Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 592
CHAPTER 24 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Amiability in Wars 592 their obedience can accompany me. God gave the glad tidings of near victory as a reward to these righteous believers. (48:19) The Muslim army of fourteen hundred men faced the armed ten thousand Jewish warriors who had barricaded themselves in the castle. To limit the Muslim army to only fourteen hundred soldiers did not make a viable strategy from a military point of view. Victory seemed impossible. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was adhering to his pure intentions that they were not mere seekers of war booty. 46 This instruction by H u du r sa would always stand as proof that the purpose of Islamic wars was not pillage and plunder. Efforts of reconciliation with the Jews of Khyber When the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa came to know of the Jewish conspiracies, he tried reconciliation to put an end to this mischief. He wrote a letter to the Jews. This letter started,"From the brother of Prophet M u s a as and an attester of his teachings, Mu h ammad. " He wrote a letter to the Jews of Khyber. It read, "O the group of Jews, it is written in your Holy book the Torah, َُ ِّٰحم َﻤَّﺪٌ رَّﺳُﻮل ُ اH ُ وَاﻟَّﺬِﻳْﻦَ ﻣَﻌ َﻪ ِ ا ﺷِﺪَّاء َ َ اﻟْکُﻔَّﺎر " (48:30) "I ask you in the name of God, who revealed the Torah to you, who sent down Manna and Salw a to your ancestors and made the sea to part and let Moses escape. Tell me