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TAMIL - AUTHOR : MUFTI A.UMAR SHARIF KASHIMI
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ENGLISH- THE SEALED NECTAR – MEMORIES OF THE PROPHET (PBUH)-AUTHOR- ISSAM DIAB
For encampment, the Prophet [pbuh] had chosen a certain plot of land he deemed
suitable to serve as the headquarters of his army. However, a veteran fighter of his called
Hubab bin Al-Mundhir suggested that they, under the exigencies of war requirements
and for the sake of providing maximum logistic facilities, shift to another place. On
approaching the vicinity of Khaibar, the Prophet ordered his troops to halt, and began to
invoke his Lord saying: "O Allâh! Lord of the seven heavens and what they harbour
beneath, Lord of the seven earths and what lies in their wombs, Lord of devils and
whomsoever they have led astray; we beseech You to grant us the good of this village
(Khaibar), the good of its inhabitants and the good that lies in it. We seek refuge with You
from the evil of this village, the evil of its inhabitants, and the evil that lies in it." Then he
ordered, "Now march (towards the village) in the Name of Allâh." [Ibn Hisham 2/329]
"The banner", the Prophet [pbuh] declared "would be entrusted to a man who loves Allâh
and His Messenger and they (Allâh and His Messenger) love him." All the Muslims came
forward in the following morning hoping to be granted the honour of carrying the
banner. The Prophet [pbuh] called for ‘Ali bin Abi Talib whose eyes used to hurt, and
handed it to him. ‘Ali, on his part, pledged he would fight the enemies until they
embraced Islam. The Prophet [pbuh] answered him saying: "Take things easy and invite
them to accept Islam and brief them on their duties towards Allâh. I swear by Allâh that if
only one should be guided through your example, that would surely outweigh the best of
our camels." [Sahih Al-Bukhari 2/505, 606]
Khaibar, it seems, was split into two parts with five forts in the first: Na‘im, As-Sa‘b bin
Mu‘adh, the castle of Az-Zubair, ’Abi Castle, and An-Nizar in Ash-Shiqq; three others were
in part two: Al-Qamus, Al-Wateeh and As-Salalim.
The Prophet [pbuh] began the campaign by reducing the minor strongholds one after
the other. The first fort he was to attack was Na‘im, the first defence line with a
formidable strategic position. Marhab, the leader of the fort, invited ‘Amr bin Al-Akwa‘ to
meet him in combat and the latter responded; when ‘Amr struck the Jew, his sword
recoiled and wounded his knee, and he died of that wound.
The Prophet [pbuh] later said: "For him (‘Amir) there is a double reward in the Hereafter."
He indicated this by putting two of his fingers together. ‘Ali bin Abi Talib then undertook
to meet Marhab in combat, and managed to kill him. Yasir, Marhab’s brother, then
turned up challenging the Muslims to a fight. Az-Zubair was equal to it and killed him on
the spot. Real fighting then broke out and lasted for a few days. The Jews showed
courage and proved to be too formidable even to the repeated rushes of the veteran
soldiers of Islam. However, they later realized the futility of resistance and began to
abandon their positions in An-Na‘im and infiltrate into the fortress of As-Sa‘b.
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