History

after marrying prophet mohammad, safia embraced islam and became a devout muslim. She told prophet mohammad about the jews. she told him that the jews knew very well that mohammad was a true prophet. however, they were too arrogant to admit it. knowing that prophet mohammad accepted present, a jewish woman plotted against the prophet’s life. the woman knew that prophet mohammad liked to eat the shoulder of sheep, the woman cooked one and poisoned its shoulder. the woman presented the cooked poisoned sheep to the prophet. the prophet knew it was poisoned. therefore, he did not eat it. one of the prophet’s companions ate it and died. when questioned why she did it, the woman said that if mohammad was a true prophet, he would know it. otherwise, he would eat and die.