# Why was Safiyya bruised when she came to the Prophet after Khaybar? *Safiyya before Khaybar: her Muslim uncle, the dream of the moon and her husband's beating* - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/dper6y4mgwa/s/6/ - Date: 2018-02-21 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: The Story of Safiyya: the Prophet's Jewish wife -Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (24:44–27:21) - Status: general teaching - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpeR6Y4MGwA&t=1484s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/dper6y4mgwa/ **Topics:** The wives of the Prophet; The life of the Prophet **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Safiyya had told her husband Kinana she dreamt a moon fell into her lap; he accused her of wanting Muhammad and beat her, leaving her eye bruised when she came before the Prophet. Her uncle was a long-standing Muslim and she had spoken well of the Prophet before. ## Longer summary Mufti Abu Layth sets out what is known about Safiyya from before: her uncle Abu Yasir [?], her father's brother, had been a Muslim for years, visited and supported the Prophet, and there are sound reports that she too spoke well of the Prophet before Islam. She had recently been married to the chief Kinana [?] for tribal reasons, and told him she had dreamt of a moon landing in her lap, without mentioning the Prophet. Her husband replied that she was obsessed with Muhammad and wanted to be with him, and beat her so badly that she was bruised. In the sahih hadith, when Khaybar is over she comes before the Prophet with her eye green with bruising; he asks what happened, and she says Kinana beat her because of the dream. Amid the aftermath of the battle people make disparaging remarks about her as a Jewish woman, which the Prophet rebukes. In passing Mufti warns viewers against disruptive comments and notes that the difference between a widow's and a divorcee's iddah is basic knowledge. ## Sources and names cited - Safiyya - Abu Yasir ibn Akhtab [?] - Kinana ibn al-Rabi' [?] (Safiyya's husband) - report: safiyya came with her eye bruised and said kinana beat me because i dreamt a moon fell into my lap ## Transcript (machine tier, 24:44–27:21) [24:27] Muslims and yes her father and because he was the chief person the key right one of the key rivals of the Prophet was her father right he he he he does die in that battle as does her husband who is also a key person in that whole tribe now what is known about Sofia it from before her uncle her father's brother AB we acid had been Muslim for years he had been a Muslim abu yaseen he visits the Prophet he is known to have supported the Prophet he always spoke well of him there are narrations saw him rations [25:06] that Sofia didn't know about the Prophet she used to speak well about him in fact she had been recently married to this chief for tribal reasons who she says to him I had a dream and she says in the dream I saw a moon landing in my lap she never mentions the prophets name or anything what does write what does right now what does her [25:46] husband say her husband right right please don't distract too much in the comments I'm gonna block people if you are being too destructive I did mention that there's a difference between the idea of a widow and a dove a divorcee that's obviously common basic knowledge everybody knows stuff like that right okay now she tells her husband I saw this moon land in my lap what does her husband do he says to her you want you you are obsessed with that Muhammad she doesn't mention the Prophet [26:24] Muhammad's name he says and he's the person you want to be with and he punches her up so bad that she's actually bruised in the hadith sahih hadith once again wench in the Battle of once the paper is over she comes to the Profi what I know her copier our hobby rat I know her her eye is all green with bruises and the Prophet asks her what happened to you and she says kin Anna beat me up and the Prophet asks her why and and and she [27:03] says because I had this dream now obviously a lot is going on because there's a whole battle everything has settled things like this people make disparaging comments about her people say oh yeah who the yahoodi a jewish woman this that and the Prophet tells them off he tells them off this is in a sardine he tells them off some people held her as a captive they'd wanted to hold her as a captive the Prophet freed her he did not marry her he freed her now ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment dpeR6Y4MGwA/s/6. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/dper6y4mgwa/s/6/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.