Battle of Banu Qurayza: Difference between revisions

By the propose of Banu Qurayza, the Prophet (s) accepted the arbitration of [[Sa'd b. Mu'adh]], one of the nobles of [[Aws]] and the head of [[Banu 'Abd Ashhal]]. Banu Qurayza proposed the arbitration of Sa'd b. Mu'adh because they had an alliance before Islam. Sa'd referring to the rules of [[Torah]] and the treaty between the Jews and the Prophet (s) declared that who had gathered against the Prophet (s) must be executed, and the children and women become enslaved. The Prophet (s) considered the verdict in accordance to the rules of God. The verses 56 to 58 of [[Sura al-Anfal]] and verses 26 and 27 of [[Sura al-Ahzab]] are about the battle with Banu Qurayza.

The report about the killings are different. Some said that all the men of Banu Qurayza whose number was 600 to 800 were executed; also a woman who had killed a Muslim, was executed. One of the men of the tribe named Rufa'a b. Simawal was forgiven with the intervention of one of the aunts of the Prophet (s). Some others report that only the fighters of Banu Qurayza who had acted against Muslims were executed.