Volume 3, Book 33, Number 254:
Narrated ‘Ali bin Al-Husain (from Safiya, the Prophet’s wife):
The wives of the Prophet were with him in the mosque (while he was in Itikaf) and then they de –
parted and the Prophet said to Safiya bint Huyai, “Don’t hurry up, for I shall accompany you,” (and
her dwelling was in the house of Usama). The Prophet went out and in the meantime two Ansari
men met him and they looked at the Prophet and passed by. The Prophet said to them, “Come here.
She is (my wife) Safiya bint Huyai.” They replied, “Subhan Allah, (How dare we think of evil) O Al –
lah’s Apostle! (we never expect anything bad from you).” The Prophet replied, “Satan circulates in the
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human being as blood circulates in the body, and I was afraid lest Satan might insert an evil thought
in your minds.”