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It may be noted that when Safiyah was with her previous husband (Kanana bin Rabi), she had a dream that the moon had fallen in her lap. She stated the dream to his husband, who interpreted that she was aspiring for nothing but to become the queen of Muhammad (peace be upon him), the King of Hijaz. After stating that, he hit her with such a severe slap that her eye turned bluish. When she was brought to the Holy Prophet, after the castle of Banu Abul Haqeeq was conquered, she still carried the sign of slap. When the Holy Prophet asked about the sign, she then stated to him the whole event.

( Seerat-un-Nabi by Ibn Hashsham, Vol.II, page 402, Ghulam Ali and Sons, and Zia-un-Nabi by Peer Karam Shah Al-Azhari, Vol.IV, p. 2444-246, Zia Publications, Lahore.)

[Note: Safiyah was from the descendents of Prophet Harroon.]

[On the marriage of Jawairiah and Safiyah with the Holy Prophet, their hostile tribes came quite close to Islam, and their activities against the Muslims ceased.]

13. It may be noted that the Holy Prophet on defeating different tribes took every precaution not to destroy the family status and dignity of the tribal chiefs and their women. Their daughters, whose husbands were killed in the battles, could not be married to common Muslims. Accordingly, the Holy Prophet (peace be upon himon the suggestion of his Companions married Safiyah, the daughter of the chief of the two powerful Jewish tribes. Same was the position of his wife Jawairiyah, who was the daughter of a powerful and influential tribal chief of Arabia, and whose many people accepted Islam immediately after such a marriage.

Similarly on conquering Mecca, the Holy Prophet raised the status of the Chief of Mecca, Abu Sufyan (his bitter enemy), by commanding that any person taking refuge in his house would be considered as safe and secured.

The history of the world provides us a regrettable fact that the victorious nations have always destroyed the honor of the respectable people of the defeated nations.

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