The Life of the Prophet Muhammad by Ibn Kathir - Volume 3 of 4

IMAM ABO AL-FIDA' ISMA'IL IBN KATHTR 275
orphans, the destitute and wayfarers, another to feed the wives of the Prophet
(SAAS), another to feed the families of those who went out to arrange the peace
treaty with the people of Fadak7' These included Muhayyisa h. Mascad, to whom
the Messenger of God (SAAS) allotted 30 hags of dates and 30 bags of barley.
Its (Fadak's) two valleys that were set aside for him were named Wadi al-Surir,
and Wzdi Khas."
Ibn Ishaq went on to give the details of all the allotments made at Khaybar; he
did so fully and very well, may God have mercy on hi.
The men placed in charge of the division and the accounting were Jabbar h.
Sakhr b. Umayya b. Khansa', brother of Bana Salama, and Zayd h. ThXbit, may
God he pleased with them both.
The commander who had authority over valuation of the date-palms of
Khaybar was 'Ahd All& b. Rawaha. He did this for two years. Following his
death, may God be pleased with him, at the battle of Mu'ta, Jabbu b. Sakhr, may
God he pleased with him, took over his work.
Al-Bukhw stated that IsmiiCil related to him, quoting Malik, from 'Ahd
al-Majid b. Suhayl, from Sa'id b. al-Musayyab, from Abii Sacid al-Khudari and
Abii Hurayra, that the Messenger of God (SAAS) placed a man in command of
Khaybar who brought him some dates that werelanib, "of very high quality".
The Messenger of God (SAAS) asked him, "Are all the dates of Khaybar lie
this?" He replied, "No, I swear by God, Messenger of God! We take a sac weight
of this (dates of high quality) for two sac or three sac (of lesser quality)." He told
him, "No, don't do that. Sell the lesser quality dates for cash and then with that
cash buy thelanib dates."
Al-Bukhui stated that al-Dar~wardi said, quoting 'Abd al-Majid, from
Sacid b. al-Musayyab, that Abii Sacid and Aba Hurayra both related that the
Messenger of God (SAAS) sent a brother of Banii 'Adi of the an@r to Khaybar
and appointed him in charge of it. And the same is related on a different line
of transmission from 'Ahd al-Majid, from Aba Sal& al-Samm, from Abii Sacid
and Abii Hurayra.
I note as follows. The properties of Khaybar gained by the Messenger of God
(SAAS) and the Muslims and all of Fadak, constituted a large part of the
territory of Khayhar. They (the Jewish inhabitants) had emerged and made
peace with the Messenger of God (SAAS) because of their great fear of him. To
all this were added the acquisitions mentioned above from Banii al-Nadir where
the Muslims similarly had no need to use force.
These were the personal property of the Messenger of God (SAAS). From
them he would subtract the yearly expenses of his family and then treat the
remainder as belonging to God. He would use it to pay for the mounts, weapons
71. According to Ibn Ishzq, when the inhabitants of Fadak heard of the conquest of Khaybar,
they sent emissaries to the Prophet (SAAS), offering a treaty of peace under which they would
remain there and keep half their produce.