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INCIDENT # 5 – The Murder of Ibn Sunayna
Muhammad's problems with the various Jews were not over. They had rejected him, which he could
not tolerate. His animosity towards them seemed to be ever increasing. Just after the murder of Kab
Ashraf, and before the battle of Uhud (3 A.H.), Muhammad ordered his followers to "kill any Jew that
comes under your power". Anti-Semitism is defined as; "an intense dislike for and prejudice against
Jewish people". By that standard, Muhammad could be considered Islam's original anti-Semite.
From Guillaume, op cit, page 369:
"The apostle said, "Kill any Jew that falls into your power." Thereupon Muhayyisa b. Masud leapt upon Ibn
Sunayna, a Jewish merchant with whom they had social and business relations, and killed him. Huwayyisa was
not a Muslim at the time though he was the elder brother. When Muhayyisa killed him Huwayyisa began to beat
him, saying, 'You enemy of God, did you kill him when much of the fat on your belly comes from his wealth?'
Muhayyisa answered, 'Had the one who ordered me to kill him ordered me to kill you I would have cut your
head off.'"
This story is also supported in the Sunan of Abu Dawud [25] Book 19, Number 2996:
Narrated Muhayyisah: The Apostle of Allah said: If you gain a victory over the men of Jews, kill them. So
Muhayyisah jumped over Shubaybah, a man of the Jewish merchants. He had close relations with them. He then
killed him. At that time Huwayyisah (brother of Muhayyisah) had not embraced Islam. He was older than
Muhayyisah. When he killed him, Huwayyisah beat him and said: O enemy of Allah, I swear by Allah, you
have a good deal of fat in your belly from his property.
Yet another murder committed upon Muhammad's command. Note that Muhayyisa would have killed
a family member at the drop of a hat. Here Muhammad’s ‘revelation’ and directions are clear and
unambiguous, ordering all his followers to wantonly murder any and all Jewish people they may
encounter. Hitler also did this, but in the name of Arian purity rather than in the name of a ‘religion of
peace’.
A quote from an Islamic scholar – Wensinck, op cit, writes in, "Muhammad and the Jews of Medina",
page 113:
"It is remarkable that tradition attributes Muhammad's most cruel acts to divine order, namely the siege of
Qaynuqa, the murder of Kab, and his attack upon Qurayzah. Allah's conscience seems to be more elastic than
that of his creatures."..... Ibn Ishaq and al-Waqidi report that the prophet said the morning after the murder (of
Kab Ashraf), "Kill any Jew you can lay your hands on."
Whether this is a display of the elastic conscience of a loving, merciful, and forgiving God, or simply
a display of the elasticity of Muhammad’s conscience is certainly debatable. Without question though,
there is indeed something unique about Muhammad’s conscience, as was the case with so many other
leaders in history who engaged in wholesale killings to advance a cause. This incident shows that
Muhammad had unsuspecting people, even those who had good relations with Muslims, murdered in cold
blood simply because they were Jewish. There was no other apparent justification to murder these Jews
other than they had chosen not to be Muhammad's followers. Undeniably the actions in this incident were
the work of Muhammad's executioner committing murder at his explicit instruction.
Perhaps the reader might wonder the about the purpose of this incident being chronicled in the
Islamic Holy works. The nature of the slaying, jumping upon an employer, an apparent innocent man
whose only sin was being a Jewish, after being explicitly incited by Muhammad’s instructions appears
particularly barbaric and cruel. But to Muslims this incident serves to portray the conversion of the
previously non-believing older brother, Huwayyisah. This story was archived not to document this brutal
murder per se, but because it serves as a powerful example of the correct treatment of Jews. Apparently
this is what passes for Islamic spirituality, implying that for some the path to conversion comes after
following Muhammad’s directions to kill unbelievers. One Muslim scholar I had an exchange with on the
matter made it very clear he believes the story is not so much a tale of the death of a hapless Jew, but the
wonderful conversion story of a brother which verifies to him that Allah is God. Of course, Huwayyisah
may have converted out of fear and respect for raw power, since at that time apparently it was possible to
kill non-believers indiscriminately, his brother having just mentioned he was prepared to do so…