Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 1 of 3

388 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH BsW3
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worshipped idols. In their correspondence, they intimidated them for granting
shelter to Rasulullaah and the Sahabah @Bw and threatened to attack
them with a combined force of all the Arabs. Abdullaah bin Ubay and the others
therefore resolved to fight the Muslims. Rasulullaah then approached them
and said, "No one has schemed against you as the Quraysh have done. All they
intend doing is to sow discord amongst you (because the members of your own
families are Muslims)." They realised that Rasulullaah @@ was right and
dispersed (gave up the idea of fighting the Muslims).
After the Battle of Badr, the ~uffaar of the Quraysh wrote to the Jews, telling
them that they (the Jews) were well fortified and well armed (and could therefore
fight the Muslims). In their letter, they also threatened the Jews (with aggression
if the Jews refused to fight the Muslims). The Jews of the Banu Nadheer tribe
therefore resolved to betray the trust of the Muslims. They sent a message to
Rasulullaah saying, "Come to us with two of your companions and three of
our scholars will meet you. If they (accept Islaam and) follow you, we shall all
follow suit." As ~asulullaah prepared to meet them, the three Jews hid
daggers in their cloaks. However, before Rasulullaah met with them, a
(Jewish) woman from the Banu Nadheer whose brother had accepted Islaam and
was living amongst the Ansaar sent a message to her brother informing him
about the scheme of the Banu Nadheer. Rasulullaah then returned and
marched with a battalion against them early in the morning. The Muslims laid
siege to their fortress that day and the following day Rasulullaah marched
on to the fortress of the Banu Qurayzah. Rasulullaah @&% also laid siege to their
fortress and they entered into a treaty with him.
Rasulullaah k%% then returned to the Banu Nadheer and (when they refused to
enter into a treaty, he) fought them until they finally surrendered on condition
that they go into exile and be allowed to take with them anything besides
weapons that could be loaded on their camels. They then loaded their camels to
the extent that they even loaded the doors of their houses. They therefore
demolished their homes with their owrl hands and loaded on their camels the
scraps of wood that suited them. This expulsion was the first exile to Shaam. ('I
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Abbaas B,- narrates that Rasulullaah w maintained
the siege of the Banu Nadheer until they could not hold out any longer and were
forced to give in to all his demands. They eventually agreed that their lives would
be spared and that they would be expelled from their hearth and home to settle
in Adhra'aat in Shaam (a place close to Amman and Balqaa). Rasulullaah w
allowed them a camel and a water bag between every three persons. (2)
Another narration states that Rasulullaah @&! sent Hadhrat Muhammad bin
Maslama %3G&G to the Banu Nadheer with instructions to allow them three days
to leave.(3) According to another narration, the message that Rasulullaah @&%
(1) ~bn Mardaway and Abd bin Humayd narrating from Abdur Razzaaq. Refer to FatIhul Baari (Vo1.7
Pg.232). Abu Dawood, Abdur Razzaaq, lbn Mundhlr and Bayhaqi have also reported the narration
as mentioned in BadhlulMajbood (Vol. Pg.) quotlng from DurrulMantboor.
(2) Bayhaqi.
(3) Bayhaqi, as quoted in the Taheerof Ibn Katheer (Vo1.4 ~g.333).