-
Marriage_of_Lady_Saffiyah, page : 5
standing. However, she was a reluctant bride and far from happy.
One night Saffiyah had a vision in which she saw the moon suspended over a city, which
she knew to be Medina. In her vision she saw the moon drift towards Khybar and when it
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
One night Saffiyah had a vision in which she saw the moon suspended over a city, which
she knew to be Medina. In her vision she saw the moon drift towards Khybar and when it
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