The Bani Quraytha Jews
Traitors or Betrayed?
The Hadeeths
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
When the Prophet (SAW) came to Al-Madinah and saw the Jews fasting the day of Ashoora' [Passover], he said,
"What is this [day]?"
They replied,
"This is the day which Allah saved the children of Israel from their enemy , thus Moses fasted it."
He said,
"I have more right to Moses than you."
So he fasted it and ordered fasting it.
Narrated Al-Baraa' bin Azeb:
The Prophet (SAW) when he first came to Al-Madinah visited his grandparents or uncles of the Ansar [the Muslims of Al-Madinah who supported him]. He also faced Bayt Al-Maqdis [Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem] during prayer for sixteen months or seventeen months, and he liked it if the Qiblah [the direction he faces] were Al-Bayt [here meaning Al-Ka'ba in Mecca]. So the first prayer he prayed [facing Mecca] was an Asr [afternoon] prayer with a group of people. So when a man who prayed with him [that Asr prayer] went out, he [the man] passed by some people in a mosque kneeling [in prayer] and he [the man] said [to the people in the mosque - because they were still facing Jerusalem],
"I witness [swear] by Allah that I prayed with the Messenger of Allah (SAW) in the direction of Mecca [referring to the Asr prayer]."
So they turned [towards Mecca] from their position which was facing Al-Bayt [Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem]. The Jews liked it that he [Mohammad] prayed towards Bayt Al-Maqdis [Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem], so did the People of the Book. Thus when he [Mohammad] turned his face away from Al-Bayt [Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem] they condemned it.
[The rest is irrelevant]
Narrated Awf bin Malik:
The Prophet (SAW) and I with him went one day until we entered a Jewish Synagogue in Al-Madinah on a holiday of theirs. They hated our entrance on them. So the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said,
"O ye Jews, show me twelve men [among the Jews] who believe that there is no God but Allah and that Mohammad is his messenger, and Allah will spare all the Jews under heaven his wrath the wrath he has."
They [the Jews] silenced everyone and no one answered him. So he repeated what he said and no one answered. So he repeated it for the third time and no one answered. So he said,
"You refuse! By Allah, I am the last [Prophet] and I am the final [Prophet] and I am the chosen Prophet; whether you believe or not."
[The rest is irrelevant]
Narrated Abi Hurayrah:
While we were at the Mosque, the Messenger of Allah (SAW) came to us and said,
"Go to the Jews."
So we went out with him until we arrived. So the Messenger of Allah (SAW) stood up and called on them,
"O ye Jewish people, become Muslims and you will be safe."
They replied,
"You have delivered [your message] O Aba Al-Qasim [Mohammad's Kunyah (title)]."
So he said to them,
"That [delivering the message] is what I want. Become Muslims and you will be safe."
They replied,
"You have delivered [your message] O Aba Al-Qasim [Mohammad's Kunyah (title)]."
So he repeated what he said for the third time and said,
"Know that the land is for Allah and his Messenger, and I want to exile you from this land. So let him he who finds something valuable in his possession sell it; or know that the land is for Allah and his Messenger."
Narrated Omar bin Al-Khattab:
He [Omar] heard the Messenger of Allah (SAW) saying,
"O I indeed will exile the Jews and the Christians from the Arabian Peninsula until I leave no one but a Muslim."
Narrated Abi Hurayrah:
While we were at the Mosque, the Messenger of Allah (SAW) came to us and said,
"Go to the Jews."
So we went out with him until we arrived. So the Messenger of Allah (SAW) stood up and called on them,
"O ye Jewish people, become Muslims and you will be safe."
They replied,
"You have delivered [your message] O Aba Al-Qasim [Mohammad's Kunyah (title)]."
So he said to them,
"That [delivering the message] is what I want. Become Muslims and you will be safe."
They replied,
"You have delivered [your message] O Aba Al-Qasim [Mohammad's Kunyah (title)]."
So he repeated what he said for the third time and said,
"Know that the land is for Allah and his Messenger, and I want to exile you from this land. So let him he who finds something valuable in his possession sell it; or know that the land is for Allah and his Messenger."
Narrated Ibn Omar:
The Jews of Bani Al-Nadheer and [Bani] Quraytha fought the Messenger of Allah (SAW). So the Messenger of Allah (SAW) exiled Bani Al-Nadheer and allowed Bani Quraytha and the ones with them to stay, until [Bani] Quraytha fought after that. So he killed their men, and divided their women, children and money among the Muslims except for some [of Bani Quraytha] who followed the Messenger of Allah (SAW) and became Muslim. And the Messenger of Allah (SAW) [eventually] exiled all the Jews of Al-Madinah; Bani Qaynuqa' (who are the people of Abdullah bin Salaam), the Jews of Bani Harithah and any Jew who was in Al-Madinah.
