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It is said that the first fort of Khaybar conquered by the Prophet (s) was Na'im. The fort consisted of several forts. On that day, the Prophet (s) gave his white flag to two people from [[Muhajirun]] (on Ibn Ishaq's account, [[Abu Bakr b. Abi Quhafa]] and [['Umar b. Khattab]]) and then to a man from [[Ansar]]. But they returned without gaining any victory. The Prophet (s) said: "Tomorrow I will give the flag to someone who is loved by God and His prophet, and God will give victory to Muslims on his hands, and he never runs away". The next morning, the Prophet (s) miraculously healed Imam 'Ali's (a) eyes that were in pain, and then gave the flag to him.

It is said that after the conquest of Khaybar by the Prophet (s), [[Zaynab bt. Harith]] (the wife of [[Sallam b. Mishkam]], a head of the Jews) gave a poisoned piece of meat to the Prophet (s) as a gift in order avenge the deaths of her father, uncle and husband. The Prophet (s) and some of his companions, including [[Bishr b. al-Bara']], ate some of the meat, and then they stopped eating it at the command of the Prophet (s). Bishr died of the poison immediately (or, on other accounts, after one year of sickness). Some people take the Prophet (s)'s death to be caused by this poisoned meat.

The [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] commissioned Farwa b. 'Amr al-Bayadi to protect the booties of the Battle of Khaybar, and told everyone to return every tiny thing they took from the booties of war. The booties were divided into 5 parts: one part, that was the [[Khums]], was taken by the Prophet (s), from which he gave shares to his wives, [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]] ([['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] and [[Fatima al-Zahra (a)]]), the sons of [['Abd al-Muttalib b. Hashim b. 'Abd Manaf]] and sons of [[Muttalib b. 'Abd Manaf]], and some [[Sahaba]] and orphans and people in need. The other four parts were sold. Other parts of Khaybar (such as Watih and Sulalim) that were conquered without a war belonged to the Prophet (s) as [[fay']].