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[[Sayyid Ja'far Shahidi]], a contemporary scholar and historiographer, cites remarkable inconsistencies in historical sources as well as external facts such as the population of Medina and the Prophet's (s) kind character, and thereby, casts doubts over the accuracy of the account, and in particular, the massacre of six hundred to nine hundred people from Banu Qurayza. He characterizes the event as a myth fabricated by people of [[Khazraj]] in order to downgrade the status of [[Aws]] in the eyes of the Prophet (s). | [[Sayyid Ja'far Shahidi]], a contemporary scholar and historiographer, cites remarkable inconsistencies in historical sources as well as external facts such as the population of Medina and the Prophet's (s) kind character, and thereby, casts doubts over the accuracy of the account, and in particular, the massacre of six hundred to nine hundred people from Banu Qurayza. He characterizes the event as a myth fabricated by people of [[Khazraj]] in order to downgrade the status of [[Aws]] in the eyes of the Prophet (s). | ||
In his ''al-Maghazi al-nabawiyya'', Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (51/671-124/ | In his ''al-Maghazi al-nabawiyya'', Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (51/671-2 ; 124/741-2) refers to Sa'd b. Mu'adh's ruling and the Prophet's (s) endorsement of the ruling. However, he only confirms the killing of Huyayy b. Akhtab, the senior figure of [[Banu Nadir]] who encouraged Banu Qurayza to hostility towards the Prophet (s). | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||