Narrated Ka'ab bin Malik by a companion of the Prophet:
[The beginning is irrelevant]
The Quraysh [Mohammad's tribe from Mecca] infidels wrote to the Jews after the Battle of Badr,
"You are the people of the arms and fortresses. You will either fight our friend [Mohammad], or we will do to you so and so and nothing will come between us and the servants of your women except for Al-Khalakheel [bracelets for women worn around the ankle] [in other words, Quraysh is threatening the Jews here]."
So when this letter came to the Prophet (SAW) [meaning he heard about it], Bani Al-Nadheer was set on treason. So they sent to the Messenger of Allah (SAW),
"Come to us with thirty men of your companions, thirty of our Rabbis will come to you until we meet midway and they [the Rabbis] will hear what you have to say; if they believed you and followed you we will follow you."
So he told their story [to his companions]. And when the next day came, the Messenger of Allah (SAW) came to them with armies and surrounded them and said,
"By Allah you will not be safe from me unless it is by a treaty we make."
They refused to make a treaty with him, so he fought them that very day. Then the day after he went to Bani Quraytha with his armies and left Bani Al-Nadheer, and he asked them [Bani Quraytha] to make a treaty with him and so they did, so he left them. Then he went to Bani Al-Nadheer [again] with his armies and he fought them until they surrendered and agreed to be exiled. So they were exiled carrying with them what their camels could carry of their possessions and the doors to their houses and the wood. Thus the palm of Bani Al-Nadheer was for the Messenger of Allah (SAW) alone, Allah gave it to him alone.
[The rest is irrelevant]
Narrated Abi Hurayrah:
The Prophet (SAW) said,
"The signs of the hypocrite are three; if he talks he lies, if he promises he fails his promise, and if he's trusted he betrays."
Narrated Aisha:
[In reference to the verse in Quran 33:10] "they came on you from above you and from below you and behold the eyes became dim and the hearts gaped up to the throats"
She [Aisha] said that that was the day of Al-Khandaq [The Ditch or Trench].
Narrated Al-Baraa':
I saw the Messenger of Allah (SAW) the day of Al-Ahzaab [which is also the day of the Trench or Ditch] carrying sand [digging], and the sand had covered the whiteness of his stomach.
[The rest is irrelevant]
Narrated Jaber:
[The beginning is irrelevant]
...then he [Mohammad] stood up and his stomach was tied to a rock [because of the hunger], and we remained for three days without a taste [of food]...
[The rest is irrelevant]
Narrated Jaber:
When the Prophet (SAW) and his companions dug the trench, they were extremely exhausted so that the Prophet (SAW) tied a rock around his stomach because of the hunger.
Narrated the father of Abi Sa'eed Al-Khudri:
On the day of the Trench we said,
"O Messenger of Allah, is there anything we can say [in a sense of prayer]? For the hearts are gaping up to the throats!"
He replied,
"Yes. O Allah cover our iniquities and remove our fears."
[The rest is irrelevant]
Narrated Huthayfa bin Al-Yaman:
[The beginning is irrelevant]
He [Mohammad] said to me,
"O Huthayfa, go and infiltrate the people [the armies against the Muslims] and see what they're up to, and don't say a word until you return."
So I went and infiltrated the people while the winds and the soldiers of Allah [referring to the Angels that fought off the armies] were doing what they were doing - not leaving them [the armies] any cauldron or fire or structure. So Abu Sufyan bin Harb [the leader of the Pagan Quraysh] stood up and said,
"O ye people of Quraysh, let every person check and see the person sitting next to him [in fear of spies]."
So I took the hand of the man next to me and said,
"Who are you?"
He replied,
"I am someone the son of someone [an Arabic expression used in narrating events when the name of the person isn't needed - it is like saying "so and so"]."
So Abu Sufyan said,
"O ye people of Quraysh, by Allah your [current] dwelling isn't a place to be dwelled in [meaning that their current situation is bad]; the horses [and camels, mules, etc..] have died, Bani Quraytha has turned us down - we received from them what we don't like [meaning they refused to let them in through their fortresses], and this wind is giving us what you see [a hard time]. By Allah, our cauldrons aren't standing, the fires aren't lasting, and the structures aren't holding. So retreat for I am retreating."
[The rest is irrelevant]
Narrated Aisha:
[The beginning is irrelevant]
So when the Messenger of Allah (SAW) came back from the trench, he put his weapon aside and washed up. So Jibreel [Gabriel] came to him while he [Mohammad] was removing the dust [from the battle] off his head and [Gabriel] said,
"You have laid your weapon aside?! By Allah we won't [lay our weapons aside]. Go out to [fight] them."
So the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said,
"Where [shall I go/fight]?"
So he [Gabriel] pointed to Bani Quraytha. Thus the Messenger of Allah (SAW) fought them and they surrendered to his judgement, so the Messenger of Allah (SAW) passed the judgement to Sa'd who said,
"I judge them that the fighters [men - those who are capable of fighting] are to be killed, the children and women enslaved and the money divided [among the Muslims]."
So the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said,
"You have judged them with Allah's judgement."