The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 378
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 378 varying factors. Due to these varying views, a difference of opinion has also arisen with respect to the era of this Ghazwah. Ibni Isḥāq and Ibni Sa‘d, who I have followed here without any specific investigation, have placed the Ghazwah of Banū Naḍīr after the battle of Uḥud and the incident of Bi’r-e-Ma‘ūnah. In support of this view, they write that on his way back to Madīnah, ‘ Amr bin Umayyah Ḍamrī ra , who was taken captive and then released by the disbelievers in the incident of Bi’r-e-Ma‘ūnah, encountered two men from the tribe of Banū ‘Āmir, who had entered into a treaty with the Holy Prophet sa. Since ‘Amr was unaware of this treaty and agreement, upon finding an opportunity, he killed these two men in retribution for the martyrs of Bi’r-e-Ma‘ūnah, whose deaths were owed to a chieftain of the Banū ‘Āmir, named ‘Āmir bin Ṭufail, even though, as mentioned earlier, the people of Banū ‘Āmir had themselves refrained from this murder and bloodshed. When ‘Amr bin Umayyah ra arrived to Madīnah, he submitted the entire account to the Holy Prophet sa , and told him about the killing of those two men as well. When the Holy Prophet sa was informed of the killing of these two men, he was very displeased by this action of ‘Amr bin Umayyah ra , and said, “They were our confederates. ” The Holy Prophet sa immediately sent the blood-money of both these men to the respective families. However, since the people of the Banū ‘Āmir were allies of the Banū Naḍīr, and the Banū Naḍīr were allies of the Muslims, by virtue of treaty, the Banū Naḍīr were also liable to bear an equal share of the blood- money. As such, along with a few of his Companions, the Holy Prophet sa went to the settlement of the Banū Naḍīr and explaining the entire incident, he asked for their share of the blood-money. Apparently, it seemed as if they were joyous upon the arrival of the Holy Prophet sa , and asked him to sit while they went and arranged for the money at once. As such, the Holy Prophet sa took a seat in the shade of a wall along with his Companions, and the Banū Naḍīr retired to one side in order to deliberate. They apparently made it seem as if they were arranging for the money, but instead of this, they actually schemed that this was a perfect opportunity. They thought that as Muḥammad [sa] was sitting in the shade of a house up against its wall; if someone were to climb to the top of the house from the opposite side and throw a large stone upon the Holy Prophet sa , he could be finished once and for all. 1 From among the 1 * As-Sīratun-Nabawiyyah, By Abū Muḥammad ‘Abdul-Mālik bin Hishām, p. 605, Amru Ijlā’i Banin- Naḍīr. . . . . , Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 278, Ghazwatu Rasūlillāhi sa Banin- Naḍīr, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)