Battle of Khaybar: Difference between revisions

In [[4]]/625 after the [[Prophet (s)]] expelled the [[Banu Nadir]] Jews from Medina because of their betrayals, some of them took refuge to Khaybar. One year later they went to [[Mecca]] and incited the [[Quraysh]] against the Prophet (s). Thus Khaybar turned into a center of conspiracy against the nascent Islamic [[Umma]].

In [[Sha'ban]] of 6/December 627-January 628, when the Prophet (s) learned that the [[Banu Sa'd b. Bakr]] tribe—an Arabian neighbor of Khaybar—gathered to help the Jews of Khaybar, he sent [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] and a group of Muslims to them. The enemy escaped after 'Ali's (a) attack and Muslims seized the booties. In [[Ramadan]] of 6/January-February 628, [[Sallam b. Abi l-Huqayq]] was killed because of inciting groups of Quraysh against the Prophet (s) and Muslims in a [[Sariyya]] (or expedition) under the commandership of [['Abd Allah b. 'Atik]]. At the same time, [['Abd Allah b. Rawaha]] was commissioned by the Prophet (s) to investigate the conditions of the Jews in Khaybar.

After this, Jews of Khaybar elected Usayr b. Zarim (or Yusayr b. Rizam) as their ruler, and he tried to incite Arabian tribes, such as [[Ghatafan]], to fight with the Prophet (s). He intended to attack [[Medina]] with their help. Thus in [[Shawwal]] of 6/February-March 628, once again the Prophet (s) sent 'Abd Allah b. Rawaha to Khaybar for an expedition in which Usayr and some Jews in his company were killed.

Moreover, when the Jews of [[Banu Qurayza]] were expelled from Medina and peace was back there and an agreement was made with other Jews of Medina, Jews of Khaybar, with whom the heads of Banu Nadir lived, sought to revenge on the Prophet (s). They spent their money to incite neighboring Arabs, including the strong tribe of Ghatafan, against the Muslims. This was a sufficient reason for the Prophet (s) to attack Khaybar soon after the [[Hudaybiyya Peace Treaty]].