Kinana was suspected of having hidden the treasure of the Banu al-Nadir, and Muhammad also coveted his wife Safiyyah bint Huyayy, the daughter of Huyayy, a rabbi and leader of the Banu al-Nadir who had been murdered on a previous occasion.
Kinana was suspected of having hidden the treasure of the Banu al-Nadir. After Kinana's death, Muhammad married his wife Safiyyah bint Huyayy, the daughter of Huyayy ibn Akhtab, a chief of the Banu al-Nadir who had been executed on a previous occasion.