The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 495
XI - Treachery of the Banū Quraiẓah and the End of the Jews in Madīnah, Laws of Marriage and Divorce 495 of execution and put to death. 1 In this manner, more or less 400 men were executed that day as per the judgement of Sa‘d ra. 2 The Holy Prophet sa ordered the Companions to arrange for the burial of these people. In line with the verdict of Sa‘d ra , the women and children had been taken captive. It is ascertained from various narrations that the Holy Prophet sa sent them towards Najd. Some of the tribes that were situated here paid their ransom and obtained their release. The Muslims utilised this money to purchase horses and arms for their own defense. 3 If this was indeed the case, it should come as no surprise, because the tribes of Najd and the Banū Quraiẓah were allies. Prior to the Ghazwah of Quraiẓah, they had fought together in the Ghazwah of the Confederates. As a matter of fact, it was due to the incitement of the people of Najd that the Banū Quraiẓah raised up the flag of rebellion against the Holy Prophet sa in the first place. Thus, if the Najadis obtained the release of the prisoners of Banū Quraiẓah from the Muslims, this is nothing out of the ordinary. However, authentic narrations disclose that these prisoners remained in Madīnah, and according to custom, the Holy Prophet sa distributed them into the guardianship of various Companions. 4 Afterwards, some from among them paid the value of their ransom and obtained freedom. 5 Others were released by the Holy Prophet sa as an act of benevolence. 6 In time, these people gradually became Muslim at their own will. History records the names of ‘Atiyyah Quradhī, ‘ Abdur-Raḥmān bin Zubair bin Bāṭiyā, Ka‘b bin Sulaim 1 * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, p. 109, Thumma Kānatis-Sanatul-Khāmisatu Minal-Hijrati / Ghazwatu Banī Quraiẓah, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 637, Ghazwatu Banī Quraiẓata Fī Sanati Khamsin, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) 2 * Sunanut-Tirmidhī, Kitābus-Siyar, Bābu Mā Jā’a Fin-Nuzūli ‘Alal-Ḥukmi, Ḥadīth No. 1582 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 520, Amru Muḥayyiṣata Wa Ḥuwayyiṣah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) 3 * Tārīkhur-Rusuli Wal-Mulūk (Tārīkhuṭ-Ṭabarī), By Abū Ja‘far Muḥammad bin Jarīr Aṭ-Ṭabarī, Volume 3, p. 110, Thumma Kānatis-Sanatul-Khāmisatu Minal-Hijrati / Ghazwatu Banī Quraiẓah, Dārul-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2002) * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 639, Qismu Fai’i Banī Quraiẓah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) 4 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Maghāzī, Bābu Ḥadīthi Banin-Naḍīr, Ḥadīth No. 4028 * Tārīkhul-Khamīs Fī Aḥwāli Anfasi Nafīs, By Ḥusain bin Muḥammad bin Ḥasan, Volume 1, p. 498, Ghazwatu Banī Quraiẓah , Mu’assasatu Sha‘bān, Beirut 5 As-Sīratul-Ḥalabiyyah (Insānul-‘Uyūni Fī Sīratil-Amīni Wal-Ma’mūn), By ‘Allāmah Abul-Farj Nūruddīn ‘Alī bin Ibrāhīm bin Aḥmad Al-Ḥalabiyy, Volume 2, p. 455, Bābu Dhikru Maghāzīhi sa / Ghazwatu Banī Quraiẓah, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2002) 6 Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 287, Ghazwatu Rasūlillāhi sa Ilā Banī Quraiẓah, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)