Hazrat Safiyyah — Page 19
19 19 HADRAT SaFIYYAH ra holding the tent they were standing in, and went after the Jewish man herself. She served a forceful blow on the Jewish man’s head with the wooden pole rendering him dead. Then she advised Hadrat H ass a n ra to confiscate the dead man’s clothes and weapons, but Hadrat H ass a n ra hesitated again. She asked Hadrat H ass a n ra to cut off his head and throw it over the walls of the fortress, and yet again Hadrat H ass a n ra refused. This lead to Hadrat S afiyyah ra taking the matters into her own hands again. She decapitated the dead Jewish man herself and flung his head out of the fortress walls. When the men of Ban u Qurai z ah who were waiting for their spy to return saw the severed head they were horrified. They thought that an army of Muslims soldiers was inside the fortress. They decided against attacking it and returned to their own fortress. 8 This is how the courage, bravery, and fearlessness of Hadrat S afiyyah ra saved all the Muslim women and children from a huge danger, and the cruel and evil plans of the Ban u Qurai z ah. She not only defeated the Ban u Qurai z ah with her foresight and wisdom but she also proved that if the occasion demanded the Muslim female warriors were also ready to jump into the battlefield and fight dutifully. Her wise actions sabotaged the evil plans of the Ban u Qurai z ah.