The Prophet (a.

The Prophet (a.s.) admired this suggestion and began with his companions the digging of the trench. The hypocrites of Muslims often slipped away to escape the working in the trench; therefore Allah revealed this verse concerning them, (Allah knows those of you who steal away, hiding themselves. And let those who conspire to evade orders beware lest grief or painful punishment befall them).

[2] As for Muslims, they tried their best in digging the trench, and whenever they had something to do, they asked the Prophet’s permission to go to carry it out, and then Allah revealed this verse concerning them, ***(Only those are believers who believe in Allah and His Messenger, and when they are with him on a momentous affair they go not away until they have asked his permission; surely they who ask your permission are they who believe in Allah and His Messenger; so when they ask your permission for some affair of theirs, give *** [1] Qur'an, 4:51-55.

[2] Qur'an, 24:63. permission to whom you please of them and ask forgiveness for them from Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful). [1] The Prophet (a.s.) himself worked with the other Muslims and hated to be distinguished from them. In fact, this plan was very wise that it kept the Muslims safe from the evils of Quraysh and its allies. Quraysh and the parties remained astonished at the trench and they could not cross it.

They remained at the other side of the trench shooting arrows at Muslims and the Muslims did the same without taking place of a general war between the two sides. The Prophet with Nu’aym Nu’aym bin Mas’ud, who was from the chiefs of Ghatafan that came to fight the Prophet, became Muslim at the hand of the Prophet (a.s.) at that very time. He said to the Prophet (a.s.), “O messenger of Allah, I have become Muslim and my people do not know about that.

You can order me with whatever you like.” The Prophet (a.s.) ordered him to discourage the tribes and cheat them as war would be a trick. Indeed, Nu’aym did his role positively in discouraging those tribes (in the alliance) and causing sedition between them. He went to the Bani Quraydhah, whome he was their companion in the pre-Islamic age, and said to them, “O bani Quraydhah, you have already known my love to you and the good relation between me and you.” They said, “You are right.

You are not doubted to us.” He said, “Surely, (the tribes of) Quraysh and Ghatafan are not like you.