Muhammad: Seal of the Prophets — Page 226
MUHAMMAD : SEAL OF THE PROPHETS 226 made up their minds to put a stop to this tendency. For this purpose they had recourse to every type of device. They tried to create dissension among the Muslims. For instance, on one occasion, when a large number of Aus and Khazraj were together and were in amicable converse with each other, some mischievous Jews appeared among them and somehow started a discussion of the Battle of Bu’ath, with the result that passions were aroused between Aus and Khazraj and both sides drew their swords. Fortunately, the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, received intimation of the situation and soon arrived on the scene with a party of Emigrants. He rebuked both sides for having reverted to pre - Islamic ways, forgetting the favour that God had bestowed upon them by making them brethren through Islam. Both sides were deeply moved by his words and, repenting of their misbehaviour, embraced each other with tears in their eyes. The Jews had not rested content with murmuring against Muhammad’s rule, they sought to embarrass him by active sedition. One of their first attempts against Muhammad’s regime was to stir up strife between the Refugees and Helpers (G. M. Draycott, Mahomet, p. 148). The Jews, at first surprised to see the Qurashites beaten by a handful of peasants from Medina (Kaab bin Ashraf composed a melancholy song about the ruin of the patricians, these kings of Arabia), then decided that they need not come to a hasty conclusion because of the easy defeat of a troop of bourgeois without military training.