Hazrat Safiyyah — Page 17
17 17 HADRAT SaFIYYAH ra allegiances the Muslims became worried about their women and children who were vulnerable to the threat presented by the Ban u Qurai z ah. As the war went on for many days, a Jewish man showed up in the vicinity of the fortress and started asking questions about the people inside it. Hadrat S afiyyah ra happened to spot this Jewish man, and her superior intelligence and instincts allowed her to identify this man as a spy. She feared that if he told the Ban u Qurai z ah that there were only women and children in this fortress with no one to defend them, they would certainly attack the fortress. So, she sought out Hadrat H ass a n bin Th a bit ra immediately and advised him to go outside the fortress and kill this Jewish spy. If he were not killed he would tell the enemy that this fortress was defenceless and was housing only women and children. If this information reached the Ban u Qurai z ah it would most likely lead to an attack in which all the women and children of the Muslims would be killed! Hadrat H ass a n bin Th a bit ra disagreed with her and said, “If I were able enough to fight this Jewish man, then would I not be fighting alongside the Holy Prophet sa right now?” Upon hearing this response, Hadrat S afiyyah ra got up immediately, dug out a wooden pole from the ground that was