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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
When the Prophet [pbuh], along with his army, moved to this part of Khaibar, Al-Katiba,
he laid a heavy siege to it for fourteen days with the Jews barricading themselves inside
their forts. When he was about to use the rams, the Jews realized that they would perish,
therefore, they asked for a negotiable peace treaty.
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There is one controversial point in this context. Was this part of Khaibar (with its three forts)
conquered by force? Ibn Ishaq clearly stated that Al-Qamus fort was conquered by
force. Al-Waqidi, on the other hand, maintained that the three forts were taken through
peace negotiations, and force, if any, was resorted to only to hand the fort over to the
Muslims; the two other forts surrendered without fighting.
Negotiations
Ibn Abi Al-Huqaiq was despatched to the Messenger of Allâh [pbuh] to negotiate the
surrender treaty. The Prophet [pbuh] agreed to spare their lives on condition they
evacuate Khaibar and the adjacent land, leaving whatever gold and silver they had in
their possession. However, he stipulated that he would disavow any commitment if they
concealed anything. Shortly afterwards, the forts were handed over to the Muslims and
all Khaibar was reduced and brought under the sway of Islam.
This treaty notwithstanding, Abi Al-Huqaiq’s two sons concealed a leather bag full of
jewels, and money belonging to Huyai bin Al-Akhtab, who carried it with him when Banu
Nadir had been banished. Kinanah bin Ar-Rabi‘, who had hidden the musk somewhere,
was obdurate in his denial and so he was killed when the musk was discovered and his
dishonesty was proven. Abi Al-Huqaiq’s two sons were killed in recompense for
breaching the covenant, and Safiyah, Huyai’s daughter was taken as a captive.
Distribution of Spoils
In accordance with the agreement already concluded, the Jews would be obliged to
evacuate Khaibar, but they were anxious to keep on cultivating the rich soil and fine
orchard for which Khaibar was famous. They, therefore, approached the Prophet [pbuh]
with the request that they be allowed to cultivate their lands and they would give half of
the produce to the Muslims. Muhammad [pbuh] was kind enough to accede to their
request.
The Messenger [pbuh] divided the land of Khaibar into two: one half to provide the food
to be stored in case of any accidental calamity that might befall the Muslims, and for
entertaining the foreign delegates who started to frequent Madinah a lot; the other half
would go to the Muslims who had witnessed Al-Hudaibiyah event whether present or
absent. The total number of shares came to 36, of which 18 were given to the people
above-mentioned. The army consisted of 1400 men of whom were 200 horsemen. The
horseman was allotted 3 shares and the footman one. [Za'd Al-Ma'ad 2/137, 138]
The spoils taken at Khaibar were so great that Ibn ‘Umar said: "We never ate our fill until
we had conquered Khaibar." ‘Aishah [R] is narrated to have said: "Now we can eat our
fill of dates." [Sahih Al-Bukhari 2/609]
On their return to Madinah, the Emigrants were able to return to the Helpers of Madinah
all the gifts they had received. All of this affluence came after the conquest of Khaibar
and the great economic benefits that the Muslims began to reap. [Za'd Al-Ma'ad 2/148; Sahih
Muslim 2/96]
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