Myth vs Fact-Part 220
Myth | Fact |
Islam: Religion of peace. | Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 89: Narrated Anas: The Prophet stayed for three days at a place between Khaibar and Medina, and there he consummated his marriage with Safiyya bint Huyay. I invited the Muslims to a banquet which included neither meat nor bread. The Prophet ordered for the leather dining sheets to be spread, and then dates, dried yogurt and butter were provided over it, and that was the Walima (banquet) of the Prophet. The Muslims asked whether Safiyya would be considered as his wife or as a slave girl of what his right hands possessed. Then they said, "If the Prophet screens her from the people, then she Is the Prophet's wife but if he does not screen her, then she is a slave girl." So when the Prophet proceeded, he made a place for her (on the camel) behind him and screened her from people. |
Tafsir |
Safiyya was the wife of the Chief of the Jewish tribe who resided at Khaibar. Moe beseiged them and killed the men and adolescent boys, taking the women and juveniles as slaves. He had Safiyya's husband tortured to death. See the following:
- Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Number 143
- Bukhari Volume 5, Book 59, Number 512
- Abu Dawud Book 38, Number 4390
- 33:26
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