to settle the matter so the Prophet,
praise and peace be upon him, set out for Khybar.

Shortly before the Prophet's departure for Khybar, Huyay had married the now
seventeen-year old Saffiyah to Kinanah. To the onlooker it may have appeared that the
marriage was all a young girl could ever hope for on account of Kinanah's wealth and