Banu Quraiza
INVADING
BANU QURAIZA:
The next were the Banu Quraiza. Soon after the Battle of the
Trench was over, Muhammad claimed that the Archangel Gabriel had
visited him "asking that he should unsheathe his sword and
head for the habitation of the seditious Banu Quraiza and fight
them. Gabriel noted that he with a procession of angels would go
ahead to shake their forts and cast fear in their hearts."
(2) Sahih
Bukhari Volume 5, Book 59, Number 443
It is not clear why the Archangel needed Muslim's help to
wipe out the Jews if he had "a procession of angels"
who would shake their forts. Nevertheless, "the Messenger
of Allâh immediately summoned the prayer caller and ordered him
to announce fresh hostilities against Banu Quraiza," (2)
Muhammad headed an army of three thousand infantry men and
thirty horsemen of Ansar (Helpers) and Muhajireen
(Emigrants).
The Banu Quraiza was attacked for not supporting Muhammad
when the Quraish attacked Medina. Ali sworn that he would never
stop until he either storms their garrisons or be killed. This
siege lasted 25 days. Finally the Banu Qurayza surrendered
unconditionally. Muhammad ordered that the men be handcuffed,
while the women and children were isolated in confinement.
Thereupon Al-Aws tribe interceded begging the Prophet to be
lenient towards them. Muhammad suggested that Sa‘d bin
Mu‘adh, a former ally, be deputed to give verdict about them,
and they agreed.
Sa'd's verdict who had received as a serious wound in the
previous Battle of the Confederates was "that all the
able-bodied male persons belonging to the tribe should be
killed, women and children taken prisoners and their wealth
divided among the Muslim fighters." Sahih
Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Number 280
One wonders why Muhammad who claimed to be the messenger of
Allah and in contact with him needed the judgment of a human.
Yet this most cruel verdict was precisely what pleased him and
he "accepted his judgment saying that Sa‘d had adjudged
by the Command of Allâh."
Al-Bubarapouri adds that "In fact, the Jews deserved
that severe punitive action for the ugly treachery they had
harbored against Islam, and the large arsenal they have amassed
and which consisted of one thousand and five hundred swords, two
thousand spears, three hundred armours and five hundred shields,
all of which went into the hands of the Muslims." (4)
The Muslims historians have been quick to bring the same
baseless alibis to justify their raids against their victims
like, they were "mischievous", causing
"sedition" or being "treacherous" and
"harboring against Islam". However no specifics exists
as of the nature of those sins to warrant such a sever
punishment and their total genocide.
Trenches were dug in the bazaar of Madinah and a number of
Jews between six and nine hundred were beheaded therein.
Huyai, Ibn Akhtab, the chief of the Bani Nadeer and
Safiyah’s father was captured in this siege and brought to the
Prophet with his hands tied to his neck with a rope. In an
audacious defiance he rejected Muhammad and preferred to be
beheaded than submitting to his Religion by force. He was
ordered to sit down and was beheaded on the spot.
To separate men from the boys, the youngsters were examined
and if they had grown any pubic hair, it was enough to behead
them.
Sunan
Abu-Dawud Book 38, Number 4390
Narrated Atiyyah al-Qurazi:
I was among the captives of Banu Qurayzah. They (the
Companions) examined us, and those who had begun to grow hair
(pubes) were killed, and those who had not were not killed. I
was among those who had not grown hair.
If anyone cannot see that this is NOT how a messenger of God
should behave cannot claim to have grasped the meaning of
humanness. I believe the cruelty of what the Prophet did to the
Jews of Arabia are self-explanatory and any fair-minded person
would acknowledge that. It is inconceivable that a messenger of
God could kill between 600 to 900 people and banish thousands
more with no feelings or compassion.
The man we call the Prophet, was full of hate. He thought of
nothing but killing, brought nothing but death, taught nothing
but vengeance. Muhammad was not a "mercy of God to
mankind" but the curse of devil to humanity. Not only in
his life he killed and banished all the Jews he could lay hand
on, in his dead bed he instructed his followers to continue with
the ethnic cleansing that he had initiated.
Bukhari
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 288
The Prophet on his death-bed, gave three orders one of them
was to Expel the pagans from the Arabian Peninsula.
Bukhari
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 176
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle said, "You (i.e. Muslims) will fight with
the Jews till some of them will hide behind stones. The stones
will (betray them) saying, 'O 'Abdullah (i.e. slave of Allah)!
There is a Jew hiding behind me; so kill him.' "
This man was a hoodlum not a messenger of God, he was a
thief, a gangster and a highway robber. He enriched himself with
the wealth of his victims.
Bukhari
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 176
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
People used to give some of their datepalms to the Prophet
(as a gift), till he conquered Bani Quraiza and Bani An-Nadir,
whereupon he started returning their favors.
If you still believe that Muhammad was a messenger of God.
Think to yourself what has happened to your humanity.
I am not going to go into details on the massacre of the Banu
Qurayza because there is a great detailed and revealing article
on them that you can read in the following link.
The article in the above link describes the massacre of the
Banu Quraiza and the reason why the Prophet chose Sa'd bin
Mu'adh as the arbitrator. This is a must read to understand
Muhammad and his true character. It should be read is
sequence.
Part
1: The siege, the surrender & the intercession of al-Aus
Part
2: Who is Sa`d bin Mu`adh?
Part
3: Appointment of Sa`d bin Mu`adh, his judgment, its execution
and conclusions
1- From Journal of the Royal
Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, (1976), pp.
100-107 By W. N. ARAFAT http://homepages.haqq.com.au/salam/misc/qurayza.html
2- AR-Raheeq Al-Makhtum by Saifur
Rahman al-Mubarakpuri http://islamweb.islam.gov.qa/english/sira/raheek/PAGE-26.HTM
3-
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/maududi/mau59.html
4- http://islamweb.islam.gov.qa/english/sira/raheek/PAGE-29.HTM
