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the siege of Madinah (battle of the trench)

Cited in 2 segments across 2 recordings · 2017 to 2018 · event/event:siege-of-madinah

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21 Feb 2018On the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Who was Safiyya and why did the Muslims march on Khaybar? Safiyya was the daughter of Huyayy ibn Akhtab, a chief of Banu Nadir at Khaybar who had organised the coalition against Madinah, while her uncle was a Muslim. After Hudaybiyya the Prophet marched on Khaybar's fortresses, which fell after weeks of fighting in which about eighty Muslims died. Lessonposition checkedSafiyyaBanu NadirHuyayy ibn AkhtabAbu Yasir ibn Akhtab [?] machine3 min 54 s5:12on YouTube
11 Jan 2017Mothers of the Believers: The Wives of the Blessed Prophet ﷺ The question, Mufti Abu Layth's thesis and premise one: dating in an oral culture Mufti Abu Layth holds that Aisha married in her late teens, not at six or nine. His first premise is that the early Arabs kept no precise dates, so ages and years in reports often conflict. Lessonposition checkedSahih al-BukhariSahih Muslimreport: aisha married at six and the marriage consummated at ninereport: we are an unlettered nation we do not write and we do not calculate machine9 min 08 s7:50on YouTube