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When Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) reached Khyber while Safiya was a bride at her place. She saw in her dream that the sun came into her lap. She mentioned it before her husband. He said; ‘By Allah you do not wish for anyone except the King who has come upon us.’ Allah’s Messenger conquered Khyber and her husband was killed in captivity. The prophet offered dates to his companions and said “This is the wedding feast of the marriage of the messanger of Allah and Safiyyah."|Tabarani Kabeer, Maktabat Ibn Taymiyah, Hadith 176}} | When Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) reached Khyber while Safiya was a bride at her place. She saw in her dream that the sun came into her lap. She mentioned it before her husband. He said; ‘By Allah you do not wish for anyone except the King who has come upon us.’ Allah’s Messenger conquered Khyber and her husband was killed in captivity. The prophet offered dates to his companions and said “This is the wedding feast of the marriage of the messanger of Allah and Safiyyah."|Tabarani Kabeer, Maktabat Ibn Taymiyah, Hadith 176}} | ||
''Revelation'' makes no mention of the numerous traditions mentioned above which indicate that Safiyah was filled with sadness at the murder of her family relations by the Muslims (and their torture in her husband Kinana's case). Rather than dealing with the wide range of sources available on Safiyah, ''Revelation'' chooses to cherry pick a single tradition which casts her marriage to Muhammad as divinely pre-ordained and in accordance with her personal wishes, which is what modern liberal audiences would expect of a man claimed to be a good example ([[Uswa Hasana|Uswa Hasana)]]. Again, these modern Muslims seem embarrassed to admit the truth about the multiple different narrations that exist about Safiyah. And instead of presenting the tradition as it exists, they | ''Revelation'' makes no mention of the numerous traditions mentioned above which indicate that Safiyah was filled with sadness at the murder of her family relations by the Muslims (and their torture in her husband Kinana's case). Rather than dealing with the wide range of sources available on Safiyah, ''Revelation'' chooses to cherry pick a single tradition which casts her marriage to Muhammad as divinely pre-ordained and in accordance with her personal wishes, which is what modern liberal audiences would expect of a man claimed to be a good example ([[Uswa Hasana|Uswa Hasana)]]. Again, these modern Muslims seem embarrassed to admit the truth about the multiple different narrations that exist about Safiyah. And instead of presenting the tradition as it exists, they attempt to whitewash it in order to suit modern, liberal sensitivities around consent and slavery. | ||
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