A Critical Analysis of 'Real Islam'. Its People ... - Bukti dan Saksi

Muhammad needed to avenge his rejection. The details come from the "Kitab al Tabaqat al Kabir", op cit,
vol 2, page 32:
Then occurred the ghazwah of the Apostle of Allah against the Banu Qaynuqa on Saturday, in the middle of
Shawwal, after the commencement of the twentieth month from the hijrah. These people were Jews and allies of
Abd Allah Ibn Ubayyi Ibn Salul. They were the bravest of Jews, and were goldsmiths. They had entered into a
pact with the Prophet. When the battle of Badr took place they transgressed and showed jealousy and violated
the pact and the covenant. Thereupon Allah the Blessed and the High revealed to His Prophet: "And if thou
fears treachery from any folk, then throw back to them (their treaty) fairly. Lo! Allah loves not the treacherous".
[Sura 8:58] The Apostle of Allah had said: 'I fear the Banu Quynuqa' but after this verse it is stated that he
marched against them.
With the altercation in the market place and the script from heaven, Muhammad now had full
justification and divine permission from Allah to attack the Qaynuqa . He therefore didn't feel the need to
engage in any kind of negotiations to work out the problems with the Jews, rather he immediately moved
to rid himself of them. Muhammad besieged them for about fifteen days, and then the Qaynuqa
surrendered. Another key piece of additional piece of information is provided by Ibn Sa'd:
They shut themselves up in their fortress, so he (Prophet) strongly besieged them, till Allah cast fear in their
hearts. They submitted to the orders of the Apostle of Allah, that their property would be for the Prophet while
they would take their women and children with them. Then under his orders their hands were tied behind their
backs. The Apostle of Allah appointed al-Mudhir Ibn Qadamah al-Slimi, of the Banu al-Silm, the tribe of Sa'd
Ibn Khaythamah to tie their hands behind their backs. Abd Allah Ibn Ubayyi had a talk with the Apostle of
Allah about them and entreated him (to release them). Thereupon he (Prophet) said: Leave them, may Allah
curse them and curse him who is with them! He abandoned the idea of their killing and ordered them to be
banished from Madinah.
Another critical set of details, relative to my argument is provided from Guillaume, pages 363, 364:
My father Ishaq b. Yasar told me from Ubada - …"when the B. Qaynuqa fought the apostle Abdullah b. Ubayy
espoused their cause and defended them, and Ubada Samit who was one of the B. Auf, who had the same
alliance with them as had Abdullah, went to the apostle and renounced all responsibility for them in favor of
God and the apostle, saying, "O apostle of God, I take God and His apostle and the believers as my friends, and
I renounce my agreement and friendship with these unbelievers: Concerning him and Abdullah b. Ubayy, this
passage from the chapter of the Table came down [2 – Sura 5:56] "O you who believe, take not Jews and
Christians as friends. They are friends of one another. Who of you takes them as friends is one of them. God
will not guild the unjust people. You can see those in whose heart there is sickness, i.e. Abdullah b. Ubayy
when he said, "I fear a change of circumstances." Acting hastily in regard to them they say we fear that change
of circumstances may overtake us. Peradventure God will bring victory or an act from Him so that they will be
sorry for their secret thought, and those who believe will say, "Are these those who swore by God their most
binding oath?" [that they were with you], as far as God’s words, "Verily God and His apostle are your friends,
and those who believe, who perform prayer, give alms and bow in homage," mentioning Ubada taking God and
His apostle and the believers as friends, and renouncing his agreement and friendship with the B. Qaynuqa…
There are a number of issues to be dealt with in relation to this incident. As a side note it is interesting
to look at the "pact/treaty" that the Muslim writers claim to have existed between the various Jewish
tribes and Muhammad. An analysis of this so-called "Charter of Medina", or "treaty", done by A.
Wensinch, "Muhammad and the Jews of Medina" [23] page 70, reveals that this "treaty" was really more of
an edict issued by Muhammad upon the Jews, rather than what might today be considered a "treaty".
Muhammad laid a burden of regulation upon the Jews, which they had to accommodate, and with which
they were apparently in full compliance. What is important is that Muhammad was at odds with the Jews
because they had rejected him, and after his victory at Badr, Muhammad now felt confident that he could
threaten, and then move against them, despite the earlier assurances in the Charter made at a time when
Muhammad's forces were less dominant.
Accordingly, one of the more questionable and ugly actions committed by Muhammad against the
Jews then occurred. The Jews shut themselves up in their fortress, then succumbed to the siege and
submitted to the orders of the Apostle of Allah and agreed that their property would be for the Prophet
while they would take their women and children with them. They were undoubtedly unhappy with both
the earlier terms and the new surrender terms issued, but they resigned themselves to follow the dictates
of this man with his powerful forces arrayed against them.