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The Possessions of the banu-Ḳuraiẓah
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The adults executed. ʿAbd-al-Wâḥid ibn-Ghiyâth from Kathîr ibn-as-Sâʾib:—Banu-Ḳuraiẓah were presented to the Prophet with the result that those of them who had attained to puberty[1] were executed and those who had not attained to puberty were spared.

Ḥuyai ibn-Akhṭab put to death with his son. Wahb ibn-Baḳîyah from al-Ḥasan:—Ḥuyai ibn-Akhṭab made a covenant with the Prophet agreeing never to assist anyone against him and mentioned Allah as surety for the covenant. When he and his son were brought before the Prophet on the day of Ḳuraiẓah, the Prophet remarked: "The one mentioned as surety has done his part." By the order of the Prophet the heads of the man and his son were cut off.[2]

The division of the booty. Bakr ibn-al-Haitham from Maʿmar who said:—I once asked az-Zuhri whether the banu-Ḳuraiẓah had any lands, to which he replied directly, "The Prophet divided it among the Moslems into different shares."

Al-Ḥusain ibn-al-Aswad from ibn-ʿAbbâs:—The Prophet divided the possessions of the banu-Ḳuraiẓah and Khaibar among the Moslems.[3]

The conquest according to az-Zuhri. Abu-ʿUbaid al-Ḳâsim ibn-Sallâm from az-Zuhri:—The Prophet pressed the siege against banu-Ḳuraiẓah until they surrendered to Saʿd ibn-Muʿâdh who decreed that their men be executed, their children be taken as captives and their possessions be divided. Accordingly, a certain number of men were put to death on that day.

  1. Literally every one who "had the dreams and hair" that mark adolescence.
  2. Ṭabari, vol. i, p. 1494.
  3. Wâḳidi, Wellhausen, pp. 220–221.