Category: Jews of Arabia

  • The Expul­sion of Banu al-Qurayzah

    Excerpt­ed from Mad­i­nan Soci­ety At the Time of the Prophet, Inter­na­tion­al Islam­ic Pub­lish­ing House & IIIT, 1991 The date of the campaign The action against Banu Qurayzah took place at the end of Dhu al Qa’­dah and the begin­ning of Dhu al Hij­jah in the fifth yearIbn Sa’d, al Tabaqat, 3⁄74 ; Ibn Hisham, al Sir­ah, 3⁄715 ;…

  • The Con­quest of Khay­bar and of the Remain­ing Jew­ish Strong­holds in al Hijaz

    Khaybar is an agricultural oasis situated approximately 165 kilometers to the north of Madinah, at an altitude of 850 m above sea level. It is the second largest Harrah in Arabia, after the Harrah Banu Salim. Khaybar enjoys fertile land and abundant water, hence it was famous for having many palm trees, apart from the…

  • The Expul­sion of Banu Qaynuqa

    Excerpt­ed from Mad­i­nan Soci­ety At the Time of the Prophet, Inter­na­tion­al Islam­ic Pub­lish­ing House & IIIT, 1991 The date of the campaign Regard­ing the time of its occur­rence, the his­to­ri­ans agree that this action took place after Badr. Al Zuhri defined its date as being in the month of Shaww­al in the sec­ond year of the…

  • The Expul­sion of Banu al Nadir

    Akram Diya al Umari Excerpt­ed from Mad­i­nan Soci­ety At the Time of the Prophet, Inter­na­tion­al Islam­ic Pub­lish­ing House & IIIT, 1991 The date of the campaign Two reports, each with a sahih isnad, men­tion that the cam­paign against Banu al Nadir took place after the Bat­tle of Badr. 1. The first was report­ed by al Zuhri, who said : ​“Abd…

  • The Prophet’s Doc­u­ment Between the Muha­jirun, the Ansar and the Jews

    Akram Diya al Umari Excerpt­ed from Mad­i­nan Soci­ety At the Time of the Prophet, Inter­na­tion­al Islam­ic Pub­lish­ing House & IIIT, 1991 The text of the doc­u­ment (Maj­mu’at Al Watha’iq al Siyasiyah) Bis­mi Allah al Rah­man al Rahim Clause : (1) This is a doc­u­ment from Muham­mad, the Prophet (gov­ern­ing the rela­tions) between the believ­ers and Mus­lims of Quraysh and Yathrib,…

  • The Announce­ment of the Con­sti­tu­tion of Madinah

    Akram Diya al Umari Excerpt­ed from Mad­i­nan Soci­ety At the Time of the Prophet, Inter­na­tion­al Islam­ic Pub­lish­ing House & IIIT, 1991 The treaty with the Jews The Prophet (P) orga­nized the rela­tion­ships between the var­i­ous inhab­i­tants of Mad­i­nah, and record­ed this in a doc­u­ment which is report­ed in the his­tor­i­cal sources. The aim of this doc­u­ment was to explain…