Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 579
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 579 Muhammad sa. 34 When they were called to account for this treachery, they too barricaded themselves in the castle and started fighting with the Muslims. After fifteen days of siege they opened the doors of the castle on the condition of being allowed to leave Mad i nah with their belongings. 35 The aim of Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was to control their mischief, so treating Jews favourably he accepted this condition. In the fourth year of Hijrah the Jews left Mad i nah with all their belongings including silver and gold jewellery. They left the city singing, dancing and beating drums and with great pomp. 36 The Jewish Leader, Sal a m bin Ab i Al- H aq i q showed his precious treasure to the Muslims and told them that they had accumulated this wealth for such an event. The Jews knew full well that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was true to his word and he would not stop them from taking all this wealth out of Mad i nah, so they were showing off their treasures. The chief of Ban u Na di r, H uyayy bin Akh t ab, Kin a nah bin Rab i ‘ and Sal a m bin Ab i Al- H aq i q went to Khyber, a city within a castle, settled there and attained the chiefdom of the castle. The prejudiced anti-Muslim writer, like Montegomery Watt is forced to write, "The Jews were exiled from Mad i nah because of their