Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 578
CHAPTER 24 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Amiability in Wars 578 Breach of trust by Jews of Mad i nahand the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's favours After his arrival in Mad i nah the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa made treaties of peace with the three tribes of Jews. They were Ban u Qainuq a ‘, Ban u Na di r and Ban u Qurai z ah. These Jewish tribes had settled in the south east of Mad i nah in an area covering four to five miles. In the year two of Hijrah after the battle of Badr they started to change their attitude. They joined forces with the hypocrites and non- believers of Mad i nah and started to hatch conspiracies against the Muslims. Ban u Qainuq a ‘ was at the forefront of this mischief making. When they were called to account for breach of the treaty, mischief and impudence, they barricaded themselves in a castle and prepared for war with the Muslims. Their punishment according to their own scriptures was that their fighters should be killed and their women and children made prisoners. (Deutronomy,13:20) The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa magnanimously spared their lives but it was perilous to allow them to live in Mad i nah, so H u du r sa ordered them to leave the place. In the third year of Hijrah, the largest Jewish tribe, Ban u Na di r, breached the contract made with the Muslims by conspiring with people of Makkah against the Muslims and a plan to kill the Holy Prophet