“I fear not which side I fall apart; It’s all for God who will bless the limbs that had taken
part.”
Khubayb was striken dead with the song of love on his lips. (Ibn Hisham Vol. II, pp. 174, Ibn
Kathir, Vol. III, p. 123-25).
BI’R MA’UNA
Another act of treachery took place shortly thereafter. A tribal chief, ‘Amir b. Malik, was
interested to have the doctrines of Islam explained to his people. The Prophet (r) sent 70
persons, some of whom were his eminent companions, but when they reached the place
called Bi’r Ma’una, the tribesmen of Banu Sulayman, Usayya, Ri’l and Dhakwan ambushed
the delegation. The Muslims fought bravely and all but one was killed. K’ab b. Zayd returned
to tell the story. He died in the Battle of the Trenches. (Al-Bukhaari, Muslim and Ibn Hisham,
Vol. II, p. 186).
DYING DECLARATION OF A MARTYR
One of the Muslims who was killed treacherously on this occasion was Haram b. Milhan.
The words uttered by him at the time of his death brought about the conversion of his killer
Jabbar b. Salma to Islam. Jabbar used to relate later on that what led him to accept Islam
was that he attacked a man with his spear and when the man saw the tip of his spear com-
ing out if his chest, he heard him crying, “By the Lord of Ka'bah, I have succeeded!” Jabbar
further says that he wondered what sort of success it was. Had he not killed the man? Jab-
bar enquired from others who told him that the man had meant martyrdom and thus he
was convinced that his victim had truly been successful. (Ibn Hisham, Vol. II, p. 187)
EXPULSION OF BANU AN-NADIR
The Prophet (r) approached Banu an-Nadir to demand a contribution to be paid as blood
money to Bani ‘Amir since two men had been killed inadvertently by the lone survivor of Bi’r
Man’ua. Banu An-Nadir, being one of the two influential tribes of the Jews that settled in
Madinah was in alliance with Bani ‘Amir and was thus liable to pay such. They feigned wil-
lingness to accept the demand with pleasure, but busied themselves plotting against the
Prophet (r). While the Prophet (r) was asked to make himself comfortable by the side of a
wall in one of their houses, they counseled one another, saying; “Never would we get such a
golden chance. If one of us drops a rock on him from the top of the house, we shall all get
rid of him.” Abu Bakr, ‘Ali and ‘Umar and a few more companions were with the Prophet (r)
on this occasion.
God informed the Prophet (r) of the treacherous plan of the Jews. He went back to Madi-
nah and ordered to make preparations for war against the Banu an-Nadir. Thus, the Prophet