Volume 4 Book 54 Hadith 501

Volume 4, Book 54, Number 501:
Narrated Safiya bint Huyay:
While Allah’s Apostle was in Itikaf, I called on him at night and having had a talk with him, I got
up to depart. He got up also to accompany me to my dwelling place, which was then in the house of
Usama bin Zaid. Two Ansari men passed by, and when they saw the Prophet they hastened away.
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The Prophet said (to them). “Don’t hurry! It is Safiya, the daughter of Huyay (i.e. my wife).” They said,
“Glorified be Allah! O Allah’s Apostle! (How dare we suspect you?)” He said, “Satan circulates in the
human mind as blood circulates in it, and I was afraid that Satan might throw an evil thought (or
something) into your hearts.”