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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Life of Muhammad Bani Quraydhah and the Conquest of Khaybar As soon as the battle of al-Khandaq came to an end, a revelation came to the Prophet (a.s.) from the heaven ordering him to hasten in attacking the Bani Quraydhah who were the worst community of Jews that had been cursed by Allah and His messenger and were a source of sedition and troubles to Muslims. They plotted against Muslims in broad daylight and in the darkness of night.

The march of the Muslim army The Prophet (a.s.) ordered the army to set out for the fight against the Bani Quraydha, and that they would not offer the Asr Prayer except there in their land. The Muslim army surrounded the Jews of Bani Quraydhah, who were protecting themselves in strong forts, and impose on them a strict blockade. The Prophet (a.s.) sent Imam Ali (a.s.) to meet the Bani Quraydha. When he arrived in there, they met him impudently and they criticized the Prophet (a.s.) badly.

Imam Ali (a.s.) went back to the Prophet (a.s.), told him what happened, and asked him not to approach the Jews’ forts. The Prophet (a.s.) said to Imam Ali (a.s.), “I think you heard from them something bad against me.

Didn’t you?” Imam Ali (a.s.) said, “Yes, I did.” The Prophet (a.s.) said, “If they saw me, they would say nothing like that.” Then, the Prophet (a.s.) approached their forts and called upon them, “O brothers of apes, has Allah disgraced you and sent down His wrath on you?” The Prophet (a.s.) ordered his army to firm the blockade which lasted about twenty-five days where nothing took place except shooting arrows and stones on each other.

The Jews became certain that their forts would not protect them and they must fall in the grasp of Muslims. Ka’b bin Asad, a Jewish man, offered an advice to his people saying, “O community of the Jews, you have been afflicted with what you see, and I shall give you three suggestions that you may follow any of them as you like…; we follow this man () and believe in him.