Understanding Islam — Page 109
107 warfare against the Muslims and had killed them without remorse. An example is the Battle of the Trench, when Muslims were attacked in Mad ī nah by ten thousand troops. These troops included many Jews of Khaibar. The same people also made the tribe of Ban ū Qurai ẓ ah violate the terms of their pact, and encouraged them to attack Muslims. One of the leaders of the people of Khaibar, named Al- Yusayr Ibn Rizam, also gathered his tribe to attack the Muslims. All such incidents recorded in history enable one to see the context of the relationship between the Muslims and the Jews of Khaibar, and how much hatred they had created against the Muslims. They did not want peace, and their goal was to end Islam and kill Muslims. They made constant efforts to inflame other tribes against the Muslims including the Christian tribes settled on the southern frontier of the Roman Empire. They even wrote to their co-religionists in Iraq and used propaganda to incite the Chosroes of Iran against the Muslims. This caused the Chosroes to send orders to the Governor of Yemen to arrest Prophet Muhammad sa. However, due to Divine protection, before these orders could be carried out,