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TheBattleOfKhybar, page : 26
Shortly before the Prophet had set out for Khybar. Huyay had married the
now seventeen year old Safiyah 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 standing. However, she was a reluctant
bride and far from happy.
One night Safiyah 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 came to rest in her lap.
Innocently, Safiyah 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!"
When Safiyah was brought before the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, as a captive, he noticed her badly bruised face and asked her about it
whereupon Safiyah told him of her vision and how after she had related it to
her husband he had struck her.
now seventeen year old Safiyah 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 standing. However, she was a reluctant
bride and far from happy.
One night Safiyah 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 came to rest in her lap.
Innocently, Safiyah 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!"
When Safiyah was brought before the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, as a captive, he noticed her badly bruised face and asked her about it
whereupon Safiyah told him of her vision and how after she had related it to
her husband he had struck her.